written and concluded that they observe no such thing, save only that they keep themselves from things offered to idols, and rom blood, and from strangled, and from fornication. fice unto idols, eat not for his Rom. xiv, 14-23. I know, and am persuaded by the Lord Jesus, that there is nothing unclean of itself: but to him that esteemeth any thing to be unclean, to him it is unclean. But if thy brother be grieved with thy meat, now walkest thou not charitably. Destroy not him with thy meat, for whom Christ died. Let not then your good be evil spoken of: For the kingdom of God is not meat and drink; but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost. For he that in these things serv-dead with Christ from the rudiCol. ii, 20-23. Wherefore if ye be eth Christ is acceptable to God, ments of the world, why, as and approved of inen. Let us though living in the world, are ye therefore follow after the things subject to ordinances, (Touch not; which make for peace, and things taste not; handle not; Which all wherewith one may edify another. are to perish with the using;) after For meat destroy not the work of the commandments and doctrines God. All things indeed are pure; of men? Which things have inbut it is evil for that man who deed a shew of wisdom in will eateth with offence. It is good worship, and neither to eat flesh, nor to drink neglecting of the body; not in any humility, and wine, nor any thing whereby thy honour to the satisfying of the brother stumbleth, or is offended, flesh. or is made weak. Hast thou faith? have it to thyself before 1 Tim. iv, 3-5.・・・ And comGod. Happy is he that con-manding to abstain from meats, demneth not himself in that thing which he alloweth. And he that doubteth is damned if he eat, because he eateth not of faith: for whatsoever is not of faith is sin. which God hath created to be re- word of God and prayer. ANIMALS. CLEAN AND UNCLEAN IN THEM- QUADRUPEDS. CLEAN. 1 Cor. viii, 8-13. But meat com-ing: For it is sanctified by the mendeth us not to God: for neither, if we eat, are we the better; neither, if we eat not, are we the worse. But take heed lest by any means this liberty of your's become a stumblingblock to them that are weak. For if any man see thee which hast knowledge sit at meat in the idol's temple, shall not the conscience of him which is weak be emboldened to eat those things which are offered to idols; And through thy knowledge shall the weak brother perish, for whom Christ died? But when ye sin so against the brethren, and wound their weak conscience, ye sin against Christ. Wherefore, if meat make my brother to offend, I will eat no flesh while the world standeth, lest I make my brother to offend. 1 Cor. x, 25-33. Whatsoever is sold in the shambles, that eat, asking no question for conscience sake: For the earth is the Lord's, and the fulness thereof. If any of them that believe not bid you to a feast, and ye be disposed to go; whatsoever is set before you, eat, asking no question for conscience sake. But if any man say unto you, This is offered in sacri Lev. xi, 2, 3. Speak unto the children of Israel, saying. These are the beasts which ye shall eat among all the beasts that are on the earth. Whatsoever parteth the hoof, and is clovenfooted, and cheweth the cud, among the beasts, that shall ye eat. Deut. xiv, 4-6. These are the beasts which ye shall eat: the ox, the sheep, and the goat, The hart, and the roebuck, and the fallow deer, and the wild goat, and the Pygarg, and the wild ox, and tho chamois. And every beast that parteth the hoof, and cleaveth the cleft into two claws, and cheweth the cud among the beasts, that ye shall eat. UNCLEAN. Lev. xi, 4-8, 26-28. Nevertheless these shall ye not eat of them that chew the cud, or of them that The divide the hoof: as the camel, because he cheweth the cud, but divideth not the hoof; he is un clean unto you. And the coney, because he cheweth the cud, but divideth not the hoof; he is unclean unto you. And the hare, because he cheweth the cud, but divideth not the hoof; he is unclean unto you. And the swine, though he divide the hoof, and be clovenfooted, yet he cheweth not the cud; he is unclean to you. Of their flesh shall ye not eat, and their carcase shall ye not touch; they are unclean to you. carcases of every beast which divideth the hoof, and is not clovenfooted, nor cheweth the cud, are unclean unto you: every one that toucheth them shall bo unclean. And whatsoever goeth of beasts that go on all four, those upon his paws, among all manner toucheth their carcase shall be are unclean unto you: whoso that beareth the carcase of them unclean until the even. And he shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even; they are uns clean unto you. Deut. xiv, 7, 8. Nevertheless these ye shall not eat of them that chew the cud, or of them that divide the cloven hoof; as the camel, and the hare, and the coney: for they chew the cud, but divide not the hoof; therefore they are unclean unto you. And the swine, because it divideth the hoof, yet cheweth not the cud, it is unclean unto you: ye shall not eat of their flesh, nor touch their dead carcase. UNCLEAN. Lev. x1, 10-12. And all that have not fins and scales in the seas, and in the rivers, of all that move in the waters, and of any living thing which is in the waters, they shall be an abomination unto you: They shall be even an abomination unto you; ye shall not eat of their flesh, but ye shall have their carcases in abomination. Whatsoever hath no fins nor scales in the waters, that shall be an abomination unto you. Deut. xiv, 10. And whatsoever hath not fins and scales ye may not eat; it is unclean unto you. FOWLS. CLEAN. Deut. xiv, 11, 20. Of all clean birds ye shall eat. But of all clean fowls ye may eat. UNCLEAN. Lev. xi, 13-20. And these are they which ye shall have in abomination among the fowls; they shall not be eaten, they are an abomination: the eagle, and the ossifrage, and the ospray, And the vulture, and the kite after his kind; Every raven after his kind; And the owl, and the night hawk, and the cuckoo, and the hawk after his kind, And the little owl, and the cormorant, and the great owl, And the swan, and the pelican, and the gier eagle, And the stork, the heron after her kind, and the lapwing, and the bat. All fowls that creep, going upon all four, shall be an abomination unto you. Deut. xiv, 12-19. But these are they of which ye shall not eat: the eagle, and the ossifrage, and the ospray, And the glede, and the kite, and the vulture after his kind, And every raven after his kind, And the owl, and the night hawk, and the cuckoo, and the hawk after his kind, The little owl, and the great owl, and the swan, And the pelican, and the gier eagle, and the cormorant, And the stork, and the heron after her kind, and the lapwing, and the bat. And every creeping thing that flieth is unclean unto you: they shall not be eaten. CREEPING THINGS. CLEAN. Lev. xi, 21, 22. Yet these may ye eat of every flying creeping thing that goeth upon all four, which have legs above their feet, to leap withal upon the earth; Even these of them ye may eat, the locust after his kind, and the bald locust after his kind, and the beetle after his kind, and the grasshopper after his kind. UNCLEAN. upon the earth. For I am the LORD that I ringeth you up out of the land of Egypt, to be your God: ye shall therefore be holy, for I am holy. THE HERD. CALF. KILLED AS A LUXURY. 1 Sam. vi, 10. And the men did so; and took two milch kine, and tied them to the cart, and shut up their calves at home." 1 Sam. xxviil, 24. And the woman had a fat calf in the house; and she hasted, and killed it, and took flour, and kneaded it, and did bake unleavened bread thereof. There Isa. xxvii, 10. shall the calf feed, and there shall he lie down, and consume the branches thereof. Hosea xiv, 2. So will Mal. iv, 2. And ye shall we render the calves of our lips. go forth, and grow up as calves of the stall. Lev. xl, 23-25, 29-38, 41-45. But all other flying creeping things, which have four feet, shall be an abomination unto you. And for these ye shall be unclean: whosoever toucheth the carcase of them shall be And unclean until the even. whosoever beareth ought of the Gen. xviii, 7. And Abraham ran carcase of them shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the unto the herd, and fetcht a calf even. These also shall be unclean tender and good, and gave it unto unto you among the creeping a young man; and he hasted to dress it. things that creep upon the earth; and the weasel, and the mouse, the tortoise after his kind, And the ferret, and the chameleon, and the lizard, and the snail, and the mole. These are unclean to you among all that creep: whosoever doth touch them, when they be dead, shall be unclean until the even. And upon whatsoever any of them, when they are dead, doth fall, it shall be unclean; whether it be any vessel of wood, or raiment, or skin, or sack, whatsoever vessel it be, wherein any work is done, it must be put into water, and it shall be unclean until the even; so it shall be cleansed. And every earthen vessel, whereinto any of them falleth, whatsoever is in it shall be unclean; and Of all meat ye shall break it. which may be eaten, that on which such water cometh shall be unclean: and all drink that may be drunk in every such vessel And every shall be unclean. thing whereupon any part of their carcase falleth shall be unclean; whether it be oven, or ranges for pots, they shall be broken down: for they are unclean, and shall be unclean unto you. Nevertheless a fountain or pit, wherein there is plenty of water, shall be clean: but that which toucheth their carcase shall be unclean. And if any part of their carcase fall upon any sowing seed which is to be sown, it shall be clean. But if any water be put upon the seed, and any part of their carcase fall thereon, it shall be unclean unto you. And every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth shall be an abomination; it shall not be eaten. Whatsoever goeth upon the belly, and whatsoever goeth upon all four, or whatsoever hath more feet among all creeping things that creep upon the earth, them ye shall not cat; for they are an abomination. shall not make yourselves abomthing inable with any creeping that creepeth, neither shall ye make yourselves unclean with them, that ye should be defiled thereby. For I am the LORD your God: ye shall therefore sanctify yourselves, and ye shall be holy; for I am holy; neither shall ye defile yourselves with any manner of creeping thing that creepeth 34 Ye Luke xv, 27, 30. And he said unto him, Thy brother is come; and thy father hath killed the fatted calf, because he hath received hini safe and sound. But as soon as this thy son was come, which hath devoured thy living with harlots, thou hast killed for him the fatted calf. Jer. xxxi, 18. I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself thus; Thou hast chastised me, and I was chastised, as a bullock unaccustomed to the yoke: turn thou me, and I shall be turned; for thou art the LORD my God. Jer. 1, 11. Because ye were glad, because ye rejoiced, O ye destroyers of mine heritage, because ye are grown fat as the heifer at grass, and bellow as bulls. Jer. lii, 20. The two pillars, one sea, and twelve brasen bulls that were under the bases, which king Solomon had made in the house of the LORD: the brass of all these vessels was without weight. Ezek. xxxix, 18. Ye shall eat the flesh of the mighty, and drink the blood of the princes of the earth, of rams, of lambs, and of goats, of bullocks all of them fatlings of Bashan. CATTLE. A VERY GENERAL POSSES SION. Deut. xxviii, 4, 18, 31. Blessed shall be the fruit of thy body, and the fruit of thy ground, and the fruit of thy cattle, the increase of thy kine, and the flocks of thy sheep. Cursed shall be the fruit of thy body, and the fruit of thy land, the increase of thy kine, and the flocks of thy sheep. Thine ox shall be slain before thine eyes, and thou shalt not eat thereof: thine ass shall be violently taken away from before thy face, and shall not be restored to thee: thy sheep shall be given unto thine enemies, and thou shalt have none to rescue them. Deut. v, 14. But the seventh day is the sabbath of the LORD thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, nor thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thine ox. 1 Sam. vi, 7. Now therefore make a new cart, and take two milch kine, on which there hath come no yoke, and tie the kine to the cart, and bring their calves home from them. a wagon for two of the princes, | in, but that he hath killed a man 2 Sam. vi, 6. And when they came to Nachon's threshing floor, Uzzah put forth his hand to the ark of God, and took hold of it; for the oxen shook it. 1 Kin. xix, 19. So he departed that were nigh them, even unto 1 Sam. xv, 9, 14, 15. But Saul and the people spared Agag, and the best of the sheep, and of the oxen, and of the fatlings, and the lambs, and all that was good, and would not utterly destroy them: but every thing that was vile and refuse, that they destroyed utterly, And Samuel said, What meaneth then this bleating of the sheep in mine ears, and the lowing of the oxen which I hear? And Saul Ps. cxliv, 14. That our oxen said, They have brought them from the Amalekites: for the peo-be no breaking in, nor going out; may be strong to labour; that there ple spared the best of the sheep that there be no complaining in and of the oxen, to sacrifice unto the LORD thy God; and the rest we have utterly destroyed. 1 Chron. v, 9. And eastward he inhabited unto the entering in of the wilderness from the river Euphrates: because their cattle were multiplied in the land of Gilead. Job xxiv, 3. They drive away the ass of the fatherless, they take the widow's ox for a pledge. Job xlii, 12. So the LORD blessed the latter end of Job more than his beginning: for he had fourteen thousand sheep, and six thousand camels, and a thousand yoke of oxen, and a thousand she asses. P8. lxxviii, 48. He gave up their cattle also to the hail, and their flocks to hot thunderbolts. Isa, vii, 21. And it shall come to pass in that day, that a man shall nourish a young cow, and two sheep. ΟΧ USED FOR LABOUR. Num. vii, 3. And they brought their offering before the LORD, six covered wagons, and twelve oxen; Israel. our streets. Jer. 11, 23. I will also break in tains and rulers. Hos. iv, 16. For Israel slideth back as a backsliding heifer: now the LORD will feed them as a lamb in a large place. Luke xiv, 19. And another said, I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I go to prove them: I pray thee have me excused. STATUTE. Exod. xxi, 28-36. If an ox gore a man or a woman, that they die: then the ox shall be surely stoned, and his flesh shall not be eaten; but the owner of the ox shall be quit. But if the ox were wont to push with his horn in time past, and it hath been testified to his owner, and he hath not kept him And if one man's ox hurt another's the live ox, and divide the money that he dic: then they shall sell of it; and the dead or also they shall divide. Or if it be known time past, and his owner hath not that the ox hath used to push in kept him in; he shall surely pay ox for ox; and the dead shall be his own. liver unto his neighbour an ass, Exod. xxii, 10, 11. If a man deto keep; and it die, or be hurt, or or an ox, or a sheep, or any beast, driven away, no man seeing it: Then shall an oath of the LORD be between them both, that he hath not put his hand unto his neighbour's goods; and the owner of it shall accept thereof, and he shall not make it good. thine enemy's ox or his ass going Exod. xxiii, 4, 5. If thou meet astray, thou shalt surely bring it back to him again. If thou see the ass of him that hateth thee lying under his burden, and wouldest forbear to help him, thou shalt surely help with him. PASTURE GROUND. over unto Pharaoh, For to sojourn Gen. xlvii, 4. They said morein the land are we come; for thy servants have no pasture for their flocks; for the famine is sore in the land of Canaan: now therefore, we pray thee, let thy servants dwell in the land of Goshen. Num. xxxii, 1-5. Now the children of Reuben and the children of Gad had a very great multitude of cattle: and when they saw the land of Jazer, and the land of Gilead, that, behold, the place was a place for cattle; The children of Gad and the children of Reuben came and spake unto Moses, and to Eleazar the priest, and unto the princes of the congregation, saying, Ataroth, and Dibon, and Jazer, and Nimrah, and Heshbon, and Elealeh, and Shebam, and Nebo, and Beon, Even the country which the LORD smote before the congregation of Israel, is a land for cattle, and thy servants have cattle: Wherefore, said they, if we have found grace in thy sight, let this land be given unto thy servants for a possession, and bring us not over Jordan. Isa. xlix, 9. That thou mayest say to the prisoners, Go forth; to them that are in darkness, Shew yourselves. They shall feed in the ways, and their pastures shall be in all high places. DAIRY PRODUCE. Gen. xviii 8. And he took butter, and milk, and the calf which he had dressed, and set it before them; and he stood by them under the tree, and they did eat. Gen. xxxii, 15. Thirty milch camels with their colts, forty kine, and ten bulls, twenty she asses, and ten foals. Gen. xlix, 12. ... white with milk. And his teeth Deut. xxxii, 14. Butter of kine, and milk of sheep, with fat of lambs, and rams of the breed of Bashan, and goats, with the fat of kidneys of wheat; and thou didst drink the pure blood of the grape. Judges iv, 19. And he said unto Ezek. xxv, 4. . . . They shall eat | thy fruit, and they shall drink thy milk. MILK AND HONEY. CHARACTERISTIC OF CANAAN. Deut. vi, 3. Hear therefore, O Israel, and observe to do it; that it may be well with thee, and that ye may increase mightily, as the LORD God of thy fathers hath promised thee, in the land that floweth with milk and honey. Deut. xi, 9. And that ye may prolong your days in the land, which the LORD sware unto your fathers to give unto them and to their seed, a land that floweth with milk and honey. Deut. xxvi, 15. Look down from thy holy habitation, from heaven, and bless thy people Israel, and the land which thou hast given unto our us, as thou swarest fathers, a land that floweth with milk and honey. Deut. xxvii, 3. And thou shalt write upon them all the words of this law, when thou art passed over, that thou mayest go in unto the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee, a land that floweth with milk and honey; as the LORD 1 Kin. 1, 9. And Adonijah slew the stone of Zoheleth, which is by sheep and oxen and fat cattle by En-rogel, and called all his breth ren the king's sons, and all the men of Judah the king's servants. 1 Kin. iv, 23. Ten fat oxen, and and an hundred sheep, beside twenty oxen out of the pastures, harts, and roe-bucks, and fallowdeer, and fatted fowl. 2 Chron. xviii, 2. And after cer tain years he went down to Ahab to Samaria. And Ahab killed sheep and oxen for him in abundance, and for the people that he him to go up with him to Ramothhad with him, and persuaded gilead. Neh. v, 18. Now that which was prepared for me daily was one ox, and six choice sheep. Prov. vii, 22. He goeth after her straightway, as an ox goeth to the slaughter, or as a fool to the correction of the stocks. Prov. xv, 17. Better is a dinner of herbs where love is, than a stalled ox and hatred therewith. Isa. xxii, 13. And behold joy and gladness, slaying oxen and killing sheep, eating flesh and drinking her, Give me, I pray thee, a little God of thy fathers hath promised wine: let us eat and drink, for to water to drink; for I am thirsty. And she opened a bottle of milk, and gave him drink, and covered him. Judges, v, 25. He asked water, and she gave him milk; she brought forth butter in a lordly dish. 1 Sam. xvii, 18. And carry these ten cheeses unto the captain of their thousand, and look how thy brethren fare, and take their pledge. 2 Sam. xvii. 29. . . . And sheep, and cheese of kine, for David, and for the people that were with him, to eat: for they said, The people is hungry, and weary, and thirsty, in the wilderness. Job x, 10. Hast thou not poured me out as milk, and curdled me like cheese? Job xxix, 6. When I washed my steps with butter, and the rock poured me out rivers of oil. Ps. lv, 21. The words of his mouth were smoother than butter, but war was in his heart. Prov. xxx, 33. Surely the churning of milk bringeth forth butter. Isa. Ix, 16. Thou shalt also suck the milk of the Gentiles, and shalt suck the breast of kings: and thou shalt know that I the LORD am thy Saviour and thy Redeemer, the mighty One of Jacob. Lam. iv, 7. Her Nazarites were purer than snow, they were whiter than milk. thee. Deut. xxxi, 20. For when I shall have brought them into the land which I sware unto their fathers, that floweth with milk and honey; and they shall have eaten and filled themselves, and waxen fat; then will they turn unto other gods, and serve them, and provoke me, and break my covenant. Jer. xi, 5. That I may perform the oath which I have sworn unto your fathers, to give them a land flowing with milk and honey, as it is this day. Jer. xxxil, 22. And hast given them this land, which thou didst swear to their fathers to give them, a land flowing with milk and honey. Ezek. xx, 6, 15. In the day that I for them, flowing with milk and KILLED FOR FOOD. 1 Sam. xiv, 31. And Saul said, people, and say unto them, Bring morrow we shall die. Jer. xi, 19. But 1 was like a lamb or an ox that is brought to the slaughter; and I knew not that they had devised devices against me. Jer. xlvi, 20, 21. Egypt is like cometh; it cometh out of the north. Also her hired men are in a very fair heifer, but destruction the midst of her like fatted bullocks; for they also are turned back, and are fled away together: day of their calamity was come they did not stand, because the upon them, and the time of their visitation. Jer. 1, 27. Slay all her bullocks; let them go down to the slaughter: woe unto them! for their day is come, the time of their visitation. My oxen and Matth. xxii, 4.. things are ready. .... my fatlings are killed, and all HORN. EMBLEM OF POWER, PRIDE, AND 1 Sam. ii, 1. And Hannah prayed, and said, My heart rejoiceth in the LORD, mine horn is exalted in the LORD; my mouth is enlarged over mine enemies; because I rejoice in thy salvation. 2 Sam. xxii, 3. The God of my rock; in him will I trust: he is my tion, my high tower, and my reshield, and the born of my salva Ps. 1xxv, 4, 5, 10. I said unto the fools, Deal not foolishly: and to the wicked, Lift not up the horn: Lift not up your horn on high: speak not with a stiff neck. All the horns of the wicked also will I cut off; but the horns of the righteous shall be exalted. Ps. lxxxix, 17, 24. For thou art the glory of their strength; and in thy favour our horn shall be exalted. But my faithfulness and my mercy shall be with him: and in my name shall his horn be exalted. Ps. cxii, 9. He hath dispersed, he hath given to the poor; his righteousness endureth for ever, his horn shall be exalted with honour. Ps. cxlviil, 14. He also exalteth the horn of his people, the praise of all his saints; eren of the children of Israel, a people near unto him. Praise ye the LORD. Jer. xlviii, 25. The horn of Moab is cut off, and his arm is broken, saith the Lord. Amos vi, 13. Ye which rejoice in a thing of nought, which say, Have we not taken to us horns by our own strength? HORN, A PROPHETIC SYMBOL. Dan. vii, 8, 24. I considered the horns, and, behold, there came up among them another little horn, before whom there were three of the first horns plucked up by the roots: and, behold, in this horn were eyes like the eyes of man, and a mouth speaking great things. And the ten horns out of this kingdom are ten kings that shall arise: and another shall rise after them; and he shall be diverse from the first, and he shall subdue three kings. Zech. i, 18, 19, 21. Then lifted I up mine eyes, and saw, and behold four horns. And I said unto the angel that talked with me, What be these? And he answered me, These are the horns which have scattered Judah, Israel, and Jerusalem. Then said I, What come these to do? And he spake, saying, These are the horns which have scattered Judah, so that no man did lift up his head: but these are come to fray them, to cast ɔut the horns of the Gentiles, which lifted up their horn over the land of Judah to scatter it. Luke i, 69. And hath raised up an horn of salvation for us in the house of his servant David. Rev. v, 6. And I beheld, and, 10, in the midst of the throne and of the four beasts, and in the midst of the elders, stood a Lamb as it had been slain, having seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven Spirits of God sent forth into all the earth. Rev.xiii, 1, 11. And I stood upon the sand of the sea, and saw a beast rise up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and upon his horns ten crowns, and upon his heads the name of blasphemy. And I beheld another beast coming up out of the earth; and he had two horns like a lamb, and he spake as a dragon. Rev. xvii, 12. And the ten horns which thou sawest are ten kings, which have received no kingdom as yet; but receive power as kings one hour with the beast. THE FLOCK. SHEEP. MATERIAL, ETC. Gen. xiii, 5. And Lot also, which went with Abram, had flocks, and herds, and tents. Gen. xxiv, 35. And the LORD and he is become great: and he hath blessed my master greatly; hath given him flocks, and herds, and silver, and gold, and men servants, and maidservants. and camels, and asses. Gen. xxvi, 14. For he had possession of flocks, and possession of herds, and great store of servants: and the Philistines envied him. Exod. x, 9. And Moses said, We will go with our young and with our old, with our sons and with our daughters, with our flocks and with our herds will we go; for we must hold a least unto the LORD. 1 Sam. xxv, 2. And there was a man in Maon, whose possessions were in Carmel; and the man was thousand sheep, and a thousand very great, and he had three goats. 2 Sam. xii, 2. The rich man nad exceeding many flocks and herds. 2 Kin. ill, 4. And Mesha king of Moab was a sheepmaster, and rendered unto the king of Israel an hundred thousand lambs, and an hundred thousand rams, with the wool. 2 Chron. xiv, 15. They smote also the tents of cattle, and carried away sheep and camels in abundance, and returned to Jerusalem. 2 Chron xxx, 24. For Hezekiah king of Judah did give to the congregation a thousand bullocks the princes gave to the congregaand seven thousand sheep; and tion a thousand bullocks and ten thousand sheep: and a great number of priests sanctified themselves the latter end of Job more than his beginning: for he had fourteen thousand sheep. Job xlii, 12. So the LORD blessed Isa. xvi, 1. Send ye the lamb to the ruler of the land from Sela to the wilderness, unto the mount of the daughter of Zion. WOOL. Exod. xxv, 5. And rams' skins dyed red, and badgers' skins, and shittim wood. Judges vi, 37. Behold, I will put a fleece of wool in the floor; and if the dew be on the fleece only, and it be dry upon all the earth beside, then shall I know that thou wilt save Israel by mine hand, as thou hast said. Job xxxi, 20. If his loins have not blessed me, and if he were not warmed with the fleece of my sheep. Prov. xxxi, 13. She seeketh wool, with her hands. and flax, and worketh willingly Ezek. xxxiv, 3. Ye eat the fat and ye clothe you with the wool, ye kill them that are fed: but ye feed not the flock. Heb. xi, 37. They were stoned, they were sawn asunder, were tempted, were slain with the sword: they wandered about in sheepskins and goatskins; being destitute, afflicted, tormented. 1 Kin. i, 19. And he hath slain oxen and fat cattle and sheep in abundance, and hath called all the sons of the king, and Abiatharthe priest, and Joab the captain of the hath he not called. host: but Solomon thy servant Neh. v, 18. Now that which was prepared for me daily was one ox and six choice sheep; also fowls were prepared for ine, and once in ten days store of all sorts of wine: yet for all this required not I the bread of the governor, because the bondage was heavy upon this people. . Isa. xxii, 13. And behold joy and and gladness, . killing sheep, eating flesh, and drinking wine: let us eat and drink: for to morrow we shall die. |