Thematic Bible: Millstone
Thematic Bible
Millstone » Probably used in executions by drowning
But whosoever shall cause one of these little ones who believe in me to fall, it would be better for him that a millstone such as is turned by an ass be hanged about his neck and that he be sunk in the depth of the sea.
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And whosoever shall be a stumbling block to one of these little ones that believe in me, it would be better for him if a millstone were hanged about his neck, and he were cast into the sea.
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It would be better for him if a millstone turned by an ass were placed around his neck and he were cast into the sea than that he should cause one of these little ones to stumble.
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Millstone » Figurative of a hard heart
His heart is as firm as a stone; as hard as a piece of the lower millstone.
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Millstone » Abimelech killed by one being of hurled upon him
But a woman cast a piece of a millstone upon Abimelech's head and crushed his skull.
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Millstone » Not to be taken as a pledge
No man shall take the lower or the upper millstone for a pledge, for he takes a man's life to pledge.
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