In biblical times, olive oil was a staple commodity, used for various purposes including worship, healing, and sustenance. The book of Leviticus instructs the Israelites to use pure olive oil for the lampstand in the tabernacle, symbolizing God's presence. In the New Testament, Jesus' disciples anointed the sick with oil, as seen in Mark 6:13, while James 5:14 advises calling for the elders to pray over and anoint the sick with oil. The value of olive oil is also highlighted in Deuteronomy 8:8, where it is listed as one of the blessings of the promised land, and in Leviticus 2:5, where it is used in offerings to God.
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“Command the Israelites to bring you pure oil of pressed olives for the light, to keep the lamps burning continually.
They also drove out many demons and healed many of the sick, anointing them with oil.
a land of wheat, barley, vines, fig trees, and pomegranates; a land of olive oil and honey;
Is any one of you sick? He should call the elders of the church to pray over him and anoint him with oil in the name of the Lord.
If your offering is a grain offering prepared on a griddle, it must be unleavened bread made of fine flour mixed with oil.
to console the mourners in Zion— to give them a crown of beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, and a garment of praise for a spirit of despair. So they will be called oaks of righteousness, the planting of the LORD, that He may be glorified.
The jar of flour was not exhausted and the jug of oil did not run dry, according to the word that the LORD had spoken through Elijah.
You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies. You anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows.
But she replied, “As surely as the LORD your God lives, I have no bread—only a handful of flour in a jar and a little oil in a jug. Look, I am gathering a couple of sticks to take home and prepare a meal for myself and my son, so that we may eat it and die.”