Thematic Bible: Arts of the
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Arts of the » Potter
Yet, Lord, you are our father. We are the clay, and you are our potter; we are all the product of your labor.
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So I went down to the potter's house and found him working at his wheel.
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(Bet) The precious sons of Zion were worth their weight in gold -- Alas! -- but now they are treated like broken clay pots, made by a potter.
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The Lord then said to me, "Throw to the potter that exorbitant sum at which they valued me!" So I took the thirty pieces of silver and threw them to the potter at the temple of the Lord.
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Arts of the » Engraver
You are to engrave the two stones with the names of the sons of Israel with the work of an engraver in stone, like the engravings of a seal; you are to have them set in gold filigree settings.
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But if the ministry that produced death -- carved in letters on stone tablets -- came with glory, so that the Israelites could not keep their eyes fixed on the face of Moses because of the glory of his face (a glory which was made ineffective),
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Look, I have inscribed your name on my palms; your walls are constantly before me.
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Arts of the » Brick-maker
Then they said to one another, "Come, let's make bricks and bake them thoroughly." (They had brick instead of stone and tar instead of mortar.)
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"You must no longer give straw to the people for making bricks as before. Let them go and collect straw for themselves. But you must require of them the same quota of bricks that they were making before. Do not reduce it, for they are slackers. That is why they are crying, 'Let us go sacrifice to our God.'
So now, get back to work! You will not be given straw, but you must still produce your quota of bricks!"
Arts of the » Refiner of metals
and for the refined gold of the incense altar. He gave him the blueprint for the seat of the gold cherubim that spread their wings and provide shelter for the ark of the Lord's covenant.
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Who can endure the day of his coming? Who can keep standing when he appears? For he will be like a refiner's fire, like a launderer's soap. He will act like a refiner and purifier of silver and will cleanse the Levites and refine them like gold and silver. Then they will offer the Lord a proper offering.
Arts of the » Musician
When the men arrived after David returned from striking down the Philistine, the women from all the cities of Israel came out singing and dancing to meet King Saul. They were happy as they played their tambourines and three-stringed instruments.
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David told the leaders of the Levites to appoint some of their relatives as musicians; they were to play various instruments, including stringed instruments and cymbals, and to sing loudly and joyfully.
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Arts of the » Mason
King Hiram of Tyre sent messengers to David, along with cedar logs, carpenters, and stonemasons. They built a palace for David.
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The king and Jehoiada gave it to the construction foremen assigned to the Lord's temple. They hired carpenters and craftsmen to repair the Lord's temple, as well as those skilled in working with iron and bronze to restore the Lord's temple.
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Arts of the » Stone cutter
If you make me an altar of stone, you must not build it of stones shaped with tools, for if you use your tool on it you have defiled it.
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You also have available many workers, including stonecutters, masons, carpenters, and an innumerable array of workers who are skilled
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Arts of the » Embalmer
Joseph instructed the physicians in his service to embalm his father, so the physicians embalmed Israel. They took forty days, for that is the full time needed for embalming. The Egyptians mourned for him seventy days.
So Joseph died at the age of 110. After they embalmed him, his body was placed in a coffin in Egypt.
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Arts of the » Blacksmith
Now Zillah also gave birth to Tubal-Cain, who heated metal and shaped all kinds of tools made of bronze and iron. The sister of Tubal-Cain was Naamah.
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A blacksmith could not be found in all the land of Israel, for the Philistines had said, "This will prevent the Hebrews from making swords and spears."
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Arts of the » Spinner
Every woman who was skilled spun with her hands and brought what she had spun, blue, purple, or scarlet yarn, or fine linen,
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Her hands take hold of the distaff, and her hands grasp the spindle.
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Arts of the » Brazier
Alexander the coppersmith did me a great deal of harm. The Lord will repay him in keeping with his deeds.
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Now Zillah also gave birth to Tubal-Cain, who heated metal and shaped all kinds of tools made of bronze and iron. The sister of Tubal-Cain was Naamah.
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Arts of the » Wine-maker
In those days I saw people in Judah treading winepresses on the Sabbath, bringing in heaps of grain and loading them onto donkeys, along with wine, grapes, figs, and all kinds of loads, and bringing them to Jerusalem on the Sabbath day. So I warned them on the day that they sold these provisions.
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"I have stomped grapes in the winepress all by myself; no one from the nations joined me. I stomped on them in my anger; I trampled them down in my rage. Their juice splashed on my garments, and stained all my clothes.
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Arts of the » Calker
The elders of Gebal and her skilled men were within you, mending cracks; all the ships of the sea and their mariners were within you to trade for your merchandise.
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Your wealth, products, and merchandise, your sailors and captains, your ship's carpenters, your merchants, and all your fighting men within you, along with all your crew who are in you, will fall into the heart of the seas on the day of your downfall.
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Arts of the » Baker
After these things happened, the cupbearer to the king of Egypt and the royal baker offended their master, the king of Egypt.
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He will take your daughters to be ointment makers, cooks, and bakers.
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Arts of the » Apothecary or perfumer
You are to make this into a sacred anointing oil, a perfumed compound, the work of a perfumer. It will be sacred anointing oil.
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and make it into an incense, a perfume, the work of a perfumer. It is to be finely ground, and pure and sacred.
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Arts of the » Embroiderer
and with him was Oholiab son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan, an artisan, a designer, and an embroiderer in blue, purple, and scarlet yarn and fine linen.
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He has filled them with skill to do all kinds of work as craftsmen, as designers, as embroiderers in blue, purple, and scarlet yarn and in fine linen, and as weavers. They are craftsmen in all the work and artistic designers.
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Arts of the » Founder
When he gave the silver back to his mother, she took two hundred pieces of silver to a silversmith, who made them into a carved image and a metal image. She then put them in Micah's house.
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Hammered-out silver is brought from Tarshish and gold is brought from Uphaz to cover those idols. They are the handiwork of carpenters and goldsmiths. They are clothed in blue and purple clothes. They are all made by skillful workers.
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Arts of the » Husbandman
Noah, a man of the soil, began to plant a vineyard.
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Then she gave birth to his brother Abel. Abel took care of the flocks, while Cain cultivated the ground.
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Arts of the » Gardener
Build houses and settle down. Plant gardens and eat what they produce.
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Jesus said to her, "Woman, why are you weeping? Who are you looking for?" Because she thought he was the gardener, she said to him, "Sir, if you have carried him away, tell me where you have put him, and I will take him."
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Arts of the » Carver
and with cutting and setting stone, and with cutting wood, to work in all kinds of craftsmanship.
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The inside of the temple was all cedar and was adorned with carvings of round ornaments and of flowers in bloom. Everything was cedar; no stones were visible.
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Arts of the » Weaver
He has filled them with skill to do all kinds of work as craftsmen, as designers, as embroiderers in blue, purple, and scarlet yarn and in fine linen, and as weavers. They are craftsmen in all the work and artistic designers.
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Now when the soldiers crucified Jesus, they took his clothes and made four shares, one for each soldier, and the tunic remained. (Now the tunic was seamless, woven from top to bottom as a single piece.)
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Arts of the » Tent-maker
Adah gave birth to Jabal; he was the first of those who live in tents and keep livestock.
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and because he worked at the same trade, he stayed with them and worked with them (for they were tentmakers by trade).
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Arts of the » Carpenter
King Hiram of Tyre sent messengers to David, along with cedar logs, carpenters, and stonemasons. They built a palace for David.
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Isn't this the carpenter, the son of Mary and brother of James, Joses, Judas, and Simon? And aren't his sisters here with us?" And so they took offense at him.
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Arts of the » Fuller
The king of Assyria sent his commanding general, the chief eunuch, and the chief adviser from Lachish to King Hezekiah in Jerusalem, along with a large army. They went up and arrived at Jerusalem. They went and stood at the conduit of the upper pool which is located on the road to the field where they wash and dry cloth.
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and his clothes became radiantly white, more so than any launderer in the world could bleach them.
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Arts of the » Tanner
So Peter stayed many days in Joppa with a man named Simon, a tanner.
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This man is staying as a guest with a man named Simon, a tanner, whose house is by the sea."
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Arts of the » Mariner, &c
The leaders of Sidon and Arvad were your rowers; your skilled men, O Tyre, were your captains. The elders of Gebal and her skilled men were within you, mending cracks; all the ships of the sea and their mariners were within you to trade for your merchandise.
Arts of the » Confectioner
He will take your daughters to be ointment makers, cooks, and bakers.
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Arts of the » Armorer
He will appoint for himself leaders of thousands and leaders of fifties, as well as those who plow his ground, reap his harvest, and make his weapons of war and his chariot equipment.
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Arts of the » Ship-builder
King Solomon also built ships in Ezion Geber, which is located near Elat in the land of Edom, on the shore of the Red Sea.
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Arts of the » Goldsmith
A craftsman casts an idol; a metalsmith overlays it with gold and forges silver chains for it.
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Arts of the » Ropemaker
He said to her, "If they tie me tightly with brand new ropes that have never been used, I will become weak and be just like any other man."
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Arts of the » Tailor
You are to speak to all who are specially skilled, whom I have filled with the spirit of wisdom, so that they may make Aaron's garments to set him apart to minister as my priest.
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Arts of the » Writer
They came from Ephraim, who uprooted Amalek, they follow after you, Benjamin, with your soldiers. From Makir leaders came down, from Zebulun came the ones who march carrying an officer's staff.
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Arts of the » Dyer
ram skins dyed red, fine leather, acacia wood,
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Arts of the » Silversmith
For a man named Demetrius, a silversmith who made silver shrines of Artemis, brought a great deal of business to the craftsmen.
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Arts of the » Smelter of metals
Iron is taken from the ground, and rock is poured out as copper.
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