The powder immediately around the myrrh would become sticky and would cement the linen cloths to each other and to the body, but the bulk of the aloe powder 
(The powder immediately around the myrrh; would become; sticky) (The powder immediately around the myrrh; would cement; the linen cloths)
The powder immediately around the myrrh The powder immediately around the myrrh
would become would cement
sticky
the linen cloths