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Probable origin of - Job 19:23,24

MADE OF

• Papyrus or paper reed
- Isa 19:7
• Parchment
- 2Ti 4:13

Made 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 33:19

ILLUSTRATIVE 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
- Da 12:1; Heb 12:23; Re 20:12,15; 22:19
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