The ark of bulrushes in which the infant Moses was laid (Ex. 2:3) is called in the Hebrewteiva, a word derived from the Egyptian teb , meaning "a chest." It was daubed with slime and with pitch. The bulrushes of which it was made were the papyrus reed.
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