- DUMB from natural infirmity (Exodus 4:11); not knowing what to say
(Proverbs 31:8); unwillingness to speak (Psalm 39:9; Leviticus 10:3).
Christ repeatedly restored the dumb (Matthew 9:32, 33; Luke 11:14;
Matthew 12:22) to the use of speech. - DUNG (1.) Used as manure (Luke 13:8); collected outside the city walls
(Nehemiah 2:13). Of sacrifices, burned outside the camp (Exodus 29:14;
Leviticus 4:11; 8:17; Numbers 19:5). To be “cast out as dung,” a figurative
expression (1 Kings 14:10; 2 Kings 9:37; Jeremiah 8:2; Psalm 18:42),
meaning to be rejected as unprofitable.
(2.) Used as fuel, a substitute for firewood, which was with difficulty
procured in Syria, Arabia, and Egypt (Ezekiel 4:12-15), where cows’ and
camels’ dung is used to the present day for this purpose.