1883 Haydock Douay Rheims Bible
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| Deuteronomy 4:20 | But the Lord hath taken you, and brought you out of the iron furnace of Egypt, to make you his people of inheritance, as it is this present day. | Furnace. This expression gives us some idea of the cruelties to which the Hebrews had been exposed, 3 Kings 8:51. Iron and other metals were melted in furnaces: Hebrew cur, Ezechiel 22:20. In the countries of the East, workmen have them in the middle of their shops, and sit round them to work. (Bellon., 3:45.) (Calmet) |