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Coal

Wilson's Dictionary of Bible Types

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Psalm 120:4 (b) The evil words of hostile enemies are compared to coals that burn and hurt when they strike.

Proverbs 6:23 (b) This is a figure to describe the fact that those who live in sin are defiled and hurt by sin even as those who walk upon coals are burned by them.

Isaiah 6:6 (b) The purging power of a live coal which destroys germs and corruption is here used to illustrate the effect of the Lord Himself in touching human life to purge, cleanse, and blot out the sins.

Bibliography Information
Watson, Walter. Entry for 'Coal'. Wilson's Dictoinary of Bible Types. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​wdt/​c/coal.html. 1957.
 
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