Color the Reeds That Grow in The Bible Lands

With separate spikelet and flower.
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Description of Botanical Coloring Page:  A Reed, The  usual  translation  of  kaneh,  a plant  which  grew  in  the  water  in  such  abundance, and  to  such  a  height,  that  the  hippopotamus could  conceal  itself  amongst  it  (Job  40.  21). The  stem  was  long  and  straight,  and  was  consequently used  for  many  purposes;  and  the  name was  transferred  to  the  objects  made  of  it,  as  to a  cane  (this  word  being  derived  from  the  Hebrew  kaneh,  a  measuring  rod  (Ezekiel  40: 3),  a beam  of  the  balance.  The  plant  is,  with  little doubt,  Arundo  donax  -  a  tall  grass  that  usually grows  in  or  near  water.  The  ancients  made  the shafts  of  their  arrows  of  this  grass,  and  used  it also  for  flutes  and  pipes.  The  kalamos.  or  reed, of  the  New  Testament  is  the  same  plant. Reeds (Heb. agham) in  Jer. 51:32, rendered "marshes"  in  the  margin  of  R.V., no doubt refers  to  the  tall  marsh  plants  or  reeds  that  afforded protection  to  the  defenders  of  the  fords.

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