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Pit
a hole in the ground (Ex. 21:33, 34)
a cistern for water (Gen. 37:24; Jer. 14:3)
a vault (41:9)
a grave (Ps. 30:3)
It is used as a figure for mischief (Ps. 9:15).
It is the name given to the unseen place of woe (Rev. 20:1, 3).
The slime-pits in the vale of Siddim were wells which yielded asphalt (Gen. 14:10).
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