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Refining
The ancient process of refining gold has already been described under METALLURGY (which see). Most of the Bible references are to the refining of silver (
Figurative:
In the various Bible references the refining of precious metals is used figuratively to illustrate the kind of trial God’s children are called upon to go through. If they are of the right metal the dross will finally be blown away, leaving pure, clear, shining silver. If of base metal they will be like the dross described in
James A. Patch