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FINGER

In biblical usage, an instrument of creativity or productivity (e.g., Isa. 2:8; 17:8; Matt. 23:4; Luke 11:46), often the equivalent of the hand (cf. Isa. 59:1, 3). Used anthropomorphically, it represents divine power (e.g., Exod. 8:19; 31:18; Ps. 8:3; cf. Luke 11:20).

In various offerings, the priest was to sprinkle or smear with his finger the sacrificial blood on the horns of the altar (e.g., Exod. 29:12; Lev. 4:25), on the front of the mercy seat (16:14), or in front of the tent of meeting (Num. 19:4); in cleansing lepers, the high priest was specifically instructed to use the “right finger” (Lev. 14:16, 27). The Hebrews were to bind the pentateuchal laws in phylacteries on their fingers (Prov. 7:3).

As a unit of measure the finger is the twenty-fourth part of a cubit or 1.85 cm. (.73 in.; Jer. 52:21).






Eerdmans Dictionary of the Bible (2000)

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