Exod.25-Exod.40

The first tree to flower each year in Israel — and the source of a Hebrew wordplay linking Jeremiah's calling to God's watchful alertness.

A white tree resin burned as sacred incense in the Temple — its rising smoke was a symbol of prayer ascending to God.

A bitter-sweet tree resin used in anointing oil and to prepare the dead for burial — its double role foreshadowed Jesus's death.

The jewel-seeded fruit of the Promised Land — carved 400 times on Temple columns and sewn onto the High Priest's robe.