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	Nave's—Brass

Brass, or Copper

Dug out of the mountains—De 8:9

Purified by smelting—Job 28:2

CHARACTERISED BY

• Strength
• —Job 40:18
• Hardness
• —Le 26:19
• Yellow colour
• —Ezr 8:27
• Fusibility
• —Eze 22:18,20
• Sonorousness
• —1Co 13:1

Takes a high polish—2Ch 4:16; Eze 1:7

Inferior in value to gold and silver—Isa 60:17; Da 2:32,39

Antiquity of working in—Ge 4:22

Extensive commerce in—Eze 27:13; Re 18:12

Working in, a trade—Ge 4:22; 1Ki 7:14; 2Ch 24:12; 2Ti 4:14

Canaan abounded in—De 8:9; 33:25

TAKEN IN WAR

• Often in great quantities
• —Jos 22:8; 2Sa 8:8; 2Ki 25:13-16
• Cleansed by fire
• —Nu 31:21-23
• Generally consecrated to God
• —Jos 6:19,24; 2Sa 8:10,11

Offerings of, for the tabernacle—Ex 38:29

Collected by David for the temple—1Ch 22:3,14,16; 29:2

Offerings of, for the temple—1Ch 29:6,7

Coined for money—Mt 10:9; Mr 12:41

MADE INTO

• Mirrors
• —Ex 38:8
• Gates
• —Ps 107:16; Isa 45:2
• Bars for gates
• —1Ki 4:13
• Fetters
• —Jud 16:21; 2Ki 25:7
• Shields
• —1Ki 14:27; 2Ch 12:10
• Helmets
• —1Sa 17:5
• Greaves for the legs
• —1Sa 17:6
• Household vessels
• —Mr 7:4
• Sacred vessels
• —Ex 27:3; 1Ki 7:45
• Altars
• —Ex 27:2; 39:39
• Sockets for pillars
• —Ex 38:10,11,17
• Lavers
• —Ex 30:18; 1Ki 7:38
• Pillars
• —1Ki 7:15,16
• Idols
• —Da 5:4; Re 9:20
• Instruments of music
• —1Ch 15:19

Moses made the serpent of—Nu 21:9; 2Ki 18:4

ILLUSTRATIVE OF

• Obstinate sinners
• —Isa 48:4; Jer 6:28
• The decrees of God
• —Zec 6:1
• The strength and firmness of Christ
• —Da 10:6; Re 1:15
• Strength given to saints
• —Jer 15:20; Mic 4:13
• Macedonian empire
• —Da 2:39
• Extreme drought
• —De 28:23
• The earth made barren
• —Le 26:19