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Cheese in Smiths Bible Dictionary

is mentioned only three times in the Bible, and on each occasion under a different name in the Hebrew. 1Sa 17:18; 2Sa 17:29; Job 10:10 It is difficult to decide how far these terms correspond with our notion of cheese, for they simply express various degrees of coagulation. Cheese is not at the present day common among the Bedouin Arabs, butte...

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Cornerstone Scripture - Psalms 118:22

The stone [which] the builders refused is become the head [stone] of the corner....

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Money in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

mun'-i: Various terms are used for money in the Bible, but the most common are the Hebrew keceph, and Greek argurion, both meaning silver. We find also qesiTah, rendered by Septuagint "lambs," probably referring to money in a particular form; chalkos, is used for money in Mt 10:9; Mk 6:8; 12:41. It was the name of a small coin of Agrippa II (...

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Money Scripture - Deuteronomy 21:14

And it shall be, if thou have no delight in her, then thou shalt let her go whither she will; but thou shalt not sell her at all for money, thou shalt not make merchandise of her, because thou hast humbled her....

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Daily Offering in Naves Topical Bible

Sacrificial Ex 29:38-42; 30:7-9; Nu 28:3-8; Ezr 3:4-6; Eze 46:13- 15; Da 9:21,26,27; 11:31; Ac 3:1 -See OFFERINGS -FIGURATIVE Joh 1:29,36; 1Pe 1:19...

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Cornerstone Scripture - Isaiah 28:16

Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD, Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried stone, a precious corner [stone], a sure foundation: he that believeth shall not make haste....

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Money Scripture - 2 Chronicles 24:14

And when they had finished [it], they brought the rest of the money before the king and Jehoiada, whereof were made vessels for the house of the LORD, [even] vessels to minister, and to offer [withal], and spoons, and vessels of gold and silver. And they offered burnt offerings in the house of the LORD continually all the days of Jehoiada....

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Milk in Smiths Bible Dictionary

As an article of diet, milk holds a more important position in eastern countries than with us. It is not a mere adjunct in cookery, or restricted to the use of the young, although it is naturally the characteristic food of childhood, both from its simple and nutritive qualities. 1Pe 2:2 and particularly as contrasted with meat, 1Co 3:2; Heb 5:...

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Money in Naves Topical Bible

Silver used as Ge 17:12,13,23,27; 20:16; 23:9,13; 31:15; 37:28; 42:25-35; 43:12-23; 44:1-8; 47:14-18; Ex 12:44; 21:11,21,34,35; 22:7,17,25; 30:16; Le 22:11; 25:37,51; 27:15,18; Nu 3:48-51; 18:16; De 2:6,28; 14:25,26; 21:14; 23:19; Jud 5:19; 16:18; 17:4; 1Ki 21:2,6,15; 2Ki 5:26; 12:4,7-16; 15:20; 22:7,9; 23:35; 2Ch 24:5,11,14; 34:9,14,17;...

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Milk in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

milk (chalabh; gala; Latin lac (2 Esdras 2:19; 8:10)): The fluid secreted by the mammary glands of female mammals for the nourishment of their young. The word is used in the Bible of that of human beings (Isa 28:9) as well as of that of the lower animals (Ex 23:19). As a food it ranked next in importance to bread (Ecclesiasticus 39:26). Israel...

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