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usually secured their doors by bars of wood or iron (Isaiah 45:2; 1 Kings 4:3). These were the locks originally used, and were opened and shut by large keys applied through an opening in the outside (Judges 3:24). (See KEY.) Lock of hair (Judges 16:13, 19; Ezekiel 8:3; Numbers 6:5, etc.).

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