Thematic Bible: Mills
Thematic Bible
Mills » Illustrative » (ceasing,) of desolation
The sound of harp players, and musicians, and of pipers, and trumpeters, will not be heard anymore in you. No craftsman will be found in you. The sound of a millstone will not be heard in you anymore.
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I will take from them the sounds of joy and happiness, the sounds of brides and grooms, the sound of mills, and the light of lamps.
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Mills » Male captives often employed at
They praised their god and said: Call Samson, and make him entertain us! They brought Samson out of the prison and they made him entertain them.
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The young men crushed the grain, and the boys fell under the wood.
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Mills » Stones used in » Often thrown down on enemies during sieges
Who killed Jerubbesheth's son Abimelech? Did a woman on the wall of Thebez throw a small millstone at him and kill him? Why did you go so close to the wall? If the king asks this, tell him: 'Your man Uriah the Hittite is also dead.'
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A woman threw a millstone down on his head and fractured his skull.
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Mills » Female servants usually employed at
and wherever he goes, the first-born son in every family will die. Your own son will die. So will the son of the lowest slave woman. Even the first-born males of cattle will die.
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Two will grind at the mill. One will be taken, and one will be left.
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Mills » Stones used in » Not to be taken in pledge
Do not take a hand mill or an upper millstone as security for a debt. That would be taking away a man's livelihood.
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Mills » Stones used in » Large
A mighty angel took up a stone like a great millstone, and hurled it into the sea. He said: With violence the great city Babylon will be thrown down, and it will not be found any longer.
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Mills » Illustrative » (grinding at,) of degradation, &c
Come down and sit in the dust, O virgin daughter of Babylon. Sit on the ground without a throne, O daughter of the Chaldeans! For you will no longer be called tender and delicate. Take the millstones and grind meal. Remove your veil, strip off the skirt; uncover the leg and cross the rivers.
Mills » Used for grinding » Manna (in the wilderness)
The people would gather it and then grind it in a hand mill or crush it in a mortar. They would cook it in a pot or make round loaves of bread out of it. It tasted like rich sweet pastry made with oil.
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Mills » Stones used in » Heavy
He who causes one of my faithful little ones to stumble is in trouble. It would be better for him to end up in the deep sea with a great stone tied to his neck.
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Mills » Used for grinding » Corn
Take the millstones and grind meal. Remove your veil, strip off the skirt; uncover the leg and cross the rivers.
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Mills » Antiquity of
and wherever he goes, the first-born son in every family will die. Your own son will die. So will the son of the lowest slave woman. Even the first-born males of cattle will die.
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Mills » Stones used in » Hard
Its heart is as hard as stone, as hard as the lower millstone.
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