They changed its name from Laish to Dan, after their ancestor Dan, the son of Jacob.

"Take the finest spices---12 pounds of liquid myrrh, 6 pounds of sweet-smelling cinnamon, 6 pounds of sweet-smelling cane,

and 12 pounds of cassia (all weighed according to the official standard). Add one gallon of olive oil,

The perfume of myrrh and aloes is on your clothes; musicians entertain you in palaces decorated with ivory.

there the plants flourish. They grow like an orchard of pomegranate trees and bear the finest fruits. There is no lack of henna and nard,

of saffron, calamus, and cinnamon, or incense of every kind. Myrrh and aloes grow there with all the most fragrant perfumes.