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Jamieson, Fausset & Brown on Job 28:15

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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown · 19th-century historical commentary
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Not the usual word for "gold"; from a Hebrew root, "to shut up" with care; that is, purest gold (Kg1 6:20, Margin). weighed--The precious metals were weighed out before coining was known (Gen 23:16).
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