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Originally Posted by Ezekiel Bathfire
the following is thus to be considered a work in progress. All the more so, as it has not yet been peer reviewed.
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I am sure that with science of this quality, the formal review by a Landover Pastor will proceed without a hitch.
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Suggestions, amendments, additions are welcome
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I have a few points for you to consider: Nitre appears in Jeremaiah 2:22 as well as in Proverbs. Jeremiah 2:22 also introduces the element soap (which is not the same as the animal product soap, which was only invented 1,000 or more years later); we see this used again in Malachi 3:2, Job 9:30 and 22:30, and Isaiah 1:25. Isaiah 1:25 introduces dross and tin, and Isaiah 27:9 brings us chalkstones (known today as limestone). Ezekiel 27:17 adds Pannag and balm, though perhaps those are best viewed as agricultural products and not as elements, much like we would probably not view a man's "seed of copulation" (Leviticus 15:16) as an element.
Perhaps the most intriguing Biblical element is (in Hebrew) ךופ , translated variously as "fair colors" (Isaiah 54:11), "painting" (Jeremaiah 4:30), and "precious stones" (1 Chronicles 29:2).