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The character of threads spun from a mixture of sheep's wool with other fibres is determined by the majority; if only a minority of the fibre is sheep's wool it is not considered to be wool. [8] Nonetheless, a mixture of any of these materials with linen is Rabbinically forbidden because of the prohibition on appearing as if you are breaking a ...
Illustration of Jacob's dream in the Book of Genesis Supposed site of Jacob's rest in Beit El, Binyamin district, as theorised by Zev Vilnay. The Stone of Jacob appears in the Book of Genesis as the stone used as a pillow by the Israelite patriarch Jacob at the place later called Bet-El.
In this verse Jesus presents the example of the lilies, who also do no labour. Spin in this verse is a reference to spinning thread, a labour-intensive but necessary part of making clothing. Spinning was traditionally women's work, something made explicit in Luke's version of this verse.
The carnelian is a siliceous stone and a species of chalcedony. Its color is a flesh-hued red, varying from the palest flesh-color to a deep blood-red. It is of a conchoidal structure. Normally its color is without clouds or veins; but sometimes delicate veins of extremely light red or white are found arranged much like the rings of an agate.
"I," said the cow all white and red, "I gave Him my manger for His bed, I gave Him my hay to pillow His head; "I," said the cow, all white and red. "I, said the sheep with curly horn, "I gave Him my wool for His blanket warm, He wore my coat on Christmas morn; "I," said the sheep, with curly horn. "I," said the dove, from the rafters high,
This is a list of types of sandstone that have been or are used economically as natural stone for building and other commercial or artistic purposes. Trans-regional [ edit ]
Stone of Scone (also Stone of Destiny), an oblong block of red sandstone. (Matter of Britain) Sledovik, a sacred stone venerated in Slavic and Finnic pagan practices. (Slavic paganism) Lia Fáil (also Stone of Destiny), a stone at the Inauguration Mound on the Hill of Tara in County Meath, Ireland. In legend, all of the kings of Ireland were ...
Revelation 12 is the twelfth chapter of the Book of Revelation or the Apocalypse of John in the New Testament of the Christian Bible.The book is traditionally attributed to John the Apostle, [1] [2] but the precise identity of the author remains a point of academic debate. [3]