Topic
Babylonish garment
2 passages cited, from 3 classic reference works.
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The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- Joshua 7:21Easton · Smith · ISBE
When I saw among the spoils a goodly Babylonish garment, and two hundred shekels of silver, and a wedge of gold of fifty shekels weight, then I coveted them, and took them; and, behold, they are hid in the earth in the midst of my tent, and the silver…
- Genesis 25:25Smith
And the first came out red, all over like an hairy garment; and they called his name Esau.
In the reference works
Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · 1 references
A robe of rich colours fabricated at Babylon, and hence of great value (Josh.7:21).
Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884) · 2 references
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 1 references
bab-i-lo'-nish gar'ment: In the King James Version, Jos 7:21, for BABYLONISH MANTLE, which see.
Texts: Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897); Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884); International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.