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Human dung is considered unclean

See also

Deuteronomy 23:12-14; Ezekiel 4:12-14

The Dung Gate of Jerusalem

Nehemiah 2:13; Nehemiah 3:13-14; Nehemiah 12:31

Uses of manure

As fertiliser

Luke 13:8; Luke 14:35

As fuel

Ezekiel 4:15

Symbolic references to dung

As fuel

1 Kings 14:10

As something perishable

Job 20:7

As something trampled down

Isaiah 25:10

As something worthless

Philippians 3:8

See also

4406  agriculture
5268  cooking
5979  waste
6151  dirt
7340  clean and unclean