- Dug out of the mountains De 8:9
- Purified by smelting Job 28:2
- CHARACTERISED BY
- Strength Job 40:18
- Hardness Le 26:19
- Yellow colour Ezr 8:27
- Fusibility Eze 22:18,20
- Sonorousness 1Co 13:1
- Takes a high polish 2Ch 4:16; Eze 1:7
- Inferior in value to gold and silver Isa 60:17; Da 2:32,39
- Antiquity of working in Ge 4:22
- Extensive commerce in Eze 27:13; Re 18:12
- Working in, a trade Ge 4:22; 1Ki 7:14; 2Ch 24:12; 2Ti 4:14
- Canaan abounded in De 8:9; 33:25
- TAKEN IN WAR
- Often in great quantities Jos 22:8; 2Sa 8:8; 2Ki 25:13-16
- Cleansed by fire Nu 31:21-23
- Generally consecrated to God Jos 6:19,24; 2Sa 8:10,11
- Offerings of, for the tabernacle Ex 38:29
- Collected by David for the temple 1Ch 22:3,14,16; 29:2
- Offerings of, for the temple 1Ch 29:6,7
- Coined for money Mt 10:9; Mr 12:41
- MADE INTO
- Mirrors Ex 38:8
- Gates Ps 107:16; Isa 45:2
- Bars for gates 1Ki 4:13
- Fetters Jud 16:21; 2Ki 25:7
- Shields 1Ki 14:27; 2Ch 12:10
- Helmets 1Sa 17:5
- Greaves for the legs 1Sa 17:6
- Household vessels Mr 7:4
- Sacred vessels Ex 27:3; 1Ki 7:45
- Altars Ex 27:2; 39:39
- Sockets for pillars Ex 38:10,11,17
- Lavers Ex 30:18; 1Ki 7:38
- Pillars 1Ki 7:15,16
- Idols Da 5:4; Re 9:20
- Instruments of music 1Ch 15:19
- Moses made the serpent of Nu 21:9; 2Ki 18:4
- ILLUSTRATIVE OF
- Obstinate sinners Isa 48:4; Jer 6:28
- The decrees of God Zec 6:1
- The strength and firmness of Christ Da 10:6; Re 1:15
- Strength given to saints Jer 15:20; Mic 4:13
- Macedonian empire Da 2:39
- Extreme drought De 28:23
- The earth made barren Le 26:19
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The New Topical Text Book, R. A. Torrey (1897). Public domain, from the CrossWire SWORD module.