Joshua 9:4 (KJV)
They did work wililyand wentand made as if they had been ambassadorsand took old sacksupon their assesand wine bottles oldand rentand bound up
Cross-references
work wilily. Ge 34:13 1Ki 20:31-33 Mt 10:16 Lu 16:8
wine bottles.These bottles being made of skin, were consequently liable to be rent, and capable of being mended; which is done, according to Chardin, by putting in a piece, or by gathering up the wounded piece in the manner of a purse; and sometimes by inserting a flat piece of wood. Ps 119:83 Mt 9:17 Mr 2:22 Lu 5:37 Lu 5:38
ambassadors.The word {tzir,} an ambassador, properly denotes a hinge; because an ambassador is a person upon whom the business turns as upon a hinge. So the Latin {Cardinalis,} from {cardo,} a hinge, was the title of the prime minister of the emperor Theodosius, though now applied only to the Pope's electors and counsellors.
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