Lamentations 4:7 (KJV)
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Her Nazariteswere purerthan snowthey were whiterthan milkthey were more ruddyin bodythan rubiestheir polishingwas of sapphire
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Nazarites. Nu 6:2-21 Re 12:5 Re 12:7 Re 16:17 Am 2:11 Am 2:12 Lu 1:15
purer. 1Sa 16:12 Ps 51:7 Ps 144:12 So 5:10 Da 1:15
their polishing.{Gizrathom,} rendered by Dr. Blayney, "their veining," from {gazar,} to divide, intersect, as the blue veins do the surface of the body. This is approved by Dr. A. Clarke, who remarks, "Milk will most certainly well apply to the whiteness of the skin; the beautiful ruby to the ruddiness of the flesh; and the sapphire, in its clear, transcendent purple, to the veins in a fine complexion."
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