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Threshing Scripture - Isaiah 21:10

O my threshing, and the corn of my floor: that which I have heard of the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, have I declared unto you....

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Tombs Scripture - Mark 5:2

And when he was come out of the ship, immediately there met him out of the tombs a man with an unclean spirit,...

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Trade Scripture - Genesis 46:32

And the men [are] shepherds, for their trade hath been to feed cattle; and they have brought their flocks, and their herds, and all that they have....

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Veil in Easton's Bible Dictionary

(1.) Heb. mitpahath (Ruth 3:15; marg., "sheet" or "apron;" R.V., "mantle"). In Isa. 3:22 this word is plural, rendered "wimples;" R.V., "shawls" i.e., wraps. (2.) Massekah (Isa. 25:7; in Isa. 28:20 rendered "covering"). The word denotes something spread out and covering or concealing something else (comp. 2 Cor. 3:13-15). (3.) Masveh (Ex....

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Veil Scripture - Hebrews 9:3

And after the second veil, the tabernacle which is called the Holiest of all;...

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Thieves in Fausset's Bible Dictionary

Greek leestai. Rather "robbers." Lawless banditti infested Israel in our Lord's days (Josephus, Ant. 17:19, section 8; 20:8, section 10), and gave trouble to each successive Roman governor (Josephus, B. J. 2:13, section 2). Even on the high road between Jericho and Jerusalem they assailed travelers, as the parable of the good Samaritan shows (...

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Thieves Scripture - Isaiah 1:23

Thy princes [are] rebellious, and companions of thieves: every one loveth gifts, and followeth after rewards: they judge not the fatherless, neither doth the cause of the widow come unto them....

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Threshing Scripture - 2 Samuel 24:22

And Araunah said unto David, Let my lord the king take and offer up what [seemeth] good unto him: behold, [here be] oxen for burnt sacrifice, and threshing instruments and [other] instruments of the oxen for wood....

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Tombs Scripture - Mark 5:3

Who had [his] dwelling among the tombs; and no man could bind him, no, not with chains:...

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Tomb in Smiths Bible Dictionary

From the burial of Sarah in the cave of Machpelah, Ge 23:19 to the funeral rites prepared for Dorcas, Ac 9:37 there is no mention of any sarcophagus, or even coffin, in any Jewish burial. Still less were the rites of the Jews like those of the Pelasgi or Etruscans. They were marked with the same simplicity that characterized all their religiou...

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