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(1.) Used as manure kjv@Luke:13:8); collected outside the city walls kjv@Nehemiah:2:13). Of sacrifices, burned outside the camp kjv@Exodus:29:14; kjv@Leviticus:4:11 kjv@Leviticus:8:17; kjv@Numbers:19:5). To be "cast out as dung," a figurative expression (kjvKings:14:10; kjv@2Kings:9:37; kjv@Jeremiah:8:2; kjv@Psalms:18:42), meaning to be rejected as unprofitable.

(2.) Used as fuel, a substitute for firewood, which was with difficulty procured in Syria, Arabia, and Egypt kjv@Ezekiel:4:12-15), where cows' and camels' dung is used to the present day for this purpose.