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Reference: Penknife
Hastings
Mentioned only in Jer 36:23. Orientals use a reed pen in writing, and always carry a knife for the purpose of mending it.
Mentioned only in Jer 36:23. Orientals use a reed pen in writing, and always carry a knife for the purpose of mending it.
{And then}, as Jehudi read three or four columns, he would cut it up in pieces with the knife of the scribe, and he would throw [it] into the fire that [was] in the fire-pot until the whole of the scroll [was] consumed in the fire that was in the fire-pot.