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Job 42:11, “piece of money”). The kesitah was probably a piece of money of a particular weight, cast in the form of a lamb. The monuments of Egypt show that such weights were used. (See PIECES.)
•KETTLE a large pot for cooking. The same Hebrew word (dud, “boiling”) is rendered also “pot” (Psalm 81:6), “caldron” (2 Chronicles 35:13), “basket” (Jeremiah 24:2). It was used for preparing the peace-offerings (1 Samuel 2:13, 14).