the Week of Proper 19 / Ordinary 24
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Tin
Bible Dictionary of Animals, Plants and other Objects
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Comments: Tin is a very common metal. It is soft and has a low melting point, which makes it a very good workable material, that is used since ancient times. Bronze is usually an alloy of copper and tin. The common β-tin can transform into powdery α-tin at low temperatures (below 13°C, 56°F). This is known as tin pest, which destroys the affected item.
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Credit: Hi-Res Images of Chemical Elements
License: CC BY 3.0
Credit URL: https://commons.wikimedia.org...
Comments: Tin is a very common metal. It is soft and has a low melting point, which makes it a very good workable material, that is used since ancient times. Bronze is usually an alloy of copper and tin. The common β-tin can transform into powdery α-tin at low temperatures (below 13°C, 56°F). This is known as tin pest, which destroys the affected item.
From ISBE: tin (bedhil): Tin is mentioned with brass, iron and lead in Numbers 31:22; Ezekiel 22:18; Ezekiel 22:20. Ezekiel mentions tin along with silver, iron and lead as being imported into Tyre from Tarshish (see METALS ). The tin must have been brought in the form of ore and smelted in Syria. The writer has some slag dug from a deposit near Beirut which yielded nearly pure tin. It was probably the site of an ancient smelter's shop.
Alfred Ely Day
Verses:
- Numbers 31:22
- Isaiah 1:25
- Ezekiel 22:18
- Ezekiel 22:20
- Ezekiel 27:12
- Zechariah 4:10
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