Deadfliesmake a perfumer'soilstink,so a littlefoolishnessis weightierthanwisdom[and] honor.
Jehuthe sonof Hananithe seerwentout to meethim and saidto KingJehoshaphat,"Should you helpthe wickedand lovethose who hatethe LORDand so[bring] wrathon yourself from the LORD?
"Did not Solomonkingof Israelsinregardingthesethings?Yet among the manynationsthere was nokinglikehim, and he was lovedby his God,and Godmadehim kingoverallIsrael;neverthelessthe foreignwomencaused evenhim to sin.
He was hiredfor thisreason,that I might becomefrightenedand actaccordinglyand sin,so that they might havean evilreportin orderthat they could reproachme.
"For thenit would be heavierthanthe sandof the seas;Thereforemy wordshave beenrash.
"You shall makeof these a holyanointingoil,a perfumemixture,the workof a perfumer;it shall be a holyanointingoil.
Wisdomis betterthanweaponsof war,but onesinnerdestroysmuchgood.
Ifa mancarriesholymeatin the foldof his garment,and touchesbreadwith this fold,or cookedfood,wine,oil,or any[other] food,will it becomeholy?'"And the priestsanswered,"No."
Then Haggaisaid,"Ifone who is uncleanfrom a corpsetouchesanyof these,will [the latter] becomeunclean?"And the priestsanswered,"It will becomeunclean."
