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542. Adze

From: Manners and Customs of the Bible By: James M. Freeman

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Jeremiah 10:3³For the customs of the people are vain: for one cutteth a tree out of the forest, the work of the hands of the workman, with the axe. (Jeremiah 10:3). For one cutteth a tree out of the forest, the work of the hands of the workman, with the ax.

“Ax” is thought to have been a light kind of hewing instrument, similar to an adze, used for fashioning or carving wood into shape. It is rendered “tongs” in Isaiah 44:12¹²The smith with the tongs both worketh in the coals, and fashioneth it with hammers, and worketh it with the strength of his arms: yea, he is hungry, and his strength faileth: he drinketh no water, and is faint. (Isaiah 44:12).

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• 541. Mourning Women

• 542. Adze

• 543. Writing on the Ground

• 544. The Potter

• 545. Earthen Bottles

• 546. Bottles Broken

• 547. Tidings of a New Born Son

• 548. Ceilings

• 549. Smiting the Thigh

• 550. Evidences of Purchase

• 551. Cutting the Covenant

• 553. The Hearth

• 554. Buried Treasures

• 555. Spears Scale Armor

• 556. Heavy Axes

• 557. The God Ammon

• 558. Pouring Wine

• 560. Sign of Submission

• 561. Battle Axes

• 562. Hanging by the Hand

• 563. Writing on Both Sides

• 564. Records on Pottery

• 565. Mounts - Forts - Rams

• 566. Chambers of Imagery

• 567. Tammuz

• 568. Posture in Worship

• 569. Twigs Used in Heathen Worship