The historian Herodotus wrote: “They fill the cavity with the purest bruised myrrh, with cassia, and every other sort of spicery except frankincense, and sew up the opening.”
Noong ikapitong siglo B.C.E., inihula ni Jehova, sa pamamagitan ng propetang si Jeremias, ang bagong tipan, anupat sinabi niya na hindi iyon magiging gaya ng tipang Kautusan na sinira ng Israel.jw2019 jw2019