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Rings

 

Rings

Antiquity of - Ge 24:22; 38:18

Made of gold and set with precious stones - Nu 31:50,51; So 5:14

WERE WORN

• On the hands
- Ge 41:42
• On the arms
- 2Sa 1:10
• In the ears
- Job 42:11; Ho 2:13; Eze 16:12
• In the nose
- Isa 3:21

Rich men distinguished by - Jas 2:2

Women of rank adorned with - Isa 3:16,21

OF KINGS

• Used for sealing decrees
- Es 3:12; 8:8,10
• Given to favourites as a mark of honour
- Ge 41:42; Es 3:10; 8:2

Numbers of, taken from Midianites - Nu 31:50

ILLUSTRATIVE

• Of the glory of Christ
- So 5:14
• (Put on the hands,) of favour
- Lu 15:22
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