Clay: This word is used of sediment found in pits or in streets
(Isaiah 57:20)
(Jeremiah 18:6) of dust mixed with spittle
(John 9:6) and of potter's clay
(Isaiah 41:25; Nahum 3:14; Jeremiah 18:1-6; Romans 9:21) Clay was used for sealing
(Job 38:14; Jeremiah 32:14) Our Lord's tomb may have been thus sealed
(Matthew 27:66) The practice of sealing doors with clay is still common
in the East. Clay was also in primitive times used for mortar
(Genesis 11:3) The "clay ground" in which the large vessels of the temple
were cast
(1 Kings 7:46; 2 Chronicles 4:17) was a compact loam fitted for the
purpose. The expression literally rendered is, "in the thickness of
the ground,", meaning, "in stiff ground" or in clay.
