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It is primarily composed of fine-grained minerals and is known for its plasticity when wet, making it an ideal medium for pottery and construction. In biblical times, clay was a common material used for making vessels, bricks, and tablets. Symbolism and Spiritual Significance In Scripture, clay often symbolizes humanity's frailty and dependence on God. The imagery of God as the potter and humans as clay is a powerful metaphor illustrating God's sovereignty and creative authority over His creation. <a href="/isaiah/64-8.htm">Isaiah 64:8</a> states, "But now, O LORD, You are our Father; we are the clay, and You are our potter; we all are the work of Your hand." This verse emphasizes the relationship between God and humanity, highlighting our need for divine shaping and guidance. <a href="/jeremiah/18-6.htm">Jeremiah 18:6</a> further explores this theme: "O house of Israel, can I not do with you as this potter does? declares the LORD. Like clay in the hand of the potter, so are you in My hand, O house of Israel." Here, God uses the potter-clay analogy to convey His ability to mold and reshape nations according to His will, underscoring His ultimate control over human affairs. Practical Uses in Biblical Times Clay was an essential material in ancient Near Eastern cultures, including those described in the Bible. It was used to make pottery, which was crucial for daily life, serving as containers for storing food, water, and other goods. The process of shaping and firing clay vessels is alluded to in various biblical passages, reflecting the skill and care required in pottery-making. In addition to pottery, clay was used in construction. Bricks made from clay were a common building material, as seen in the account of the Tower of Babel in <a href="/genesis/11-3.htm">Genesis 11:3</a> : "And they said to one another, 'Come, let us make bricks and bake them thoroughly.' They used brick instead of stone, and tar instead of mortar." This passage highlights the technological advancements of the time and the reliance on clay for large-scale building projects. Theological Implications The use of clay in the Bible also carries theological implications, particularly concerning the nature of humanity and our relationship with God. <a href="/job/10-9.htm">Job 10:9</a> reflects on human mortality and origin: "Remember that You molded me like clay. Will You now return me to dust?" This verse acknowledges the transient nature of human life and our ultimate return to the earth, reinforcing the biblical theme of humility before God. Moreover, the New Testament continues to draw on the imagery of clay to convey spiritual truths. In <a href="/2_corinthians/4-7.htm">2 Corinthians 4:7</a> , the Apostle Paul writes, "Now we have this treasure in jars of clay to show that this surpassingly great power is from God and not from us." Here, clay jars symbolize human weakness, while the treasure within represents the divine power and glory of the Gospel, emphasizing that any strength or goodness in believers comes from God alone. Conclusion Throughout the Bible, clay serves as a multifaceted symbol of human vulnerability, divine craftsmanship, and the transformative power of God. Its practical uses in ancient times further illustrate the resourcefulness and creativity of biblical peoples, while its spiritual symbolism continues to offer profound insights into the human condition and our relationship with the Creator.<a name="smi" id="smi"></a><div class="vheading2">Smith's Bible Dictionary</div>ClayAs the sediment of water remaining in pits or in streets, the word is used frequently in the Old Testament. (<a href="/psalms/18-42.htm">Psalms 18:42</a>; <a href="/isaiah/57-20.htm">Isaiah 57:20</a>; <a href="/jeremiah/38-6.htm">Jeremiah 38:6</a>) and in the New Testament, (<a href="/john/9-6.htm">John 9:6</a>) a mixture of sand or dust with spittle. It is also found in the sense of potter's clay. (<a href="/isaiah/41-25.htm">Isaiah 41:25</a>) The great seat of the pottery of the present day in Palestine is Gaza, where are made the vessels in dark-blue clay so frequently met with. Another use of clay was for sealing. (<a href="/job/38-14.htm">Job 38:14</a>) Our Lord's tomb may have been thus sealed, (<a href="/matthew/27-66.htm">Matthew 27:66</a>) as also the earthen vessel containing the evidences of Jeremiah's purchase. (<a href="/jeremiah/32-14.htm">Jeremiah 32:14</a>) The seal used for public documents was rolled on the moist clay, and the tablet was then placed in the fire and baked.<a name="amt" id="amt"></a><div class="vheading2">ATS Bible Dictionary</div>ClayDesigned for earthenware was trodden by the feet to mix it well, <a href="/context/isaiah/41-25.htm">Isaiah 41:25</a>, was molded on a wheel, and then baked in a kiln, <a href="/jeremiah/18-3.htm">Jeremiah 18:3</a> 43:9. The potter's art is referred to in Scripture to illustrate man's dependence upon God, <a href="/isaiah/64-8.htm">Isaiah 64:8</a> <a href="/romans/9-21.htm">Romans 9:21</a>. See <a href="../p/potter.htm">POTTER</a>. Clay seems to have been also used in sealing, as wax is with us, <a href="/job/38-14.htm">Job 38:14</a>. The bricks of Babylon are found marked with a large seal or stamp, and modern travellers find the locks of doors in eastern khans and granaries sealed on the outside with clay. <a name="eas" id="eas"></a><div class="vheading2">Easton's Bible Dictionary</div>Thick clay(<a href="/habakkuk/2-6.htm">Habakkuk 2:6</a>) is correctly rendered in the Revised Version "pledges." The Chaldean power is here represented as a rapacious usurer, accumulating the wealth that belonged to others. This word is used of sediment found in pits or in streets (<a href="/isaiah/57-20.htm">Isaiah 57:20</a>; <a href="/jeremiah/38-60.htm">Jeremiah 38:60</a>), of dust mixed with spittle (<a href="/john/9-6.htm">John 9:6</a>), and of potter's clay (<a href="/isaiah/41-25.htm">Isaiah 41:25</a>; <a href="/nahum/3-14.htm">Nahum 3:14</a>; <a href="/jeremiah/18-1.htm">Jeremiah 18:1</a>-6; <a href="/romans/9-21.htm">Romans 9:21</a>). Clay was used for sealing (<a href="/job/38-14.htm">Job 38:14</a>; <a href="/jeremiah/32-14.htm">Jeremiah 32:14</a>). Our Lord's tomb may have been thus sealed (<a href="/matthew/27-66.htm">Matthew 27:66</a>). The practice of sealing doors with clay is still common in the East. Clay was also in primitive times used for mortar (<a href="/genesis/11-3.htm">Genesis 11:3</a>). The "clay ground" in which the large vessels of the temple were cast (<a href="/1_kings/7-46.htm">1 Kings 7:46</a>; <a href="/2_chronicles/4-17.htm">2 Chronicles 4:17</a>) was a compact loam fitted for the purpose. The expression literally rendered is, "in the thickness of the ground,", meaning, "in stiff ground" or in clay. <a name="web" id="web"></a><div class="vheading2">Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary</div>1. (n.) A soft earth, which is plastic, or may be molded with the hands, consisting of hydrous silicate of aluminium. It is the result of the wearing down and decomposition, in part, of rocks containing aluminous minerals, as granite. Lime, magnesia, oxide of iron, and other ingredients, are often present as impurities.2. (n.) Earth in general, as representing the elementary particles of the human body; hence, the human body as formed from such particles.3. (v. t.) To cover or manure with clay.4. (v. t.) To clarify by filtering through clay, as sugar.<a name="isb" id="isb"></a><div class="vheading2">International Standard Bible Encyclopedia</div>CLAYkla (chomer, chacaph, TiT, meleT, `abhi, ma`abheh, abhTiT; pelos, "wet clay," "mud"): True clay, which is a highly aluminous soil, is found in certain localities in Palestine, and is used in making pottery. The Hebrew and Greek words, as well as the English "clay," are, however, used loosely for any sticky mud. In making mud bricks, true clay is not always used, but ordinary soil is worked up with water and mixed with straw, molded and left to dry in the sun. Chomer (compare chmar, "slime" or "bitumen") is rendered both "clay" and "mortar." TiT is rendered "clay" or "mire." In <a href="/isaiah/41-25.htm">Isaiah 41:25</a> we have: "He shall come upon rulers as upon mortar (chomer), and as the potter treadeth clay" (TiT). In <a href="/nahum/3-14.htm">Nahum 3:14</a>, "Go into the clay (TiT), and tread the mortar (chomer); make strong the brickkiln" (i.e. make the walls ready to withstand a siege). Chacaph is the clay of the image in Nebuchadnezzar's dream (<a href="/daniel/2-33.htm">Daniel 2:33</a>). MeleT occurs only in <a href="/jeremiah/43-9.htm">Jeremiah 43:9</a>, where we find: the King James Version, "Take great stones. and hide them in the clay in the brickkiln"; the Revised Version (British and American), "hide them in mortar in the brickwork"; the Revised Version, margin, "lay them with mortar in the pavement." In <a href="/habakkuk/2-6.htm">Habakkuk 2:6</a>, `abhTiT (found only here) is rendered in the King James Version "thick clay," as if from `abhi and TiT, but the Revised Version (British and American) has "pledges," referring the word to the root `abhaT, "to give a pledge." In <a href="/1_kings/7-46.htm">1 Kings 7:46</a>, ma`abheh ha-'adhamah (compare <a href="/2_chronicles/4-17.htm">2 Chronicles 4:17</a>, `abhi ha-'adhamah) is the compact or clayey soil in the plain of Jordan between Succoth and Zarethan, in which Hiram cast the vessels of brass for Solomon's temple. In <a href="/john/9-6.htm">John 9:6, 11, 14</a>, Thayer gives "made mud of the spittle"; in <a href="/romans/9-21.htm">Romans 9:21</a>, "wet clay." Alfred Ely Day<a name="grk" id="grk"></a><div class="vheading2">Greek</div><a href="/greek/4081.htm">4081. pelos -- clay</a> ... pelos. 4082 . clay. Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine Transliteration: pelos Phonetic Spelling: (pay-los') Short Definition: clay, mud Definition: clay, mud. ... //strongsnumbers.com/greek2/4081.htm - 6k<a href="/greek/3749.htm">3749. ostrakinos -- earthen</a> ... Part of Speech: Adjective Transliteration: ostrakinos Phonetic Spelling: (os-tra'-kin-os) Short Definition: made of earth Definition: made of clay, earthen. ... //strongsnumbers.com/greek2/3749.htm - 7k<a href="/greek/2764.htm">2764. keramikos -- earthen</a> ... earthen. Part of Speech: Adjective Transliteration: keramikos Phonetic Spelling: (ker-am-ik-os') Short Definition: of clay, made by a potter Definition: of clay ... //strongsnumbers.com/greek2/2764.htm - 6k<a href="/greek/4112.htm">4112. plastos -- formed, molded</a> ... 4112 -- (from 4111 , "to by using clay, wax, etc.," which is the root of the English term, "plastic") -- properly, shaped according to a mold (predesign ... //strongsnumbers.com/greek2/4112.htm - 7k<a href="/greek/4973.htm">4973. sphragis -- a seal, a signet</a> ... seal attests, the proof. Cognate: 4973 -- an etched (engraved) object pressed into soft wax or clay to (); a ".". "Seal" is often ... //strongsnumbers.com/greek2/4973.htm - 7k<a href="/greek/4111.htm">4111. plasso -- to form</a> ... form. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: plasso Phonetic Spelling: (plas'-so) Short Definition: I form, mould Definition: I form, mould, as a potter his clay ... //strongsnumbers.com/greek2/4111.htm - 6k<a href="/greek/2985.htm">2985. lampas -- a torch</a> ... lamp, lantern. 2985 -- a hand-held "torch" (sometimes merely a clay vessel); a that uses a wick saturated with oil. Word Origin ... //strongsnumbers.com/greek2/2985.htm - 6k<a href="/greek/2766.htm">2766. keramos -- a tile</a> ... tiling. Probably from the base of kerannumi (through the idea of mixing clay and water); earthenware, ie A tile (by analogy, a thin roof or awning) -- tiling. ... //strongsnumbers.com/greek2/2766.htm - 6k<a name="heb" id="heb"></a><div class="vheading2">Strong's Hebrew</div><a href="/hebrew/2916.htm">2916. tit -- mud, mire, clay</a> ... 2915, 2916. tit. 2917 . mud, mire, clay. Transliteration: tit Phonetic Spelling: (teet) Short Definition: mire. ... clay, dirt, mire. ... /hebrew/2916.htm - 6k <a href="/hebrew/2635.htm">2635. chasaph -- clay, potsherd</a> ... 2634, 2635. chasaph. 2636 . clay, potsherd. Transliteration: chasaph Phonetic Spelling: (khas-af') Short Definition: clay. Word ... /hebrew/2635.htm - 6k <a href="/hebrew/2563.htm">2563. chomer -- cement, mortar, clay</a> ... 2562, 2563. chomer. 2563a . cement, mortar, clay. Transliteration: chomer Phonetic Spelling: (kho'mer) Short Definition: clay. clay, heap, homer, mire, motion ... /hebrew/2563.htm - 5k <a href="/hebrew/2563a.htm">2563a. chomer -- cement, mortar, clay</a> ... 2563, 2563a. chomer. 2563b . cement, mortar, clay. Transliteration: chomer Short Definition: clay. Word Origin from chamar Definition ... /hebrew/2563a.htm - 5k <a href="/hebrew/2917.htm">2917. tin -- clay</a> ... clay. Transliteration: tin Phonetic Spelling: (teen) Short Definition: common. ... (Aramaic) perhaps, by interchange, for a word corresponding to tiyt; clay -- miry. ... /hebrew/2917.htm - 6k <a href="/hebrew/4568.htm">4568. maabeh -- thickness, compactness</a> ... 4567, 4568. maabeh. 4569 . thickness, compactness. Transliteration: maabeh Phonetic Spelling: (mah-ab-eh') Short Definition: clay. ... clay. ... /hebrew/4568.htm - 6k <a href="/hebrew/4423.htm">4423. melet -- mortar, cement</a> ... cement, clay. From malat, cement (from its plastic smoothness) -- clay. see HEBREW malat. 4422, 4423. melet. 4424 . Strong's Numbers. /hebrew/4423.htm - 6k <a href="/hebrew/5645.htm">5645. ab -- dark cloud, cloud mass, thicket</a> ... clay, thick cloud, thick, thicket. ... 4:17); specifically, a (scud) cloud; also a copse -- clay, (thick) cloud, X thick, thicket. Compare abiy. see HEBREW uwb. ... /hebrew/5645.htm - 6k <a href="/hebrew/5671.htm">5671. abtit -- weight of pledges, heavy debts</a> ... thick clay by a false etym. From abat; something pledged, ie (collectively) pawned goods -- thick clay (by a false etym.). see HEBREW abat. 5670, 5671. ... /hebrew/5671.htm - 6k <a href="/hebrew/3843.htm">3843. lebenah -- brick, tile</a> ... altar of brick, tile. From laban; a brick (from the whiteness of the clay) -- (altar of) brick, tile. see HEBREW laban. 3842, 3843. lebenah. 3844 . ... /hebrew/3843.htm - 6k<a name="lib" id="lib"></a><div class="vheading2">Library</div><a href="/library/whitefield/selected_sermons_of_george_whitefield/the_potter_and_the_clay.htm">The Potter and the Clay</a> ... The Potter and the Clay. ... saith the Lord. Behold, as the clay [is] in the potter's hand, so [are] ye in mine hand, O house of Israel." ... /.../whitefield/selected sermons of george whitefield/the potter and the clay.htm<a href="/library/tertullian/on_the_resurrection_of_the_flesh/chapter_vii_the_earthy_material_of.htm">The Earthy Material of which Flesh is Created Wonderfully Improved ...</a> ... But perhaps the dignity of the flesh may seem to be diminished, because it has not been actually manipulated by the hand of God, as the clay was at first. ... /.../on the resurrection of the flesh/chapter vii the earthy material of.htm<a href="/library/tertullian/on_the_resurrection_of_the_flesh/chapter_vi_not_the_lowliness_of.htm">Not the Lowliness of the Material, but the Dignity and Skill of ...</a> ... vindicating for the flesh as much as was conferred on it by Him who made it, glorying as it even then was, because that poor paltry material, clay, found its ... /.../tertullian/on the resurrection of the flesh/chapter vi not the lowliness of.htm<a href="/library/methodius/the_banquet_of_the_ten_virgins_or_concerning_chastity/chapter_iv_human_generation_and_the.htm">Human Generation, and the Work of God Therein Set Forth.</a> ... "Well, then, suppose that a modeller seated within is fashioning many statues; imagine, again, that the substance of clay is incessantly brought to him from ... /.../chapter iv human generation and the.htm<a href="/library/irenaeus/against_heresies/chapter_xxvi_john_and_daniel_have.htm">John and Daniel have Predicted the Dissolution and Desolation of ...</a> ... upon which came the stone cut out without hands; and as he does himself say: "The feet were indeed the one part iron, the other part clay, until the stone was ... /.../irenaeus/against heresies/chapter xxvi john and daniel have.htm<a href="/library/mcgarvey/the_four-fold_gospel/lxxxi_contention_over_the_man.htm">Contention Over the Man Born Blind.</a> ... while he lived among men, even the privileges of physical light were imparted to him.] 6 When he had thus spoken, he spat on the ground, and made clay of the ... /.../mcgarvey/the four-fold gospel/lxxxi contention over the man.htm<a href="/library/chrysostom/homilies_on_the_gospel_of_st_john_and_hebrews/homily_lvii_john_ix_6.htm">John ix. 6, 7</a> ... John ix. 6, 7. John ix.6, 7 "When Jesus had thus spoken, He spat on the ground, and made clay of the ... And why used He not water instead of spittle for the clay? ... /.../homilies on the gospel of st john and hebrews/homily lvii john ix 6.htm<a href="/library/sherman/the_childrens_bible/a_kings_strange_dream.htm">A King's Strange Dream</a> ... of the image was of fine gold, its breast and its arms of silver, its body and its thighs of brass, its legs of iron, its feet part of iron and part of clay. ... //christianbookshelf.org/sherman/the childrens bible/a kings strange dream.htm<a href="/library/dods/the_expositors_bible_the_gospel_of_st_john_vol_i/xx_sight_given_to_the.htm">Sight Given to the Blind.</a> ... When He had thus spoken, He spat on the ground, and made clay of the spittle, and anointed his eyes with the clay, and said unto him, Go, wash in the pool of ... /.../dods/the expositors bible the gospel of st john vol i/xx sight given to the.htm<a href="/library/tertullian/ad_nationes/chapter_xii_name_charge_of.htm">The Charge of Worshipping a Cross the Heathens Themselves Made ...</a> ... Starting, then, from this rudimental form and prop, [667] as it were, he applies a covering of clay, and so gradually completes the limbs, and forms the body ... //christianbookshelf.org/tertullian/ad nationes/chapter xii name charge of.htm<a name="thes" id="thes"></a><div class="vheading2">Thesaurus</div><a href="/topical/c/clay.htm">Clay (50 Occurrences)</a> ... Easton's Bible Dictionary Thick clay. ...Clay was used for sealing (Job 38:14; Jeremiah 32:14). Our Lord's tomb may have been thus sealed (Matthew 27:66). ... /c/clay.htm - 25k<a href="/topical/c/clay-ground.htm">Clay-ground (2 Occurrences)</a> Clay-ground. Clay, Clay-ground. Clean . Multi-Version Concordance Clay-ground (2 Occurrences). 1 Kings 7:46 In the plain ... /c/clay-ground.htm - 6k<a href="/topical/s/signet-clay.htm">Signet-clay (1 Occurrence)</a> Signet-clay. Signet, Signet-clay. Signet-rings . Multi-Version Concordance Signet-clay (1 Occurrence). Job 38:14 It ... /s/signet-clay.htm - 6k<a href="/topical/t/tablets.htm">Tablets (31 Occurrences)</a> ... Script 3. Extensive Diplomatic Correspondence of the Age 4. Unsolved Problem of the Habiri LITERATURE A collection of about 350 inscribed clay tablets from ... /t/tablets.htm - 41k<a href="/topical/e/el-amarna.htm">El-amarna</a> ... Script 3. Extensive Diplomatic Correspondence of the Age 4. Unsolved Problem of the Habiri LITERATURE A collection of about 350 inscribed clay tablets from ... /e/el-amarna.htm - 31k<a href="/topical/e/elamarna.htm">Elamarna</a> ... Script 3. Extensive Diplomatic Correspondence of the Age 4. Unsolved Problem of the Habiri LITERATURE A collection of about 350 inscribed clay tablets from ... /e/elamarna.htm - 31k<a href="/topical/t/tell.htm">Tell (3056 Occurrences)</a> ... Script 3. Extensive Diplomatic Correspondence of the Age 4. Unsolved Problem of the Habiri LITERATURE A collection of about 350 inscribed clay tablets from ... /t/tell.htm - 33k<a href="/topical/s/sawest.htm">Sawest (20 Occurrences)</a> ... Daniel 2:34 Thou sawest till that a stone was cut out without hands, which smote the image upon his feet that were of iron and clay, and brake them to pieces. ... /s/sawest.htm - 12k<a href="/topical/m/miry.htm">Miry (6 Occurrences)</a> ... Multi-Version Concordance Miry (6 Occurrences). Psalms 40:2 He brought me up also out of a horrible pit, out of the miry clay. He ... /m/miry.htm - 8k<a href="/topical/a/artemis.htm">Artemis (5 Occurrences)</a> ... after the temple. More frequently the shrines were exceedingly crude objects, either of silver or stone or wood or clay. They were ... /a/artemis.htm - 14k<a name="res" id="res"></a><div class="vheading2">Resources</div><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/treasures-in-jars-of-clay.html">What does it mean that we have treasures in jars of clay (2 Corinthians 4:7)? | GotQuestions.org</a> <a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/potter-and-clay.html">What should we learn from the symbolism of the potter and clay in the Bible? | GotQuestions.org</a> <a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/Nebuchadnezzars-dream.html">What is the meaning of Nebuchadnezzar's dream in Daniel 2? | GotQuestions.org</a> <a href="https://clyx.com/term/clay.htm">Clay: Dictionary and Thesaurus | Clyx.com</a> <a href="/concordance/">Bible Concordance</a> • <a href="/dictionary/">Bible Dictionary</a> • <a href="/encyclopedia/">Bible Encyclopedia</a> • <a href="/topical/">Topical Bible</a> • <a href="/thesaurus/">Bible Thesuarus</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="cnc" id="cnc"></a><div class="vheading2">Concordance</div>Clay (50 Occurrences)<a href="/john/9-6.htm">John 9:6</a> When he had thus spoken, he spat on the ground, and made clay of the spittle, and he anointed the eyes of the blind man with the clay, (KJV WEY ASV WBS YLT NAS RSV)<a href="/john/9-11.htm">John 9:11</a> He answered and said, A man that is called Jesus made clay, and anointed mine eyes, and said unto me, Go to the pool of Siloam, and wash: and I went and washed, and I received sight. (KJV WEY ASV WBS YLT NAS RSV)<a href="/john/9-14.htm">John 9:14</a> And it was the sabbath day when Jesus made the clay, and opened his eyes. (KJV WEY ASV WBS YLT NAS RSV)<a href="/john/9-15.htm">John 9:15</a> Then again the Pharisees also asked him how he had received his sight. He said unto them, He put clay upon mine eyes, and I washed, and do see. (KJV WEY ASV WBS YLT NAS RSV)<a href="/romans/9-21.htm">Romans 9:21</a> Or hasn't the potter a right over the clay, from the same lump to make one part a vessel for honor, and another for dishonor? (WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/2_corinthians/4-7.htm">2 Corinthians 4:7</a> But we have this treasure in clay vessels, that the exceeding greatness of the power may be of God, and not from ourselves. (WEB WEY NIV)<a href="/2_timothy/2-20.htm">2 Timothy 2:20</a> Now in a large house there are not only vessels of gold and of silver, but also of wood and of clay. Some are for honor, and some for dishonor. (WEB NIV)<a href="/revelation/2-27.htm">Revelation 2:27</a> He will rule them with a rod of iron, shattering them like clay pots; as I also have received of my Father: (WEB)<a href="/exodus/1-14.htm">Exodus 1:14</a> and they embittered their life with hard labour in clay and bricks, and in all manner of labour in the field: all their labour with which they made them serve was with harshness. (DBY YLT)<a href="/exodus/16-29.htm">Exodus 16:29</a> See, for that Jehovah hath given you the sabbath, therefore he giveth you on the sixth day the bread of two days; abide ye every man in his place, let no man go out of his place on the seventh day. (See JPS)<a href="/leviticus/11-33.htm">Leviticus 11:33</a> Every earthen vessel, into which any of them falls, all that is in it shall be unclean, and you shall break it. (See NIV)<a href="/leviticus/14-5.htm">Leviticus 14:5</a> The priest shall command them to kill one of the birds in an earthen vessel over running water. (See NIV)<a href="/leviticus/14-41.htm">Leviticus 14:41</a> and the house he doth cause to be scraped within round about, and they have poured out the clay which they have scraped off, at the outside of the city, at an unclean place; (YLT)<a href="/leviticus/14-42.htm">Leviticus 14:42</a> and they have taken other stones, and brought 'them' in unto the place of the stones, and other clay he taketh and hath daubed the house. (YLT NIV)<a href="/leviticus/14-45.htm">Leviticus 14:45</a> And he hath broken down the house, its stones, and its wood, and all the clay of the house, and he hath brought 'them' forth unto the outside of the city, unto an unclean place. (YLT)<a href="/leviticus/14-50.htm">Leviticus 14:50</a> He shall kill one of the birds in an earthen vessel over running water. (See NIV)<a href="/leviticus/15-12.htm">Leviticus 15:12</a> "'The earthen vessel, which he who has the discharge touches, shall be broken; and every vessel of wood shall be rinsed in water. (See NIV)<a href="/numbers/5-17.htm">Numbers 5:17</a> and the priest shall take holy water in an earthen vessel; and of the dust that is on the floor of the tabernacle the priest shall take, and put it into the water. (See NIV)<a href="/1_kings/7-46.htm">1 Kings 7:46</a> In the plain of the Jordan did the king cast them, in the clay ground between Succoth and Zarethan. (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/2_chronicles/4-17.htm">2 Chronicles 4:17</a> In the plain of the Jordan did the king cast them, in the clay ground between Succoth and Zeredah. (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/job/4-19.htm">Job 4:19</a> How much more, those who dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, who are crushed before the moth! (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/job/10-9.htm">Job 10:9</a> Remember, I beg you, that you have fashioned me as clay. Will you bring me into dust again? (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/job/13-12.htm">Job 13:12</a> Your memorable sayings are proverbs of ashes, Your defenses are defenses of clay. (WEB KJV JPS ASV WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/job/27-16.htm">Job 27:16</a> Though he heap up silver as the dust, and prepare clothing as the clay; (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/job/33-6.htm">Job 33:6</a> Behold, I am toward God even as you are. I am also formed out of the clay. (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/job/38-14.htm">Job 38:14</a> It is changed as clay under the seal, and stands forth as a garment. (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/job/41-30.htm">Job 41:30</a> Under him 'are' sharp points of clay, He spreadeth gold on the mire. (YLT)<a href="/psalms/12-6.htm">Psalms 12:6</a> The words of Yahweh are flawless words, as silver refined in a clay furnace, purified seven times. (WEB NIV)<a href="/psalms/40-2.htm">Psalms 40:2</a> He brought me up also out of a horrible pit, out of the miry clay. He set my feet on a rock, and gave me a firm place to stand. (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS)<a href="/isaiah/10-6.htm">Isaiah 10:6</a> Against a profane nation I send him, And concerning a people of My wrath I charge him, To spoil spoil, and to seize prey, And to make it a treading-place as the clay of out places. (YLT)<a href="/isaiah/29-16.htm">Isaiah 29:16</a> You turn things upside down! Should the potter be thought to be like clay; that the thing made should say about him who made it, "He didn't make me;" or the thing formed say of him who formed it, "He has no understanding?" (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/isaiah/41-25.htm">Isaiah 41:25</a> "I have raised up one from the north, and he has come; from the rising of the sun, one who calls on my name; and he shall come on rulers as on mortar, and as the potter treads clay. (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/isaiah/45-9.htm">Isaiah 45:9</a> Woe to him who strives with his Maker- a clay pot among the clay pots of the earth! Shall the clay ask him who fashions it,'What are you making?' or your work,'He has no hands?' (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/isaiah/64-8.htm">Isaiah 64:8</a> But now, Yahweh, you are our Father; we are the clay, and you our potter; and we all are the work of your hand. (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/jeremiah/18-4.htm">Jeremiah 18:4</a> When the vessel that he made of the clay was marred in the hand of the potter, he made it again another vessel, as seemed good to the potter to make it. (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/jeremiah/18-6.htm">Jeremiah 18:6</a> House of Israel, can't I do with you as this potter? says Yahweh. Behold, as the clay in the potter's hand, so are you in my hand, house of Israel. (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/jeremiah/19-1.htm">Jeremiah 19:1</a> Thus said Yahweh, Go, and buy a potter's earthen bottle, and take of the elders of the people, and of the elders of the priests; (See NIV)<a href="/jeremiah/32-14.htm">Jeremiah 32:14</a> Thus says Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel: Take these deeds, this deed of the purchase which is sealed, and this deed which is open, and put them in an earthen vessel; that they may continue many days. (See NIV)<a href="/jeremiah/43-9.htm">Jeremiah 43:9</a> Take great stones in thine hand, and hide them in the clay in the brickkiln, which is at the entry of Pharaoh's house in Tahpanhes, in the sight of the men of Judah; (KJV DBY WBS YLT NIV)<a href="/lamentations/4-2.htm">Lamentations 4:2</a> The precious sons of Zion, comparable to fine gold, How are they esteemed as earthen pitchers, the work of the hands of the potter! (See NIV)<a href="/daniel/2-33.htm">Daniel 2:33</a> its legs of iron, its feet part of iron, and part of clay. (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/daniel/2-34.htm">Daniel 2:34</a> You saw until a stone was cut out without hands, which struck the image on its feet that were of iron and clay, and broke them in pieces. (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/daniel/2-35.htm">Daniel 2:35</a> Then was the iron, the clay, the brass, the silver, and the gold, broken in pieces together, and became like the chaff of the summer threshing floors; and the wind carried them away, so that no place was found for them: and the stone that struck the image became a great mountain, and filled the whole earth. (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/daniel/2-41.htm">Daniel 2:41</a> Whereas you saw the feet and toes, part of potters' clay, and part of iron, it shall be a divided kingdom; but there shall be in it of the strength of the iron, because you saw the iron mixed with miry clay. (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/daniel/2-42.htm">Daniel 2:42</a> As the toes of the feet were part of iron, and part of clay, so the kingdom shall be partly strong, and partly broken. (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT RSV NIV)<a href="/daniel/2-43.htm">Daniel 2:43</a> Whereas you saw the iron mixed with miry clay, they shall mingle themselves with the seed of men; but they shall not cling to one another, even as iron does not mingle with clay. (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/daniel/2-45.htm">Daniel 2:45</a> Because you saw that a stone was cut out of the mountain without hands, and that it broke in pieces the iron, the brass, the clay, the silver, and the gold; the great God has made known to the king what shall happen hereafter: and the dream is certain, and its interpretation sure. (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/nahum/3-14.htm">Nahum 3:14</a> Draw water for the siege. Strengthen your fortresses. Go into the clay, and tread the mortar. Make the brick kiln strong. (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/habakkuk/2-6.htm">Habakkuk 2:6</a> Shall not all these take up a parable against him, and a taunting proverb against him, and say, Woe to him that increaseth that which is not his! how long? and to him that ladeth himself with thick clay! (KJV WBS)<a href="/habakkuk/3-15.htm">Habakkuk 3:15</a> Thou hast proceeded through the sea with Thy horses -- the clay of many waters. 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