Sorry, but myrrh is dried sap from a particular species of tree, used in the preparation of bodies for burial. It was thought to have some "life sustaining" properties (perhaps odor reducing as well).   It may have had
some medicinal properties also.

Myrrh is not very dense, and in fact may have quite valuable in small amounts by weight.

Abraham , when he was in danger of  starving and sent his sons to visit the Pharoh in Egypt to seek food, sent along some honey as a gift.  Honey was and is a valuable gift, since it was relatively hard to come by.

There are several references to honey in the Bible, but some in the Hebrew versions of the text are actually references to a sweetened syrup made from dates.  This is the reference in the phrase "the land of milk and honey" referring to the land of Israel.

Now, to really beat a dead horse, if in fact the three wise men sent along a gift of honey, Mary and Joseph would not have been able to feed it to Jesus until he was at least a year old, however the consequences of doing so were not known at the time.

Merry Christmas
C. Crowell
Hightstown, NJ

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