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Probable origin of - Job 19:23,24
MADE OF
- Papyrus or paper reed
- Isa 19:7- Parchment
- 2Ti 4:13Made in a roll - Isa 34:4; Jer 36:2; Eze 2:9
Written with pen and ink - Jer 36:18; 3Jo 1:13
Often written on both sides - Eze 2:10
Often sealed - Isa 29:11; Da 12:4; Re 5:1
Often dedicated to persons of distinction - Lu 1:3; Ac 1:1
Were numerous and most expensive - Ac 19:19
The ancients fond of making - Ec 12:12
Divine communications recorded in - Ex 17:14; Isa 30:8; Jer 36:2; Re 1:19
Important events recorded in - Ezr 4:15; 6:1,2; Es 2:23
Erasures in, alluded to - Ex 32:33; Nu 5:23
NOT EXTANT, BUT MENTIONED IN SCRIPTURE
- Wars of the Lord
- Nu 21:14- Jasher
- Jos 10:13; 2Sa 1:18- Samuel concerning the kingdom
- 1Sa 10:25- Chronicles of David
- 1Ch 27:24- Acts of Solomon
- 1Ki 11:41- Natural history by Solomon
- 1Ki 4:32,33- History of the kings
- 1Ch 9:1- Samuel the seer
- 1Ch 29:29- Nathan
- 1Ch 29:29; 2Ch 9:29- Shemaiah
- 2Ch 12:15- Gad the seer
- 1Ch 29:29- Ahijah the Shilonite
- 2Ch 9:29- Visions of Iddo
- 2Ch 9:29; 12:15- Jehu the son of Hanani
- 2Ch 20:34- Sayings of the seers
- 2Ch 33:19ILLUSTRATIVE OF
- Memorials of God's providence
- Ps 56:8; 139:16- Memorials of conversation and conduct of men
- Da 7:10; Mal 3:16; Re 20:12- The record of the church of Christ
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