Copper

The mining of copper

Deuteronomy 8:7–9 See also Job 28:2–10

For the LORD your God is bringing you into a good land, a land of brooks and fountains and springs that flow through the valleys and hills; a land of wheat, barley, vines, fig trees, and pomegranates; a land of olive oil and honey; a land where you will eat food without scarcity, where you will lack nothing; a land whose rocks are iron and whose hills are ready to be mined for copper.

The smelting of copper

Ezekiel 22:20–21 See also Ezekiel 22:18, Ezekiel 24:11

Just as one gathers silver, copper, iron, lead, and tin into the furnace to melt with a fiery blast, so I will gather you in My anger and wrath, leave you there, and melt you. Yes, I will gather you together and blow on you with the fire of My wrath, and you will be melted within the city.

Coins made of copper

Matthew 10:9 See also Mark 12:41–42 parallel Luke 21:1–2 Coins of various denominations were made of copper in late OT and in NT times.

Do not take along any gold or silver or copper in your belts.