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Amulets. Amulets were ornaments, gems, scrolls. Etc.. Worn as preservatives against the power of enchantments, and generally inscribed with mystic forms or characters. The "earrings" in Genesis 35:4 were obviously connected with idolatrous worship and were probably amulets taken from the bodies of the slain Shechemites.
They are subsequently mentioned among the spoils of Midian. Judges 8:24. In Hosea 2:13, is another like reference. The "earrings" in Isaiah 3:20 were also amulets.
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Smith, William, Dr. Entry for 'Amulets'. Smith's Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/sbd/a/amulets.html. 1901.
Smith, William, Dr. Entry for 'Amulets'. Smith's Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/sbd/a/amulets.html. 1901.
