”Drinking containers in ancient times were usually made of skin. These skin bottles were often used out in the wilderness to hang in a tent when the use of fire was needed inside and there was no chimney. The skin would absorb the smoke for a long period of time.
Immediately the skin would become hard and shriveled because of the smoke and afterwards it turned black and was useless.
A striking figure for a man of God to refer himself as yet even in this state he ”would not forget God’s Word.””
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”Drinking containers in ancient times were usually made of skin. These skin bottles were often used out in the wilderness to hang in a tent when the use of fire was needed inside and there was no chimney. The skin would absorb the smoke for a long period of time.
Immediately the skin would become hard and shriveled because of the smoke and afterwards it turned black and was useless.
A striking figure for a man of God to refer himself as yet even in this state he ”would not forget God’s Word.””
Also, one person wrote a song about it.