Note 57 — XXI. AN INQUIRY INTO THE NATURE OF THE RITES CONNECTED WITH THE WORSHIP OF BEL-PHEGOR.

These ideas remained among the early Christians: “an odor of a sweet smell; a sacrifice, acceptable, well-pleasing to God.”—(Phil. iv. 18.)

So, among the Chaldeans: “The gods smelt the savor, the gods smelt the good savor.”—(“Chaldean Account of Genesis,” Smith, p. 286.)