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BAG

Most bags in the Bible are of three kinds: a pouch or purse (usually Heb. kîs; Gk. ballántion), a traveler’s bag (Gk. pḗra), or a large sack (Heb. ʾamtaḥaṯ). Heb. śaq usually refers to the material, i.e., sackcloth.

People in both the OT and NT might carry money in a purse (Prov. 1:14; Luke 10:4) and grain in sacks (Gen. 42–44). God warns traders in the OT not to have false weights in their bags or pouches (Deut. 25:13; Prov. 16:11; Mic. 6:11). In his fight with the giant, the young David puts five slingstones in his shepherd’s bag (Heb. kĕlî; 1 Sam. 17:40). Judith smuggles Holofernes’ head out of the Assyrian camp in her provision bag (Jdt. 10:5; 13:9-10, 15).

When Jesus sends out the Twelve (Matt. 10:10 = Mark 6:8; Luke 9:3) and the Seventy(-two) (Luke 10:4), he tells them not to take a bag along. Later he tells them to take one (Luke 22:35-36). Some scholars reject the “beggar’s bag” interpretation (as in TEV) and conclude that the bag was simply a piece of luggage.

Jesus uses the money bag or purse (ballántion) figuratively when he urges the “little flock” to give to the poor and thereby acquire “purses that will never wear out” (Luke 12:32-34).

Carl Bridges

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BAG

Eerdmans Dictionary of the Bible (2000)