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What Is Flint in the Bible?

Object

A very hard stone with a sharp edge. Knives were made from it, and it was struck to make sparks for a fire.

Where it appears in the Bible

Exodus 4:25

What the Bible says

Exodus 4:25

Immediately Sephora took a very sharp stone, and circumcised the fore skin of her son, and touched his feet and said: A bloody spouse art thou to me.

Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner revision), public domain.

Source: RAE, “pedernal”

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