Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge on Joshua 7:21

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The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
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I saw: Gen 3:6, Gen 6:2; Sa2 11:2; Job 31:1; Psa 119:37; Pro 23:31, Pro 28:22; Mat 5:28, Mat 5:29; Jo1 2:15, Jo1 2:16 Babylonish garment: Addereth shinâr, "a splendid or costly robe of Shinar," the plain in which Babylon stood. Bochart and Calmet have shewn at large, that Babylonish robes were very splendid, and in high reputation. Calmet says, they are generally allowed to have been of various colours, though some suppose they were woven thus; others, that they were embroidered with the needle; and others, that they were painted. Silius Italicus seems to think they were woven. Martial supposes them to have been embroidered with the needle; and Pliny and Apuleius speak of them as painted. Gen 10:10 \*marg. wedge: Heb. tongue I coveted: Exo 20:17; Deu 7:25; Kg1 21:1, Kg1 21:2; Kg2 5:20-27; Hab 2:9; Luk 12:15; Rom 7:7, Rom 7:8; Eph 5:3; Col 3:5; Ti1 6:9, Ti1 6:10; Heb 13:5; Pe2 2:15 took them: Pro 4:23; Mic 2:1, Mic 2:2; Jam 1:15 they are hid: Sa2 11:6-17; Kg2 5:24, Kg2 5:25; Isa 28:15, Isa 29:15; Luk 12:2 Joshua 7:23

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