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Leviticus 2:11

Western Saints

Jerome

They quote the passage which says that "the lips of a strange woman drop as honeycomb," which is sweet indeed in the eater's mouth but is afterward found more bitter than gall. This, they argue, is the reason that neither honey nor wax is offered in the sacrifices of the Lord, and that oil, the product of the bitter olive, is burned in his temple.

Letter 128.2 ↗