Original sentence: In this way Rastafari believe that cannabis brings the user closer to Jah.It is not known when the Rastafari first made cannabis into something sacred, though it is clear that by the late 1940s Rastafari was associated with cannabis smoking at the Pinnacle community of Leonard Howell.Rastafari claim to know that cannabis is the Tree of Life mentioned in the Bible.The Old Testament book of Exodus at 30:23 may have included cannabis as one of the ingredients in the holy anointing oil which was to be used by Jewish priests.The original Hebrew text makes reference to "kanehbosm" (aromatic hemp), which has however often been translated variously as meaning calamus or even cinnamon.The use of cannabis, and particularly of large pipes called "chalices", is an integral part of what Rastafari call Reasoning sessions.Thus the Rastafari come together to smoke cannabis in order to discuss the truth with each other, reasoning it all out little by little through many sessions
Edited sentence: In this way Rastafarians believe that cannabis brings the user closer to Jah.It is not known when or why the Rastafarians made cannabis into something sacred, though it is clear that by the late 1940s Rastafari was associated with cannabis smoking at the Pinnacle community of Leonard Howell.Rastafarians claim to know that cannabis is the Tree of Life mentioned in the Bible.Some have contended that the Old Testament book of Exodus at 30:23 included cannabis as one of the ingredients in the holy anointing oil which was to be used by Jewish priests.The use of cannabis, and particularly of large pipes called "chalices", is an integral part of what Rastafarians call Reasoning sessions.This claim is founded on the Hebrew reference to "kanehbosm" (aromatic hemp), which has however been translated variously by other sources as meaning calamus or even cinnamon.Thus the Rastafarians come together to smoke marijuana in order to discuss the truth with each other, reasoning it all out little by little through many sessions