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Furnace
        Various kinds of furnaces are noticed in the Bible, such as a smelting or calcining furnace, Ge 19:28; Ex 9:8,10; 19:18 especially a lime-kiln, Isa 33:12; Am 2:1 a refining furnace, Pr 17:3 Nebuchadnezzar's furnace, a large furnace built like a brick-kiln, Da 3:22,23 with two openings one at the top for putting in the materials, and another below for removing them; the potter's furnace, Ecclus. 27:5; The blacksmith's furnace. Ecclus. 38:28. The Persians were in the habit of using the furnace as a means of inflicting punishment. Da 3:22,23; Jer 29:22


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Smith, William, Dr "Meaning and Definition for 'furnace' in Smiths Bible Dictionary".
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