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NASB | Exodus 30:23 "Take also for yourself the finest of spices: of flowing myrrh five hundred shekels, and of fragrant cinnamon half as much, two hundred and fifty, and of fragrant cane two hundred and fifty, |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Exodus 30:23 "Take for yourself the best spices: five hundred shekels of liquid myrrh, half as much--two hundred and fifty--of sweet-scented cinnamon, and two hundred and fifty of fragrant cane, |
Bible Question: Are drugs or the abuse of drugs, other than alcohol, mentioned in the Bible? |
Bible Answer: There is a reference in Exodus 30:23 and a question as to one of the ingredients of the anointing oil. The English is translated as Sweet Calamus, but it too is reported to have psychoactive properties. However there seems to be a controversy as to its real name. In Hebrew it is Q’ana bos. Which sounds a lot like Cannabis or marijuana. The Hebrew dictionary defines Q’ana bos as hemp. See Aryeh Kaplan’s translation of the Chumash called "The Living Torah." Other natural psychoactive herbs and plants include (and this is by no means an exhaustive list): Afrodite Ayahuasca herb Bee pollen Betelnut herb Calamus herb Cola nut Damiana Ephedra Focus Gingko biloba Ginseng Guarana Iboga root powder Kava kava Muira puama herb Noni powder Passion flower Sassafras Skullcap Super sense Trance Valerian Wild lettuce herb Wormwood herb Yogi tea Yohimbe Ephedra Morning Glory Opium Poppy Psychotria Viridis Giant Opium Poppy Hawaii Baby Woodrose Wild lettuce (lactuca virosa) Wild hemp (cannabis sativa) Valerian (valeriana officinalis) Peyote (lophophora williamsii) Syrian Rue (peganum harmala) Yopo (anadenanthera colubrina) Grey Peyote (lophophora diffusa) San Pedro (trichocereus pachanoi) Blue San Pedro (trichocereus peruvianus) Wormwood / Absinth (artemisia absinthium) love and peace, -jini |