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Horse Mint (Mentha longifolia)

‎Of the two main mint species that people consumed in first-century Palestine, horse mint (Mentha longifolia) was the more hardy. It grew both wild and cultivated in many moist, well-lit niches, though rarely by the sea. God’s law never specifically mentions mint leaves, which were used in cooking and in medicines. When Jesus chided his opponents for tithing mint, he was not opposing their tithing per se, but rather their emphasis on less important matters as they neglected the core issues of justice and of loving God.
‎Matt 23:23, Luke 11:42
‎Image by Franz Xaver, from Wikimedia Commons. License: CC BY-SA 3.0


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