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Goat's Hair in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

('ez): The word for she-goat is used elliptically to mean goats' hair, which was used in the tabernacle furnishings in the form of curtains (Ex 26:7; 36:14). Goats' hair was probably used in the Midianite and Israelite camps in much the same way as in the Bedouin camps today (compare Nu 31:20). The tents, tent ropes and rugs are made of s...

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Goats Scripture - Ezra 8:35

[Also] the children of those that had been carried away, which were come out of the captivity, offered burnt offerings unto the God of Israel, twelve bullocks for all Israel, ninety and six rams, seventy and seven lambs, twelve he goats [for] a sin offering: all [this was] a burnt offering unto the LORD....

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Goats Scripture - Numbers 29:16

And one kid of the goats [for] a sin offering; beside the continual burnt offering, his meat offering, and his drink offering....

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Grain Scripture - 1 Corinthians 15:37

And that which thou sowest, thou sowest not that body that shall be, but bare grain, it may chance of wheat, or of some other [grain]:...

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Hair Scripture - Luke 7:38

38 - And stood at his feet behind [him] weeping, and began to wash his feet with tears, and did wipe [them] with the hairs of her head, and kissed his feet, and anointed [them] with the ointment....

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Girdle in Naves Topical Bible

Worn by the high priest Ex 28:4,39; 39:29; Le 8:7; 16:4 -Other priests Ex 28:40; 29:9; Le 8:13 -Women Isa 3:24 -Embroidered Ex 28:8 -Made of linen Pr 31:24 -Made of leather 2Ki 1:8; Mt 3:4 -Traffic in Pr 31:24 -Used to bear arms 1Sa 18:4; 2Sa 20:8; 2Ki 3:21 -FIGURATIVE Isa 11:5; 22:21; Eph 6:14 -SYMBOLICAL Jer 13:1-11; Ac 21:11; ...

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Girdles Scripture - Revelation 15:6

And the seven angels came out of the temple, having the seven plagues, clothed in pure and white linen, and having their breasts girded with golden girdles....

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Goads in Smiths Bible Dictionary

Jud 3:31; 1Sa 13:21 The Hebrew word in the latter passage probably means the point of the plough-share. The former word does probably refer to the goad, the long handle of which might be used as a formidable weapon. The instrument, as still used in countries of southern Europe and western Asia, consists of a rod about eight feet long, brought ...

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Goatskins in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

got'-skinz (en aigeiois dermasin): Such skins are mentioned only once (Heb 11:37), where the wearing of goatskins, indicating extreme poverty, is referred to, by implication, as the possible lot of the faithful Christian, even as it had been of others. Ascetics of different religions, especially of the Moslem sects, are frequently seen going a...

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Hair in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

har (se`ar, sa`ar, Aramaic se`ar, and their derivatives; thrix, gen. case trichos, kome): 1. Hair Fashions: Hair was worn in different fashions by the Orientals of Biblical times, and not always in the same way among the same people in different epochs. We know this clearly from Egyptian literature and monuments, as well as from the writings o...

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