Lectionary Calendar
Thursday, November 21st, 2024
the Week of Proper 28 / Ordinary 33
the Week of Proper 28 / Ordinary 33
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Bottle
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Bottle. Several words are used in Scripture which our translators have rendered "bottle." The skins of kids and goats, and sometimes of oxen, are used for the purpose of holding liquids. When the animal is killed, the head and feet are cut off, and the body drawn out without any further incision. The skin is tanned with acacia bark; the legs then serve for handles, and the neck as the mouth of the "bottle," being tied up when the wine or water, as the case may be, has been poured in. The hairy side is outward. These bottles are still in constant use in Syria and the adjacent countries, and are very common also in Spain.
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Bibliography Information
Rice, Edwin Wilbur, DD. Entry for 'Bottle'. People's Dictionary of the Bible. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/rpd/b/bottle.html. 1893.
Rice, Edwin Wilbur, DD. Entry for 'Bottle'. People's Dictionary of the Bible. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/rpd/b/bottle.html. 1893.
