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Mills and Millstones in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

mil, mil'-ston (recheh; mulos, mulon): The two most primitive methods of grinding grain were (1) by pounding it in a mortar, and (2) by rubbing it between two stones. In Nu 11:8 both methods are mentioned as used for rendering the manna more fit for cooking. Numerous examples of both mill and mortar have been found in ancient excavations. Blis...

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Mills Scripture - Matthew 24:41

Two [women shall be] grinding at the mill; the one shall be taken, and the other left....

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Marriage Scripture - Luke 20:34

And Jesus answering said unto them, The children of this world marry, and are given in marriage:...

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Masons Scripture - Ezra 3:7

They gave money also unto the masons, and to the carpenters; and meat, and drink, and oil, unto them of Zidon, and to them of Tyre, to bring cedar trees from Lebanon to the sea of Joppa, according to the grant that they had of Cyrus king of Persia....

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Meat Scripture - Joshua 22:29

God forbid that we should rebel against the LORD, and turn this day from following the LORD, to build an altar for burnt offerings, for meat offerings, or for sacrifices, beside the altar of the LORD our God that [is] before his tabernacle....

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Merchant Scripture - Proverbs 31:24

She maketh fine linen, and selleth [it]; and delivereth girdles unto the merchant....

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Smith Scripture - Exodus 31:4

To devise cunning works, to work in gold, and in silver, and in brass,...

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Meat in Fausset's Bible Dictionary

Not in our sense, "flesh." Thus of the three divisions of offerings "the burnt, the meat, and the peace offering," the meat offering is a "present or oblation" (minchah from a root "to send or offer"), consisting only of flour, grain, and oil, flesh never being in it as in the other two. In Psalm 111:5, "He hath given meat (tereph) unto them t...

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Merchant in Easton's Bible Dictionary

The Hebrew word so rendered is from a root meaning "to travel about," "to migrate," and hence "a traveller." In the East, in ancient times, merchants travelled about with their merchandise from place to place (Gen. 37:25; Job 6:18), and carried on their trade mainly by bartering (Gen. 37:28; 39:1). After the Hebrews became settled in Isra...

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Mills in Naves Topical Bible

General scriptures concerning Jer 25:10 -Upper and lower stones of De 24:6; Job 41:24; Isa 47:2 -Used in Egypt Ex 11:5 -Operated by women Mt 24:41 -And captives Jud 16:21; La 5:13 -Manna ground in Nu 11:8 -Sound of, to cease Re 18:22...

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