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Ink, Inkhorn

From: Concise Bible Dictionary: I By: George A. Morrish

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We know from the papyrus rolls discovered in Egypt that writing with pen, or reed, and ink was practiced in early days. Jeremiah caused Baruch to write in a book with ink the denunciations against Israel and Judah (Jer. 36:18¹⁸Then Baruch answered them, He pronounced all these words unto me with his mouth, and I wrote them with ink in the book. (Jeremiah 36:18)). The horn that contained the ink was carried in the girdle, as it is in some parts of the East to this day (Ezek. 9:2-3,11²And, behold, six men came from the way of the higher gate, which lieth toward the north, and every man a slaughter weapon in his hand; and one man among them was clothed with linen, with a writer's inkhorn by his side: and they went in, and stood beside the brazen altar. ³And the glory of the God of Israel was gone up from the cherub, whereupon he was, to the threshold of the house. And he called to the man clothed with linen, which had the writer's inkhorn by his side; (Ezekiel 9:2‑3)
¹¹And, behold, the man clothed with linen, which had the inkhorn by his side, reported the matter, saying, I have done as thou hast commanded me. (Ezekiel 9:11)).

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Concise Bible Dictionary: I

• Immutability

• Impute, to (λογίζομαι)

• Incense, Altar of

• Incorruption (ἀφθαρσία)

• Inhabiters of the Earth

• Inheritance

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• Instant, Instantly

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