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An inscription can signify ownership or jurisdiction

Matthew 22:20-21 pp Mark 12:16-17 pp Luke 20:24-25; Acts 17:23

The inscription on objects set apart for God

Zechariah 14:20-21 See also Exodus 39:30

An inscription can be symbolic of permanence

Of a person's words

Isaiah 30:8; 2 Timothy 2:19 See also Job 19:23-24

Of the effect of sin

Jeremiah 17:1

Inscriptions written by the finger of God

Exodus 31:18 See also Exodus 32:15-16; Deuteronomy 9:10; Daniel 5:5,22-28; Zechariah 3:9

See also

1260  finger of God
1690  word of God
5306  engraving
5638  writing