Olive Oil
In the description of the goodness of the land of promise one of the advantages mentioned is “a land of oil olive”; and among the blessings enumerated with which God would endow His obedient people is that their oil should be multiplied (Deut. 7:13; Deut. 8:8). It was an article of value, and the people had their olive yards as well as their vineyards. Oil was employed for various purposes. It was used as food (2 Chron. 2:10,15; 2 Chron. 11:11; Psa. 55:21); for anointing the kings (1 Sam. 10:1; 1 Sam. 16:1,13); in the sacrifices of the meat offering (Lev. 2:1-16); as an ingredient in the holy ointment (Ex. 30:24-25), see OINTMENT; as a cosmetic (Psa. 23:5; Psa. 92:10; Luke 7:46); to give light in the lamps (Ex. 35:8,14); as an emollient (Luke 10:34). Oil is a type of the Holy Spirit (Matt. 25:3-10; Heb. 1:9).
Olive Yard