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Beggars Scripture - Luke 16:20

And there was a certain beggar named Lazarus, which was laid at his gate, full of sores,...

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Revenger of Blood in Smiths Bible Dictionary

He who avenged the blood of one who had been killed. The nearest relative of the deceased became the authorized avenger of blood. Nu 35:19 The law of retaliation was not to extend beyond the immediate offender. De 24:16 2Ki 14:6; 2Ch 25:4; Jer 31:29,30; Eze 18:20...

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Blood Avenging Scripture - Genesis 9:5

And surely your blood of your lives will I require; at the hand of every beast will I require it, and at the hand of man; at the hand of every man's brother will I require the life of man....

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Bracelets in Fausset's Bible Dictionary

Armlet which encircled the arm, as BRACELETS the wrist. (See ARMLET.) In Genesis 38:18; Genesis 38:25, instead of "bracelets" translate (pathiyb) "the ribband" or guard by which Judah's signet was suspended to his neck. In Isaiah 3:19 wreathed chainwork bracelets are meant, as the root of sheerah implies. Bracelets of fine twisted gold are sti...

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Anklets Scripture - Isaiah 3:18

In that day the Lord will take away the bravery of [their] tinkling ornaments [about their feet], and [their] cauls, and [their] round tires like the moon,...

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Bread Scripture - Judges 13:16

And the angel of the LORD said unto Manoah, Though thou detain me, I will not eat of thy bread: and if thou wilt offer a burnt offering, thou must offer it unto the LORD. For Manoah knew not that he [was] an angel of the LORD....

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Bread Scripture - Deuteronomy 8:9

A land wherein thou shalt eat bread without scarceness, thou shalt not lack any [thing] in it; a land whose stones [are] iron, and out of whose hills thou mayest dig brass....

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Beds in Smiths Bible Dictionary

The Jewish bed consisted of the mattress, a mere mat, or one or more quilts; the covering, a finer quilt, or sometimes the outer garment worn by day, 1Sa 19:13 which the law provided should not be kept in pledge after sunset, that the poor man might not lack his needful covering, De 24:13 the pillow, 1Sa 19:13 probably formed of sheep's fleece...

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Beds Scripture - Proverbs 7:17

I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon....

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Betroth in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

be-troth', be-troth' ('dras): On betrothal as a social custom see MARRIAGE. Hosea, in his great parable of the prodigal wife, surpassed only by a greater Teacher's parable of the Prodigal Son, uses betrothal as the symbol of Yahweh's pledge of His love and favor to penitent Israel (Hos 2:19,20). In Ex 21:8,9 the Revised Version (British and Am...

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