Reference: Purse
Easton
(1.) Gr. balantion, a bag (Lu 10:4; 22:35-36).
(2.) Gr. zone, properly a girdle (Mt 10:9; Mr 6:8), a money-belt. As to our Lord's sending forth his disciples without money in their purses, the remark has been made that in this "there was no departure from the simple manners of the country. At this day the farmer sets out on excursions quite as extensive without a para in his purse; and a modern Moslem prophet of Tarshisha thus sends forth his apostles over this identical region. No traveller in the East would hestitate to throw himself on the hospitality of any village." Thomson's Land and the Book. (See Scrip.)
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Do not procure gold or silver or copper for your belts.
And he commanded them that they take along nothing for the journey except only a staff--no bread, no traveler's bag, no money in their belts--
Do not carry a money bag or a traveler's bag or sandals, and greet no one along the road.
And he said to them, "When I sent you out without a money bag and a traveler's bag and sandals, you did not lack anything, [did you]?" And they said, "Nothing." And he said to them, "But now the one who has a money bag must take [it], and likewise a traveler's bag. And the one who does not have a sword must sell his cloak and buy [one].
Fausets
Often "the girdle" (zoonee): Mt 10:9; Mr 6:8. Or "a bag for money", and "for merchants' weights". (Ge 42:35; Pr 1:14; Isa 46:6; Joh 12:6, glossokomon, literally, a bag for carrying mouthpieces of musical instruments.)
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And it happened [that when] they emptied their sacks, behold, each one's pouch of money [was] in his sack. And when they and their father saw the pouches of their money, they were greatly distressed.
you shall throw your lot in our midst, there will be one purse for all of us."
Those who lavish gold from [the] purse and weigh out silver in the balance scales; hire {a goldsmith} and he makes him a god; they bow down, indeed they bow in worship.
Do not procure gold or silver or copper for your belts.
And he commanded them that they take along nothing for the journey except only a staff--no bread, no traveler's bag, no money in their belts--
(Now he said this not because {he was concerned} about the poor, but because he was a thief, and having the money box, he used to steal what was put into [it].)
Hastings
Morish
A bag for money or weights. Pr 1:14; Isa 46:6; Lu 10:4; 22:35-36; Joh 12:6. In Mt 10:9; Mr 6:8, the 'girdle' is alluded to, a portion of which was used as a purse.
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you shall throw your lot in our midst, there will be one purse for all of us."
Those who lavish gold from [the] purse and weigh out silver in the balance scales; hire {a goldsmith} and he makes him a god; they bow down, indeed they bow in worship.
Do not procure gold or silver or copper for your belts.
And he commanded them that they take along nothing for the journey except only a staff--no bread, no traveler's bag, no money in their belts--
Do not carry a money bag or a traveler's bag or sandals, and greet no one along the road.
And he said to them, "When I sent you out without a money bag and a traveler's bag and sandals, you did not lack anything, [did you]?" And they said, "Nothing." And he said to them, "But now the one who has a money bag must take [it], and likewise a traveler's bag. And the one who does not have a sword must sell his cloak and buy [one].
(Now he said this not because {he was concerned} about the poor, but because he was a thief, and having the money box, he used to steal what was put into [it].)
Smith
Purse,
a bag for money. The Hebrews, when on a journey, were provided with a bag, in which they carried their money,
Ge 42:35; Pr 1:14; 7:20; Isa 46:6
and, if they were merchants, also their weights.
De 25:13; Mic 6:11
This bag is described in the New Testament by the terms balantion (bag)
Lu 10:4; 12:33; 22:35,38
and glossokomon (originally the bag in which musicians carried the mouth-pieces of their Instruments).
Joh 12:6; 13:29
The girdle also served as a purse.
Ladies wore ornamental purses.
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And it happened [that when] they emptied their sacks, behold, each one's pouch of money [was] in his sack. And when they and their father saw the pouches of their money, they were greatly distressed.
"There shall not be {for your use} in your bag {two kinds of stone weights, a large one and a small one}.
you shall throw your lot in our midst, there will be one purse for all of us."
The bag of money he took in his hand, for [on] the day of the full moon he will come home."
And this shall happen: There will be a stench instead of perfume, and a rope instead of a sash, and baldness instead of a well-set hairdo, and a clothing wrap of sackcloth instead of a rich robe, branding instead of beauty.
Those who lavish gold from [the] purse and weigh out silver in the balance scales; hire {a goldsmith} and he makes him a god; they bow down, indeed they bow in worship.
Shall I regard as pure [the one] with scales of wickedness, and with a bag of deceitful weights?
Do not procure gold or silver or copper for your belts.
And he commanded them that they take along nothing for the journey except only a staff--no bread, no traveler's bag, no money in their belts--
Do not carry a money bag or a traveler's bag or sandals, and greet no one along the road.
Sell your possessions and give charitable gifts. Make for yourselves money bags that do not wear out, an inexhaustible treasure in heaven where thief does not approach or moth destroy.
And he said to them, "When I sent you out without a money bag and a traveler's bag and sandals, you did not lack anything, [did you]?" And they said, "Nothing."
So they said, "Lord, behold, here [are] two swords!" And he said to them, "It is adequate."
(Now he said this not because {he was concerned} about the poor, but because he was a thief, and having the money box, he used to steal what was put into [it].)
For some were thinking because Judas had the money box, Jesus was telling him, "Purchase {what we need} for the feast," or that he should give something to the poor.)