Verse 33
33. Fill four barrels These barrels were the common water jars which are still used in the East for carrying water, and probably contained from three to five gallons apiece. The original word ( כד ) is the same as that used 1 Kings 17:12, designating the vessel in which the widow kept her meal. It is translated pitcher in Genesis 24:14-15, and Judges 7:16. The object of flooding the bullock and the wood with these vessels of water was manifestly to place the miracle about to be wrought beyond all question.
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