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Seal: Commonly a ring engraved with some device (Genesis 38:18,25) Jezebel "wrote letters in Ahab's name, and sealed them with his seal" (1 Kings 21:8) Seals are frequently mentioned in Jewish history (Deuteronomy 32:34; Nehemiah 9:38) (Nehemiah 10:1; Esther 3:12; The Song of Solomon 8:6) (Isaiah 8:16; Jeremiah 22:24; 32:44) etc. Sealing a document was equivalent to the signature of the owner of the seal. "The use of a signet-ring by the monarch has recently received a remarkable illustration by the discovery of an impression of such a signet on fine clay at Koyunjik, the site of the ancient Nineveh. This seal appears to have been impressed from the bezel of a metallic finger-ring. It is an oval, 2 inches in length by 1 inch wide, and bears the image, name, and titles of the Egyptian king Sabaco" (Rawlinson's Hist. Illus. of the O.T., p. 46) The actual signet-rings of two Egyptian kings (Cheops and Horus) have been discovered.
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The use of seals is mentioned in the New Testament only in connection with the record of our Lord's burial (Matthew 27:66) The tomb was sealed by the Pharisees and chief priests for the purpose of making sure that the disciples would not come and steal the body away (Matthew 27:63,64) The mode of doing this was probably by stretching a cord across the stone and sealing it at both ends with sealing-clay. When God is said to have sealed the Redeemer, the meaning is, that he has attested his divine mission (John 6:27) Circumcision is a seal, an attestation of the covenant (Romans 4:11) Believers are sealed with the Spirit, as God's mark put upon them (Ephesians 1:13; 4:30) Converts are by Paul styled the seal of his apostleship, i.e., they are its attestation (1 Corinthians 9:2) Seals and sealing are frequently mentioned in the book of Revelation (Revelation 5:1; 6:1; 7:3; 10:4; 22:10)




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