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Your bars shall be iron and brass; As your days, so shall your strength be.
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A Promise of Security
Scholars debate whether "iron and brass" refers to literal shoes, fortified city bars, or the mineral wealth of the land. However, commentators agree the unified message is one of divine security and strength. This was a promise that the tribe of Asher's territory, a vulnerable northern frontier, would be made strong and secure by God.
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Deuteronomy
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18th Century
Presbyterian
The strength and firmness of Asher is as if he were shod with iron and brass (). The territory of this tribe probably contained iron and copper. Co…
19th Century
Anglican
Your shoes shall be iron and brass. —Perhaps we should rather read, your bars shall be iron and brass. The word …
Baptist
Will not some believer grip that promise tonight and find it true?
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Your shoes [shall be] iron and brass Either they should have such an abundance of these metals, that they could if t…
All things will be sanctified to true believers; if their way is rough, their feet will be shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace.
