Easton's Bible Dictionary: Tooth
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One of the particulars regarding which retaliatory punishment was to be inflicted (
Exodus 21:24
;
Leviticus 24:20
;
Deuteronomy 19:21
). "Gnashing of teeth" =rage, despair (
Matthew 8:12
;
Acts 7:54
); "cleanness of teeth" =famine (
Amos 4:6
); "children's teeth set on edge" =children suffering for the sins of their fathers (
Ezek. 18:2
).
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