Easton's Bible Dictionary: Wall
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Cities were surrounded by walls, as distinguished from "unwalled villages" (
Ezek. 38:11
;
Leviticus 25:29
-34). They were made thick and strong (
Numbers 13:28
;
Deuteronomy 3:5
). Among the Jews walls were built of stone, some of those in the temple being of great size (
1 Kings 6:7
;
7:9
-12;
20:30
;
Mark 13:1
, 2). The term is used metaphorically of security and safety (
Isaiah 26:1
;
60:18
;
Revelation 21:12
-20). (see
FENCE
.)
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