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Net

From: Boyd's Bible Dictionary: N By: James P. Boyd

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Used for hunting and fishing

(Isa. 19:8⁸The fishers also shall mourn, and all they that cast angle into the brooks shall lament, and they that spread nets upon the waters shall languish. (Isaiah 19:8); Matt. 13:47⁴⁷Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a net, that was cast into the sea, and gathered of every kind: (Matthew 13:47)). Style, manufacture, and method borrowed from Egyptians.

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