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Millstone
Bible Dictionary of Animals, Plants and other Objects
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Comments: Millstones. Milos Mining Museum.
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Comments: Mill-stones dated by XIX century from Tokmak raion of Zaporizhzhia region of Ukraine
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Comments: Pompeii, Ancient Roman Millstones at the Necropolis of the Herculanean Gate.
From Easton: Mill - for grinding corn, mentioned as used in the time of Abraham (Genesis 18:6). That used by the Hebrews consisted of two circular stones, each 2 feet in diameter and half a foot thick, the lower of which was called the "nether millstone" (Job 41:24) and the upper the "rider." The upper stone was turned round by a stick fixed in it as a handle. There were then no public mills, and thus each family required to be provided with a hand-mill. The corn was ground daily, generally by the women of the house (Isaiah 47:1, Isaiah 47:2; Matthew 24:41). It was with the upper stone of a hand-mill that "a certain woman" at Thebez broke Abimelech's skull (Judges 9:53, "a piece of a millstone;" literally, "a millstone rider", i.e., the "runner," the stone which revolves. Comp. 2 Samuel 11:21). Millstones could not be pledged (Deuteronomy 24:6), as they were necessary in every family.
Verses:
- Exodus 11:5
- Numbers 11:8
- Deuteronomy 24:6
- Judges 9:53
- 2 Samuel 11:21
- Job 41:24
- Ecclesiastes 12:4
- Isaiah 47:2
- Jeremiah 25:10
- Lamentations 5:13
- Matthew 18:6
- Matthew 24:41
- Mark 9:42
- Luke 17:2
- Revelation 18:21
- Revelation 18:22
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