Topic
Dung; Dung Gate
32 passages cited, from 1 classic reference work.
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The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- Exodus 29:14ISBE
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 4:11ISBE
And the skin of the bullock, and all his flesh, with his head, and with his legs, and his inwards, and his dung,
- Leviticus 8:17ISBE
But the bullock, and his hide, his flesh, and his dung, he burnt with fire without the camp; as the LORD commanded Moses.
- Leviticus 16:27ISBE
And the bullock for the sin offering, and the goat for the sin offering, whose blood was brought in to make atonement in the holy place, shall one carry forth without the camp; and they shall burn in the fire their skins, and their flesh, and their dung.
- Numbers 19:5ISBE
And one shall burn the heifer in his sight; her skin, and her flesh, and her blood, with her dung, shall he burn:
- 1 Samuel 2:8ISBE
He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth up the beggar from the dunghill, to set them among princes, and to make them inherit the throne of glory: for the pillars of the earth are the LORD’s, and he hath set the world upon them.
- 1 Kings 14:10ISBE
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 6:25ISBE
And there was a great famine in Samaria: and, behold, they besieged it, until an ass’s head was sold for fourscore pieces of silver, and the fourth part of a cab of dove’s dung for five pieces of silver.
- 2 Kings 9:37ISBE
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.
- 2 Kings 18:27ISBE
But Rab-shakeh said unto them, Hath my master sent me to thy master, and to thee, to speak these words? hath he not sent me to the men which sit on the wall, that they may eat their own dung, and drink their own piss with you?
- Ezra 6:11ISBE
Also I have made a decree, that whosoever shall alter this word, let timber be pulled down from his house, and being set up, let him be hanged thereon; and let his house be made a dunghill for this.
- Nehemiah 2:13ISBE
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.
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- Nehemiah 3:14 ISBE
- Job 20:7 ISBE
- Psalms 83:10 ISBE
- Psalms 113:7 ISBE
- Isaiah 25:10 ISBE
- Isaiah 36:12 ISBE
- Jeremiah 8:2 ISBE
- Jeremiah 9:22 ISBE
- Jeremiah 16:4 ISBE
- Jeremiah 25:33 ISBE
- Lamentations 4:5 ISBE
- Ezekiel 4:12 ISBE
- Ezekiel 4:15 ISBE
- Daniel 2:5 ISBE
- Daniel 3:29 ISBE
- Zephaniah 1:17 ISBE
- Malachi 2:3 ISBE
- Luke 13:8 ISBE
- Luke 14:35 ISBE
- Philippians 3:8 ISBE
In the reference works
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 35 references
dung ('ashpoth, domen, peresh; skubalon, etc.): Nine different words occurring in the Hebrew have been translated "dung" in the Old Testament. The word used to designate one of the gates of Jerusalem ('ashpoth, Ne 2:13; 3:14) is more general than the others and may mean any kind of refuse. The gate was probably so named because outside it was the general dump heap of the city. Visitors in recent years riding outside the city walls of Jerusalem, on their way to the Mt. of Olives or Jericho, may have witnessed such a dump against the wall, which has existed for generations.
The first mention made of dung is in connection with sacrificial rites. The sacred law required that the dung, along with what parts of the animal were not burned on the altar, should be burned outside the camp (Ex 29:14; Le 4:11; 8:17; 16:27; Nu 19:5). The fertilizing value of dung was appreciated by the cultivator, as is indicated by Lu 13:8 and possibly Ps 83:10 and Isa 25:10.
Dung was also used as a fuel. Eze 4:12,15 will be understood when it is known that the dung of animals is a common fuel throughout Palestine and Syria, where other fuel is scarce. During the summer, villagers gather the manure of their cattle, horses or camels, mix it with straw, make it into cakes and dry it for use as fuel for cooking, especially in the winter when wood or charcoal or straw are not procurable. It burns slowly like peat and meets the needs of the kitchen. In Mesopotamia the writer saw it being used with forced draft to fire a steam boiler. There was no idea of uncleanness in Ezekiel's mind, associated with the use of animal dung as fuel (Eze 4:15).
Figuratively: Dung was frequently used figuratively to express the idea
(a) of worthlessness, especially a perishable article for which no one cares (1Ki 14:10; 2Ki 6:25; 9:37; Job 20:7; Ps 83:10; Jer 8:2; 9:22; 16:4; 25:33; Ze 1:17; Php 3:8 (the American Standard Revised Version "refuse")). Dunghill was used in the same way (1Sa 2:8; Ezr 6:11; Ps 113:7; Isa 25:10; Da 2:5; 3:29; Lu 14:35; La 4:5);
(b) as an expression of disgust (2Ki 18:27; Isa 36:12);
(c) of rebuke (Mal 2:3).
James A. Patch
Texts: 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.