Thematic Bible: Mills
Thematic Bible
Mills » Illustrative » (ceasing,) of desolation
The sound of harpists, musicians, flutists, and trumpeters will never be heard within you again. No artisan of any trade will ever be found within you again. The sound of a millstone will never be heard within you again.
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I'll destroy the sounds of gladness and rejoicing from them, the sounds of the bridegroom and the bride, the sound of the hand mill and also the light of the lamp.
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Mills » Male captives often employed at
When the people saw Samson, they praised their god, claiming: Our god has given our enemy into our control; the one who was destroying our land, and who has killed many of us.
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Our young men must grind grain with a millstone; our youths stumble under the weight of wood.
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Mills » Stones used in » Often thrown down on enemies during sieges
Who killed Jerubbesheth's son Abimelech? Didn't a woman kill him by throwing an upper millstone on him from the wall at Thebez? Why did you go so close to the wall?' then tell him, "Your servant Uriah the Hittite also died.'"
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But a certain woman threw an upper millstone down on Abimelech's head, fracturing his skull.
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Mills » Female servants usually employed at
and all the firstborn in the land of Egypt will die, from the firstborn of Pharaoh who sits on his throne to the firstborn of the slave girl who operatesthe hand mill, along with the firstborn of the animals.
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Two women will be grinding grain at the mill. One will be taken, and one will be left behind.
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Mills » Stones used in » Not to be taken in pledge
"Don't take a pair of millstones, especially the upper millstone, as collateral for a loan, because this means taking a man's livelihood.
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Mills » Stones used in » Large
Then a powerful angel picked up a stone that was like a large millstone and threw it into the sea, saying, "The great city Babylon will be thrown down violently and will never be found again.
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Mills » Illustrative » (grinding at,) of degradation, &c
"Come down and sit in the dust, Virgin Daughter of Babylon. Sit on the ground without a chair, Daughter of the Chaldeans! For no longer will they call you tender and attractive. Take millstones and grind flour. Remove your veil, strip off your robes, bare your legs, and wade through the rivers.
Mills » Used for grinding » Manna (in the wilderness)
People would go out to gather it, then they would grind it in mills or pound it in mortars, and then they would boil it in pots or make cakes out of it that tasted like butter cakes.
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Mills » Stones used in » Heavy
"If anyone causes one of these little ones who believe in me to sin, it would be better for him if a large millstone were hung around his neck and he were drowned at the bottom of the sea.
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Mills » Used for grinding » Corn
Take millstones and grind flour. Remove your veil, strip off your robes, bare your legs, and wade through the rivers.
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Mills » Antiquity of
and all the firstborn in the land of Egypt will die, from the firstborn of Pharaoh who sits on his throne to the firstborn of the slave girl who operatesthe hand mill, along with the firstborn of the animals.
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Mills » Stones used in » Hard
His heart is as strong as stone, it is as hard as a lower millstone.
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