Holy Scripture
Sirach 24:14
A church father on this verse
“The place that offered rest to this people, with its twelve springs and seventy palm trees, has had a sacred meaning in our mysteries. In fact, after the baptism of the twelve apostles, who are our springs, spouts of pure doctrine overflow to fill hearts. The sacred psalm thus resounds, "In the churches, bless the Lor…”
Source: Septuagint
Original
14I was exalted like a palm tree on the sea shore, And as a rose plant in Jericho, As a fair olive tree in a plain, And grew up as a plane tree.
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12And I took root in an honorable people, Even in the portion of the Lord’s inheritance.
13I was exalted like a cedar in Lebanon, And as a cypress tree upon the mountains of Hermon.
— Sirach 24:14 —
15I gave a sweet smell like cinnamon and aspalathus, And I yielded a pleasant odor like the best myrrh, As galbanum, and onyx, and sweet storax, And as the fume of frankincense in the tabernacle.
16As the turpentine tree I stretched out my branches, And my branches are the branches of honor and grace.