DRAUGHT (Mt 15:17; Mr 7:19) and DRAUGHT HOUSE (Amer. RV 'draught-house,' 2Ki 10:27) both signify a privy or closet, which in the Mishna is 'water-house.' Jehu, according to the last-cited passage, turned the temple of Baal in Samaria into public latrines.
They also broke down the sacred pillar of Baal and broke down the house of Baal, and made it a latrine to this day.
"Do you not understand that everything that goes into the mouth passes into the stomach, and is eliminated?
because it does not go into his heart, but into his stomach, and is eliminated?" (Thus He declared all foods clean.)
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