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Bracelets in Smiths Bible Dictionary

[See ARMLET] Bracelets of fine twisted Venetian gold are still common in Egypt. In Ge 38:18,25 the word rendered "bracelet" means probably a string by which a seal-ring was suspended. Men as well as women wore bracelets, as we see from So 5:14 Layard says of the Assyrian kings, "The arms were encircled by armlets, and the wrists by bracelets....

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Bracelets Scripture - Isaiah 3-19

The chains, and the bracelets, and the mufflers,...

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Bread in Naves Topical Bible

Called the STAFF OF LIFE Eze 4:16; 5:16; 14:13 -KINDS OF Bread of affliction 1Ki 22:27; Ps 127:2; Ho 9:4; Isa 30:20 Leavened (made with yeast) Le 7:13; 23:17; Ho 7:4; Am 4:5; Mt 13:33 Unleavened (made without yeast) Ge 19:3; Ex 29:2; Jud 6:19; 1Sa 28:24 -Made of wheat flour Ex 29:2; 1Ki 4:22; 5:11; Ps 81:16 -Manna Nu 11:8 -Meal 1Ki 17...

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Bread Scripture - 2 Samuel 9:10

Thou therefore, and thy sons, and thy servants, shall till the land for him, and thou shalt bring in [the fruits], that thy master's son may have food to eat: but Mephibosheth thy master's son shall eat bread alway at my table. Now Ziba had fifteen sons and twenty servants....

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Anointing Scripture - Exodus 29:21

And thou shalt take of the blood that [is] upon the altar, and of the anointing oil, and sprinkle [it] upon Aaron, and upon his garments, and upon his sons, and upon the garments of his sons with him: and he shall be hallowed, and his garments, and his sons, and his sons' garments with him....

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Anointing Scripture - Exodus 40:9

And thou shalt take the anointing oil, and anoint the tabernacle, and all that [is] therein, and shalt hallow it, and all the vessels thereof: and it shall be holy....

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Baking Scripture - 2Samuel 13:8

So Tamar went to her brother Amnon's house; and he was laid down. And she took flour, and kneaded [it], and made cakes in his sight, and did bake the cakes....

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Banks Scripture - Joshua 4:18

And it came to pass, when the priests that bare the ark of the covenant of the LORD were come up out of the midst of Jordan, [and] the soles of the priests' feet were lifted up unto the dry land, that the waters of Jordan returned unto their place, and flowed over all his banks, as [they did] before....

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Banquets Scripture - Amos 6:7

Therefore now shall they go captive with the first that go captive, and the banquet of them that stretched themselves shall be removed....

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Banquets in Easton's Bible Dictionary

a feast provided for the entertainment of a company of guests (Esther 5; 7; 1 Pet. 4:3); such as was provided for our Lord by his friends in Bethany (Matt. 26:6; Mark 14:3; comp. John 12:2). These meals were in the days of Christ usually called "suppers," after the custom of the Romans, and were partaken of toward the close of the day. It...

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