Topic
Dung
15 passages cited, from 2 classic reference works.
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The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- Exodus 29:14Easton
But the flesh of the bullock, and his skin, and his dung, shalt thou burn with fire without the camp: it is a sin offering.
- Leviticus 4:11Easton
And the skin of the bullock, and all his flesh, with his head, and with his legs, and his inwards, and his dung,
- Leviticus 8:17Easton
But the bullock, and his hide, his flesh, and his dung, he burnt with fire without the camp; as the LORD commanded Moses.
- Numbers 19:5Easton
And one shall burn the heifer in his sight; her skin, and her flesh, and her blood, with her dung, shall he burn:
- 1 Kings 14:10Easton
Therefore, behold, I will bring evil upon the house of Jeroboam, and will cut off from Jeroboam him that pisseth against the wall, and him that is shut up and left in Israel, and will take away the remnant of the house of Jeroboam, as a man taketh away…
- 2 Kings 9:37Easton
And the carcase of Jezebel shall be as dung upon the face of the field in the portion of Jezreel; so that they shall not say, This is Jezebel.
- Ezra 4:12Smith
Be it known unto the king, that the Jews which came up from thee to us are come unto Jerusalem, building the rebellious and the bad city, and have set up the walls thereof, and joined the foundations.
- Ezra 4:15Smith
That search may be made in the book of the records of thy fathers: so shalt thou find in the book of the records, and know that this city is a rebellious city, and hurtful unto kings and provinces, and that they have moved sedition within the same of old…
- Nehemiah 2:13Easton
And I went out by night by the gate of the valley, even before the dragon well, and to the dung port, and viewed the walls of Jerusalem, which were broken down, and the gates thereof were consumed with fire.
- Psalms 18:42Easton
Then did I beat them small as the dust before the wind: I did cast them out as the dirt in the streets.
- Isaiah 5:25Smith
Therefore is the anger of the LORD kindled against his people, and he hath stretched forth his hand against them, and hath smitten them: and the hills did tremble, and their carcases were torn in the midst of the streets. For all this his anger is not…
- Isaiah 25:10Smith
For in this mountain shall the hand of the LORD rest, and Moab shall be trodden down under him, even as straw is trodden down for the dunghill.
Show 3 more
- Jeremiah 8:2 Easton
- Ezekiel 4:12–15 Easton
- Luke 13:8 Easton
In the reference works
Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · 11 references
(1.) Used as manure (Luke 13:8); collected outside the city walls (Neh. 2:13). Of sacrifices, burned outside the camp (Ex. 29:14; Lev. 4:11; 8:17; Num. 19:5). To be “cast out as dung,” a figurative expression (1 Kings 14:10; 2 Kings 9:37; Jer. 8:2; Ps. 18:42), meaning to be rejected as unprofitable.
(2.) Used as fuel, a substitute for firewood, which was with difficulty procured in Syria, Arabia, and Egypt (Ezek. 4:12-15), where cows’ and camels’ dung is used to the present day for this purpose.
Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884) · 4 references
Texts: Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897); Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.