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Jamieson, Fausset & Brown on Job 28:2

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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown · 19th-century historical commentary
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brass--that is, copper; for brass is a mixed metal of copper and zinc, of modern invention. Iron is less easily discovered, and wrought, than copper; therefore copper was in common use long before iron. Copper-stone is called "cadmium" by PLINY [Natural History, 34:1; 36:21]. Iron is fitly said to be taken out of the "earth" (dust), for ore looks like mere earth.
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