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Soap

From: Boyd's Bible Dictionary: S

By: James P. Boyd

Narrator: Chris Genthree

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(sap, resin). The Hebrew word for soap implies any alkaline substance used for cleansing (Jer. 2:22²²For though thou wash thee with nitre, and take thee much soap, yet thine iniquity is marked before me, saith the Lord God. (Jeremiah 2:22); Mal. 3:2²But who may abide the day of his coming? and who shall stand when he appeareth? for he is like a refiner's fire, and like fullers' soap: (Malachi 3:2)).

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