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In the Old Testament Nard was used as one of the Eleven Herbs for the Incense in the Holy Temple in Jerusalem. And it is mentioned twice in the biblical love poem, the Song of Solomon {1:12 and 4:13}. In the New Testament John {12:1-10} Six days before the passover Jesus arrives in Bethany. In Bethany, Mary, Sister of Lazarus used a pound of pure nard to anoint Jesus's feet.Judas Iscariot, the keeper of the money-bag, asked why the ointment wasn't sold for three hundred denarii instead, (About a year's wages of an average ). Is anyone among you sick? Then he must call for the elders of the church and they are to pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord; (James 5:14-14)