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Pile

3 passages cited, from 1 classic reference work.

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Isaiah 30:33ISBE
For Tophet is ordained of old; yea, for the king it is prepared; he hath made it deep and large: the pile thereof is fire and much wood; the breath of the LORD, like a stream of brimstone, doth kindle it.
Ezekiel 24:9ISBE
Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Woe to the bloody city! I will even make the pile for fire great.
Ezekiel 24:10ISBE
Heap on wood, kindle the fire, consume the flesh, and spice it well, and let the bones be burned.

In the reference works

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 4 references

pil (medhurah, from dur, "heap up"): Isa 30:33, "The pile thereof is fire and much wood"; Eze 24:9,10, "I also will make the pile great. Heap on the wood, make the fire hot." Isa 30:33 may be paraphrased, `the pyre thereof is of much wood, burning fiercely.'

See TOPHETH.

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.

Pile

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