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===Hospitality=== <!--linked--> Anointing guests with oil as a mark of hospitality and token of honor is recorded in [[Ancient Egypt|Egypt]], [[Ancient Greece|Greece]], and [[Ancient Rome|Rome]], as well as in the [[Hebrew Bible|Hebrew scriptures]].{{sfnp|EB|1878}} It was a common custom among the [[Hebrews|ancient Hebrews]]{{refn|group=n|In the [[Old Testament]], it is mentioned in the [[Second Book of Samuel]]<ref>{{bibleverse|2|Samuel|14:2|KJV}}</ref> and the [[Book of Psalms]]<ref>{{bibleverse||Psalms|104:15|KJV}}</ref> among other places.{{sfnp|Easton|1897}} In the [[New Testament]], [[Luke 7|Chapter 7]] of the [[Book of Luke]] records [[Jesus]]'s being anointed while visiting the house of a [[Pharisee]].<ref>{{bibleverse||Luke|7:38-46|KJV}}</ref>}} and continued among the [[Arabs]] into the 20th century.{{sfnp|Easton|1897}}
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