Bible Themes · Creation

Dung and manure

Human dung is considered unclean

See also Deuteronomy 23:12–14; Ezekiel 4:12–14

The Dung Gate of Jerusalem

Nehemiah 2:13, Nehemiah 3:13–14, Nehemiah 12:31

Uses of manure

As fertiliser

Luke 13:8, Luke 14:35

As fuel

Ezekiel 4:15

Symbolic references to dung

As fuel

1 Kings 14:10

As something perishable

Job 20:7

As something trampled down

Isaiah 25:10

As something worthless

Philippians 3:8

Related themes

Dictionary of Bible Themes © 1999 Martin Manser, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0, via Bible Aquifer. Formatted for this site, with Scripture from the Berean Standard Bible.

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