4303 metals
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Gold, silver, bronze, iron, copper, tin and lead are all mentioned in Scripture. Prized for their value, they were used in a variety of ways. Scripture uses as an image a metal refiner's fire for the purification of the lives of believers.

Gold

Job 23:10 See also Exodus 25:10-22; Exodus 38:21-24; 1 Kings 6:27-35; Kings 7:48-50; Kings 10:14-21; Psalm 19:7-11; Revelation 3:18; Revelation 17:4

Silver

Psalm 12:6 See also Genesis 37:26-28; Exodus 38:25-28; 2 Chronicles 9:26-27; Psalm 119:72; Matthew 27:3-10

Bronze

Genesis 4:22 See also Exodus 27:1-7; Exodus 38:29-31; Numbers 16:31-40; 2 Chronicles 4:9-18

Iron

Deuteronomy 3:11 See also Deuteronomy 8:7-9; Judges 4:2-3; Job 40:15-18; Ezekiel 27:19

Copper

Job 28:2 See also Mark 12:41-44 pp Luke 21:1-4

Tin

Ezekiel 27:12 See also Ezekiel 22:18

Lead

It was an exceptionally heavy metal

Exodus 15:10 See also Zechariah 5:5-8

It was refined before use

Jeremiah 6:29 See also Numbers 31:21-23; Ezekiel 22:18-20

Inscriptions were sometimes made on lead

Job 19:23-24

It was traded between nations

Ezekiel 27:12

The value of metals

All metals were of value

Joshua 22:8 See also 1 Chronicles 18:10; 1 C 14; 1 C 1-7; Revelation 18:11-12

The relative value of metals

Isaiah 60:17 See also 1 Kings 10:21 pp 2 Chronicles 9:20; 1 Kings 14:25-28

Trade with metals

1 Kings 10:22 pp 2 Chronicles 9:21 See also Genesis 37:28; 1 Kings 10:11,14-15 pp 2 Chronicles 9:13-14; 1 Kings 22:48; Ezekiel 27:13,22; Zephaniah 1:11

Idols were often made from various metals

Leviticus 19:4 See also 1 Kings 14:9; Psalm 106:19; Isaiah 48:5; Daniel 5:22-23; Daniel 11:8

The refining of metals as an image of purification

Isaiah 48:10; Malachi 3:2 See also Psalm 12:6; Zechariah 13:9

See also

4306  minerals
4312  bronze
4321  copper
4333  gold
4336  iron
4345  metalworkers
4351  refining
4363  silver
4372  tin
5587  trade
7416  purification
8768  idolatry



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