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Wisdom (2)

2. WISDOM is taken for Quickness of Invention, and Dexterity in the Execution of several Works, which require not so much Strength of Body, as Industry, and Labour of the Mind. For example, God Exod. xxviii. 3. xxxi. 3.told Moses, that he had filled with Wisdom, and Understanding, and Knowledge, Bezaleel and Aholiab, to invent and perform several Sorts of Work, for compleating the Tabernacle.

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