herbs and plants

³And everything that moves and lives will be food for you. Just as with the edible plants, I have delivered them all to you,

¹²And above the torrent, on its banks on both sides, every kind of fruit tree will rise up. Their foliage will not fall away, and their fruit will not fail. Every single month they will bring forth first-fruits. For its waters will go forth from the sanctuary. And its fruits will be for food, and its leaves will be for medicine.”

¹²And the land brought forth green plants, both those producing seed, according to their kind, and trees producing fruit, with each having its own way of sowing, according to its species. And God saw that it was good.

²⁹And God said: “Behold, I have given you every seed-bearing plant upon the earth, and all the trees that have in themselves the ability to sow their own kind, to be food for you,

⁸The grass has dried up, and the flower has fallen. But the Word of our Lord remains for eternity.”

¹⁴producing grass for cattle and herbs for the service of men. So may you draw bread from the earth,

²In the midst of its main street, and on both sides of the river, was the Tree of Life, bearing twelve fruits, offering one fruit for each month, and the leaves of the tree are for the health of the nations.

³⁰and for all the animals of the land, and for all the flying things of the air, and for everything that moves upon the earth and in which there is a living soul, so that they may have these on which to feed.” And so it became.

¹Now the Spirit has clearly said that, in the end times, some persons will depart from the faith, paying attention to spirits of error and the doctrines of devils, ²speaking lies in hypocrisy, and having their consciences seared, ³prohibiting marriage, abstaining from foods, which God has created to be accepted with thanksgiving by the faithful and by those who have understood the truth. ⁴For every creature of God is good, and nothing is to be rejected which is received with thanksgiving;

²²And the Lord spoke to Moses, ²³saying: “Take for yourself aromatics: of the first and best myrrh, five hundred shekels, and of cinnamon half as much, that is, two hundred and fifty shekels; of sweet flag similarly two hundred and fifty, ²⁴but of cassia, five hundred shekels by the weight of the sanctuary, and of the oil of olives the measure of a hin. ²⁵And you shall make the holy oil of unction, an ointment composed with the skills of a perfumer, ²⁶and with it you shall anoint the tabernacle of the testimony, and the ark of the testament, ²⁷and the table with its vessels, and the lampstand and its utensils, the altars of incense

⁵We remember the fish that we ate freely in Egypt; we call to mind the cucumbers, and melons, and leeks, and onions, and garlic.

³All things were made through Him, and nothing that was made was made without Him.

²⁹And God said: “Behold, I have given you every seed-bearing plant upon the earth, and all the trees that have in themselves the ability to sow their own kind, to be food for you, ³⁰and for all the animals of the land, and for all the flying things of the air, and for everything that moves upon the earth and in which there is a living soul, so that they may have these on which to feed.” And so it became. ³¹And God saw everything that he had made. And they were very good. And it became evening and morning, the sixth day.

¹¹And he said, “Let the land spring forth green plants, both those producing seed, and fruit-bearing trees, producing fruit according to their kind, whose seed is within itself, over all the earth.” And so it became.

²²And he said: “Behold, Adam has become like one of us, knowing good and evil. Therefore, now perhaps he may put forth his hand and also take from the tree of life, and eat, and live in eternity.” ²³And so the Lord God sent him away from the Paradise of enjoyment, in order to work the earth from which he was taken.

⁷For the Lord your God will lead you into a good land: a land of brooks and waters and fountains, in which deep rivers burst forth from its plains and mountains, ⁸a land of crops, barley, and vineyards, in which fig and pomegranate and olive trees spring up, a land of oil and honey.

¹⁴aromatic oil and saffron; sweet cane and cinnamon, with all the trees of Lebanon; myrrh and aloe, with all the best ointments.