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Concise Bible Dictionary: P
By:
George A. Morrish
Narrator:
Chris Genthree
Duration:
28sec
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A bag for money or weights (
Prov. 1:14
14
Cast in thy lot among us; let us all have one purse: (Proverbs 1:14)
;
Isa. 46:6
6
They lavish gold out of the bag, and weigh silver in the balance, and hire a goldsmith; and he maketh it a god: they fall down, yea, they worship. (Isaiah 46:6)
;
Luke 10:4
4
Carry neither purse, nor scrip, nor shoes: and salute no man by the way. (Luke 10:4)
;
Luke 22:35, 36
35
And he said unto them, When I sent you without purse, and scrip, and shoes, lacked ye any thing? And they said, Nothing.
36
Then said he unto them, But now, he that hath a purse, let him take it, and likewise his scrip: and he that hath no sword, let him sell his garment, and buy one. (Luke 22:35‑36)
;
John 12:6
6
This he said, not that he cared for the poor; but because he was a thief, and had the bag, and bare what was put therein. (John 12:6)
). In
Matthew 10:9
9
Provide neither gold, nor silver, nor brass in your purses, (Matthew 10:9)
and
Mark 6:8
8
And commanded them that they should take nothing for their journey, save a staff only; no scrip, no bread, no money in their purse: (Mark 6:8)
, the “girdle” is alluded to, a portion of which was used as a purse.
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Model of an ancient Roman leather purse.
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Wolfgang Sauber, CC BY-SA 3.0
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