diff --git a/jhn/19/39.md b/jhn/19/39.md
index 6edf8abfc2..9eaf8dc599 100644
--- a/jhn/19/39.md
+++ b/jhn/19/39.md
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ Nicodemus was one of the Pharisees who believed in Jesus. See how you translated
 
 # myrrh and aloes
 
-These are spices that people used to prepare a body for burial.
+These are plant substances that smell nice and that people used to prepare a body for burial.
 
 # about seventy-five pounds in weight.
 
diff --git a/pro/07/17.md b/pro/07/17.md
index e5daa6f385..e4f25d8fe4 100644
--- a/pro/07/17.md
+++ b/pro/07/17.md
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 # aloes
 
-A type of wood from a tree that smells good.
+a substance from aloe plants that has a nice smell
 
 # cinnamon
 
diff --git a/rom/07/23.md b/rom/07/23.md
index 575601638a..3e3130c275 100644
--- a/rom/07/23.md
+++ b/rom/07/23.md
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ These words refer to the natural human desire to rebel against God and disobey h
 
 # in the parts of my body
 
-The phrase "the parts of my body" is another way of saying "my flesh" ([7:18](./23.md)), which is a metaphor for the old nature, opposed to God, with which Paul was born. Here it is a metonym for the actions people do because of that old nature. Alternate translation: "I know that what I actually do is different from what my inner man rejoices in" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])
+The phrase "the parts of my body" is another way of saying "my flesh" ([7:18](./18.md)), which is a metaphor for the old nature, opposed to God, with which Paul was born. Here it is a metonym for the actions people do because of that old nature. Alternate translation: "in my actions" or "in my behviors" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])
 
 # that new law in my mind