Mills and Millstones
[And] the people went about, and gathered [it], and ground
[it] in mills, or beat [it] in a mortar, and baked [it] in
pans, and made cakes of it: and the taste of it was as the
taste of fresh oil....
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And all the firstborn in the land of Egypt shall die, from the
firstborn of Pharaoh that sitteth upon his throne, even unto
the firstborn of the maidservant that [is] behind the mill;
and all the firstborn of beasts....
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Two [women shall be] grinding at the mill; the one shall be
taken, and the other left....
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Moreover I will take from them the voice of mirth, and the
voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice
of the bride, the sound of the millstones, and the light of
the candle....
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Take the millstones, and grind meal: uncover thy locks, make
bare the leg, uncover the thigh, pass over the rivers....
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And the voice of harpers, and musicians, and of pipers, and
trumpeters, shall be heard no more at all in thee; and no
craftsman, of whatsoever craft [he be], shall be found any
more in thee; and the sound of a millstone shall be heard no
more at all in thee;...
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The mills of the ancient Hebrews probably differed but
little from those at present in use in the East. These
consist of two circular stones, each about eighteen inches
or two feet in diameter, the lower of which is fixed, and
has its upper surface slightly convex, fitting into a
corresponding concavity in the upper stone. In the latter is
a ...
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Not to be taken as a pledge
De 24:6
-Probably used in executions by drowning
Mt 18:6; Mr 9:42; Lu 17:2
-Abimelech killed by one being of hurled upon him
Jud 9:53
-Figurative of a hard heart
Job 41:24...
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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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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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