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From the Blue Letter Bible
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
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work wilily
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Gen 34:13; 1Ki 20:31-33; Mat 10:16; Luk 16:8 |
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ambassadors
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The word tzir, an ambassador, properly denotes a hinge; because an ambassador is a person upon whom the business turns as upon a hinge. So the Latin Cardinalis, from cardo, a hinge, was the title of the prime minister of the emperor Theodosius, though now applied only to the Pope's electors and counsellors. |
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wine bottles
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These bottles being made of skin, were consequently liable to be rent, and capable of being mended; which is done, according to Chardin, by putting in a piece, or by gathering up the wounded piece in the manner of a purse; and sometimes by inserting a flat piece of wood. Psa 119:83; Mat 9:17; Mar 2:22; Luk 5:37,38 |
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Gen 34:13 |
And the sons of Jacob answered Shechem and Hamor his father deceitfully, and said, because he had defiled Dinah their sister: |
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1Ki 20:31 |
And his servants said unto him, Behold now, we have heard that the kings of the house of Israel [are] merciful kings: let us, I pray thee, put sackcloth on our loins, and ropes upon our heads, and go out to the king of Israel: peradventure he will save thy life. |
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1Ki 20:32 |
So they girded sackcloth on their loins, and [put] ropes on their heads, and came to the king of Israel, and said, Thy servant Benhadad saith, I pray thee, let me live. And he said, [Is] he yet alive? he [is] my brother. |
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1Ki 20:33 |
Now the men did diligently observe whether [any thing would come] from him, and did hastily catch [it]: and they said, Thy brother Benhadad. Then he said, Go ye, bring him. Then Benhadad came forth to him; and he caused him to come up into the chariot. |
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Mat 10:16 |
Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves. |
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Luk 16:8 |
And the lord commended the unjust steward, because he had done wisely: for the children of this world are in their generation wiser than the children of light. |
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Psa 119:83 |
For I am become like a bottle in the smoke; [yet] do I not forget thy statutes. |
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Mat 9:17 |
Neither do men put new wine into old bottles: else the bottles break, and the wine runneth out, and the bottles perish: but they put new wine into new bottles, and both are preserved. |
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Mar 2:22 |
And no man putteth new wine into old bottles: else the new wine doth burst the bottles, and the wine is spilled, and the bottles will be marred: but new wine must be put into new bottles. |
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Luk 5:37 |
And no man putteth new wine into old bottles; else the new wine will burst the bottles, and be spilled, and the bottles shall perish. |
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Luk 5:38 |
But new wine must be put into new bottles; and both are preserved. |
Cite This Page: (explanation of citations)
Scott, Thomas. "Joshua 9:4," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
<http://www.blueletterbible.org/tsk_b/Jos/9/4.html>.
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