Oil. The Hebrews used olive oil as butter and as animal fat is used with us, Deuteronomy 32:13, Job 24:11, Ezekiel 16:13. In some of the Hebrew thank-offerings oil was taken with the meat-offering. Leviticus 5:11, Leviticus 7:12, Numbers 5:15, Numbers 6:15, Exodus 29:40. Oil was used for anointing the head and the body; and in the preparation of ointments. Exodus 30:24, 2 Samuel 14:2, Psalms 23:5, Psalms 92:10, Psalms 104:15, Proverbs 21:17, Luke 7:46. The application of oil for medicinal purposes prevailed in the earliest periods. Isaiah 1:6, Hosea 12:1, Mark 6:13, James 1:5-15. Olive oil was extensively used for the lamps in the tabernacle. Exodus 27:20. The use of oil is significant of gladness, Psalms 141:5, Isaiah 61:3, and the omission of it betokened sorrow. 2 Samuel 14:2, Matthew 6:17. Oil was also the symbol of abundance and festivity. Deuteronomy 28:40, Ezekiel 27:17. The anointing with oil was symbolical of the unction of the Holy Spirit. Psalms 45:7, Zechariah 4:14, Isaiah 61:1, 1 John 2:20.