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Millstones come in 3 different shapes and sizes in the Bible, there are those where you rub one against another, there's a bigger millstone (the first one shown in this video) where the top one is rotated around a central spindle (spindle missing in the video), and the last type was the second millstone shown in this video (although they do come in different sizes).
Hopefully this video gives you a better of idea of what they look like and their size.
This was filmed on location just outside Jerusalem in Israel.
Actor (guide) - Richie Savo
Camera - Hamish Jordan ([ Ссылка ], [ Ссылка ])
Narrator - Me
Edited - Jonnie Conibeer
Produced, Directed - Mark Murfitt
Millstone is mentioned in the following scriptures:
Matthew 24:37-44, Luke 17:1-10, Mark 9:30-50, Matthew 18:1-9
Transcript:
"Millstone.
A millstone is a flat rock, measuring in size from 15 cm to 1.5 metres.
Millstones were used to make flour by crushing and grinding grain between the two milestones.
Smaller, lighter millstones can be used by hand by rubbing one against another.
Larger millstones are circular, stacked on top of each other with the top one rotated by hand around a central spindle.
The heaviest, and largest millstone, had one millstone sat flat on the ground.
The other stone was on its edge.
The stone on its edge rolled in a circle.
This stone was rolled by a slave, donkey or ox.
Ancient towns and cities had a constant sound of millstones grinding, when the sound stopped it was often due to the destruction of a nation.
Jesus used the image of being drowned by a millstone around the neck to warn those who would hinder children coming to Him."
What is the Video Bible Dictionary?
How do you explain what a desert wilderness is to someone who’s only ever lived in a jungle? Or how can a person understand what a winnowing fork is when they’ve never seen one?
The Video Bible Dictionary is an ambitious project to film items, objects and places mentioned in the Bible which will be collated into a single resource (a dictionary of sorts) to help people understand and read the Bible; basically what the things and places in the Bible really look like.
Who’s it for?
The primary audience is for Oral Preference Learners, however everyone and anyone will benefit from a more literal understanding of actual places and items from the Bible.
What’s an Oral Preference Learner?
A person who prefers to listen, learn and pass on information orally rather than through reading (most of us, right?). This ‘person’ finds context critical in understanding the world around them, hence every video in the Video Bible Dictionary will show the item, object and place in context of a person.
By way of an example; do you remember those old school textbooks which showed a silhouette of a dinosaur with a silhouette of a person standing next to them? It gave you an understanding of how big the dinosaur was compared to a person, right? This is the same thing.
Why do this?
The Video Bible Dictionary is part of a larger project to provide a resource to support the local church around the world as they teach and share Jesus with those who have yet to hear about Him.
Who do you work for?
This project is being produced by SRV in partnership with Wycliffe Bible Translators and ETEN (short for ‘Every Tribe Every Nation’).
Who am I?
My name is Mark Murfitt, I live in the UK and it’s my privilege to produce and direct these videos as well as to oversee the script writing and media production for this project.
Is something like this really necessary?
Absolutely.
For many people, in both developed and developing countries, much of what we’re videoing isn’t known, understood or believed to actually be real.
Is this work copyright protected?
The source video and voiceover are shareable, this version with the music isn’t unfortunately.
This version contains material that has some form of copyright and cannot be freely distributed. For a shareable version of this video under a CC BY-SA 4.0 license, please contact us!
* There may be other scriptures where this item, object or place is featured, this isn't and shouldn't be used as an exclusive list
