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Boyd’s Bible Dictionary
:
Straw
used for
cattle
fodder and
litter
(
Gen. 24:25
25
She said moreover unto him, We have both straw and provender enough, and room to lodge in. (Genesis 24:25)
;
1 Kings 4:28
28
Barley also and straw for the horses and dromedaries brought they unto the place where the officers were, every man according to his charge. (1 Kings 4:28)
;
Isa. 11:7; 65:25
7
And the cow and the bear shall feed; their young ones shall lie down together: and the lion shall eat straw like the ox. (Isaiah 11:7)
25
The wolf and the lamb shall feed together, and the lion shall eat straw like the bullock: and dust shall be the serpent's meat. They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain, saith the Lord. (Isaiah 65:25)
); in making
bricks
(
Ex. 5:7,16
7
Ye shall no more give the people straw to make brick, as heretofore: let them go and gather straw for themselves. (Exodus 5:7)
16
There is no straw given unto thy servants, and they say to us, Make brick: and, behold, thy servants are beaten; but the fault is in thine own people. (Exodus 5:16)
).
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This is spoken of as being eaten by the
cattle
, and it is foretold that it will be the food even of the
lion
in a future
day
. This agrees with the practice in the
East
where the straw is cut up or crushed, and used as food for cattle (
1 Kings 4:28
28
Barley also and straw for the horses and dromedaries brought they unto the place where the officers were, every man according to his charge. (1 Kings 4:28)
;
Isa. 11:7
7
And the cow and the bear shall feed; their young ones shall lie down together: and the lion shall eat straw like the ox. (Isaiah 11:7)
). It was used in
Egypt
for mixing with the clay in making
bricks
: in some of the ancient Egyptian bricks the straw can be seen.
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