Dictionary of Bible Themes – 4639 dung and manure
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4639 dung and manure

4639 dung and manure

Human dung is considered unclean

See also Dt 23:12-14; Eze 4:12-14

The Dung Gate of Jerusalem Ne 2:13; Ne 3:13-14; Ne 12:31

Uses of manure

As fertiliser Lk 13:8; Lk 14:35

As fuel Eze 4:15

Symbolic references to dung

As fuel 1Ki 14:10

As something perishable Job 20:7

As something trampled down Isa 25:10

As something worthless Php 3:8

See also

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

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