Spices—aromatic substances, of which several are named in Ex. 30. They were used in the sacred anointing oil (Ex. 25:6;35:8; 1 Chr. 9:29), and in embalming the dead (2 Chr. 16:14; Luke 23:56;24:1; John 19:39, 40). Spices were stored by Hezekiah in his treasure-house (2 Kings 20:13; Isa. 39:2).