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Fuel
Almost every kind of combustible matter was used for fuel, such as the withered stalks of herbs (Matt 6:30), thorns (Ps 58:9; Eccl 7:6), animal excrements (Ezek 4:12–15; Ezek 15:4, Ezek 15:6; Ezek 21:32). Wood or charcoal is much used still in all the towns of Syria and Egypt. It is largely brought from the region of Hebron to Jerusalem. (See Coal.)
From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897), by Matthew George Easton.
