David thy son, which is with the sheep. And it came to pass, when the cell spirit from God was upon Baul that David took an harp, and played with his hand: so Saul refreshed, and was well, and the evil spirit departed from him. 3 Kings ill, 15, But now bring tea minstrel. And it came to ass, when the minstrel played, at the hand of the LORD came pon him. . xxxiii, 32. And, lo, thou unto them as a very lovely of one that hath a pleasant , and can play well on an inment: for they hear thy words, they do them not. VARIOUS ALLUSIONS. xxi, 12. They take the timand harp, and rejoice at the d of the organ. bav, 12. And the harp and the the tabret and pipe, and wine, in their feasts: but they regard the work of the LORD, neither ider the operation of his ids. kxxvi, 13. And I will cause Faoise of thy songs to cease; Ithe sound of thy harps shali e more heard. b. v, 23. Take thou away me the noise of thy songs: will not hear the melody of viola. vi, 5. That chant to the d of the viol, and invent to selves instruments of musick, David. PIONEERING. what my God had put in my heart rest that did the work. VARIOUS FORMS OF MERCHANDISE, ITS BENEFITS. Isa. xxiii, 11..... The Lord hath given a commandment against the merchant city, to destroy the strong holds thereof. Isa. xlvii, 15. Thus shall they be unto thee with whom thou hast laboured, even thy merchants, from thy youth: they shall wander every one to his quarter; none shall save thee. Ezek. vii, 12, 18. The time is come, the day draweth near: let not the buyer rejoice, nor the seller mourn; for wrath is upon all the multitude thereof. For the seller shall not return to that which is sold, although they were yet alive: for the vision is touch Gen. xxxiv, 20, 21. And Hamoring the whole multitude thereof, and Shechem his son came unto the gate of their city, and com- Judges xviii, 28. And there was which shall not return; neither Ezek. xxii, 13. Behold, therefore I have smitten mine hand at thy dishonest gain which thou hast made, and at thy blood which hath been in the midst of thee. Ezek. xxvii, 32-34, 36. And in their wailing they shall take up a lamentation for thee, and lament over thee, saying, What city is like Tyrus, like the destroyed in the midst of the sea? When thy wares went forth out of the seas, a. xviii, 4-6, 8, 9. Give out rehob: and they built a city, and thou filledst many people; thou dwelt therein. Prov. xxxi, 18. She perceiveth that her merchandise is good: her candle goeth not out by night. bamong you three men for that went to describe the daaying, Go and walk through land, and describe it, aud come LD to me, that I may here cast * for you before the LORD in h. And the men went and sed through the land, and deTued it by cities into seven rs in a book, and came again Joshua to the host at Shiloh. YA, 12-16. And I arose in e night, I and some few men me; neither told I any man i princes, whose traffickers are the Ezek. xxviii, 4, 5. With thy wis- Hosea xii, 8. And Ephraim said, Yet I am become rich, I have found me out substance: in all my labours they shall find none iniquity in me that were sin. didst enrich the kings of the earth with the multitude of thy riches, and of thy merchandise. In the time when thou shalt be broken by the seas in the depths of the waters, thy merchandise, and all thy company in the midst of thee, shall fall. The merchants among the people shall hiss at thee: thou shalt be a terror, and never shalt be any more. Ezek. xxviil, 16, 18. By the multitude of thy merchandise they have filled the midst of thee with violence, and thou hast sinned: therefore I will cast thee as profane out of the mountain of God; and I will destroy thee, O covering cherub, from the midst of the stones of fire. Thon hast defiled thy sanctuaries by the multitude of thine iniquities, by the iniquity of thy traffick; therefore will I bring forth a fire from the midst of thee, it shall devour thee; and I will bring thee to ashes upon the earth in the sight of all them that behold thee. Zeph. i, 11. Howl, ye inhabitants of Maktesh for all the merchant Da ARTICLES OF MERCHANDISE. Ezek. xxvii, 18-20, 23, 24. mascus was thy merchant in the multitude of the wares of thy making, for the multitude of all riches; in the wine of Helbon, and white wool. Dan also and Javan going to and fro occupied in thy fairs: bright iron, cassia, and calamus, were in thy market. Dedan was thy merchant in precious clothes for chariots. Haran, and Canneh, and Eden, the merchants of Sheba, Asshur, and Chilmad, were thy merchants. These were thy merchants in all sorts of things, in blue clothes, and broidered work, and in chests of rich apparel, bound with cords, and made of cedar, among thy merchandise. Rev. xviil, 12. The merchandise of gold, and silver, and precious stones, and of pearls, and fine linen, and purple, and silk, and scarlet, and all thyine wood, and all manner vessels of ivory, and all manner vessels of most precious wood, and of brass, and iron, and marble. ACCOUNTS, ETC. Gen. xli, 49. And Joseph gathered corn as the sand of the sea, very much, until he left numbering; for it was without number. 1 Kings v, 11. And Solomon gave Hiram twenty thousand ineasures of wheat for food to his household, and twenty measures of pure oil: thus gave Solomon to Hiram year by year. cording to all his desire,) that lee. And Hiram came out from Tyre to see the cities which Solo- 2 Kings xil, 15. Moreover, they 2 Kings xxii, 7. Howbeit there was no reckoning made with them of the money that was delivered into their hand, because they dealt faithfully. 2 Chron. iv, 18. Thus Solomon abundance: for the weight of the made all these vessels in great brass could not be found out. Gen. xxxvii, 25. And they sat down to eat bread; and they lifted up their eyes and looked, and, behold, a company of Ishmeelites came from Gilead, with their camels bearing spicery and balm and myrrh, going to carry it down to Egypt. Rev. xviii, 13. And cinnamon, and odours, and ointments, and frankincense, and wine, and oil, and fine flour, and wheat, and beasts, and sheep, and horses, and chariots, and slaves, and souls of men. TIMBER 1 Kings v, 6, 8--10. Now therefore command thou that they hew me cedar-trees out of Lebanon; and my servants shall be with thy servants: and unto thee will I give hire for thy servants, according to all that thou shalt appoint: for thou knowest that there is not among us any that can skill to hew timber like unto the Sidonians. And Hiram sent to Solomon, saying, I have considered the things which thou sentest to me for: and I will do all thy desire concerning timber of cedar, and concerning timber of fir. My servants shall bring them down from Lebanon unto the sea; and I will convey them by sea in floats unto the place that thou shalt appoint me, and will cause them to 1 Kings ix, 10-14. And it came be discharged there, and thou to pass at the end of twenty years, shalt receive them: and thou shalt when Solomon had built the two accomplish my desire, in giving houses, the house of the LORD, food for my household. So Hiand the king's house. (Now Hiram gave Solomon cedar-trees, ram the king of Tyre had fur- and fir-trees, according to all his nished Solomon with cedar trees desire. and fir trees, and with gold, ac 1 Kings vii, 47. And Solomon left all the vessels unweighed, because they were exceeding many: neither was the weight of the brass found out. 2 Chron. i, 16. 17. And Soloma had horses brought out of E55 and linen yarn: the king's me chants received the linen yarn t brought forth out of Egypt a a price. And they fetched up and chariot for six hundred shekels (4 silver, and an horse for an bat dred and fifty: and so brougal they out horses for all the kiz of the Hittites, and for the kings of Syria, by their means. (GRAIN AND LAND, see und” TRADES. 1 Cor. iv, 12. And labour, work ing with our own hands: bo.. reviled, we bless, being persect ed, we suffer it. 1 Cor. vii, 17, 20, 24. But as Gef hath distributed to every man, the Lord hath called every on so let him walk: and so ordain in all churches. Let every abide in the same calling where he was called. Brethren, let every man, wherein he is called, there abide with God. 2 Thess. iii, 10-12. For even wh** we were with you, this we onz manded you, that if any woni not work, neither should be For we hear that there are s which walk among you disor: r3, working not at all, but are t bodies. Now them that are s we command and exhort by var Lord Jesus Christ, that with ness they work, and eat their o bread. Titus iii, 14. And let ours a's learn to maintain good works necessary uses, that they be La unfruitful. Acts xviii, 3. And because t was of the same craft, be abe with them, and wrought; for ty their occupation they were tech 1 Chron. xxii, 4. Also cedar-makers, PREPARATION OF FOOD. Gen. XXV, 29. And Jacob god age: and Esau came from the ld and he was faint. 2 Chron. ii, 8-10, 15, 16. Send | families of the house of them that wrought fine linen, of the house of Ashbea. Acts xx. 34. Yea, ye yourselves now, that these hands have min-me also cedar-trees, fir-trees, and ered unto my necessities, and algum-trees, out of Lebanon; (for them that were with me. I know that thy servants can skill to cut timber in Lebanon;) aud, behold, my servants shall be with thy servants, Even to prepare me timber in abundance: for the house which I am about to build shall be wonderful great. And, behold, I will give to thy servants, the hewers that cut timber, twenty thousand measures of beaten wheat, and twenty thou sand measures of barley, and twenty thousand baths of wine, and twenty thousand baths of oil. and the barley, the oil, and the Now therefore the wheat, wine, which my lord hath spoken of, let him send unto his servants: And we will cut wood out of Lebanon, as much as thou shalt need; and we will bring it to thee in flotes by sea to Joppa, and thou shalt carry it up to Jerusalem. Gen. xxvii, 9, 31. Go now to the ck, and fetch me from thence to good kids of the goats; and I make them savoury meat for father, such as he loveth: d he also had made savoury eat, and brought it unto his ber, and said unto his father, my father arise, and eat of his venison, that thy soul may Bs me. Sam. xiii, 7, 8. Then David home to Tamar, saying, Go to thy brother Amnon's se, and dress him meat. So ar went to her brother Amshouse; and he was laid down. she took flour, and kneaded nd made cakes in his sight, did bake the cakes. Ivili. 9. Before your pots can the thorns, he shall take them 29 with a whirlwind, both , and in his wrath. PREPARATION of CLOTHING. Isa. lix, 6. Their webs shall not become garments, neither shall they cover themselves with their Works: their works are works of iniquity, and the act of violence is in their hands. xi, 3, 7, 11. Which say, It Matth. ix, 16. No man putteth near, let us build houses: etty is the caldron, and we be a piece of new cloth unto an old Ash. Therefore thus saith garment; for that which is put in Lord GOD, Your slain, whom to fill it up taketh from the garsave laid in the midst of it,ment, and the rent is made worse. are the flesh, and this city is aldron: but I will bring you out of the midst of it. This shall not be your caldron, er shall ye be the flesh in the thereof; but I will judge you e border of Israel. xxiv, 6, 10. Wherefore ith the Lord Gon; Woe to bloody city, to the pot whose 18 therein, and whose scum t gone out of it! bring it out by piece, let no lot fall upon Heap on wood, kindle the fire, me the flesh, and spice it and let the bones be burnt. th. ix, 17. Neither do men new wine into old bottles; else bottles break, and the wine Beth out, and the bottles perbut they put new wine into bottles, and both are pre abe xill, 21. It is like leaven, ch a woman took and hid in Se measures of meal, till the ble was leavened. under DIET and ARCHITECTURE) WOOD-CUTTING. Kings vi, 4. So he went with And when they came to dan, they cut down wood. Mark ii, 21. No man also seweth a piece of new cloth on an old garment; else the new piece that filled it up taketh away from the old, and the rent is made worse. Luke v, 36. And he spake also a parable unto them; No man putteth a piece of a new garment upon an old; if otherwise, then both the new maketh a rent, and the piece that was taken out of the new agreeth not with the old. SPINNING AND WEAVING. Exod. xxxv, 25, 26. And all the women that were wise-hearted did spin, with their hands, and brought that which they had spun, both of blue, and of purple, and of scarlet, and of fine linen. And all the women whose heart stirred them up in wisdom spun goats' hair. Exod, xxxviii, 16. All the hangiugs of the court round about were of fine twined linen. 1 Kings x, 28. And Solomon had horses brought out of Egypt, and linen yarn: the king's merchants received the linen yarn at a price. 1 Chron. iv, 21. The sons of Shelah, the son of Judah were Er, the father of Lecah, and Laadah, the father of Mareshah, and the Prov. xxxi, 13, 19, 24. She seeketh wool and flax, and worketh willingly with her hands. She layeth her hands to the spindle, and her hands hold the distaff. She maketh fine linen, and selleth it, and delivereth girdles unto the merchant. NEEDLEWORK. Exod. xxvi, 16. And for the gate of the court shall be an hanging of twenty cubits, of blue, and and their pillars shall be four, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, wrought with needlework: their sockets four. 2 Chron. iii, 14. And he made the vail of blue, and purple, and crimson, and fine linen, and wrought cherubims thereon. EARTHEN-WAke. Exod. v, 6-9. And Pharaoh commanded the same day the taskmasters of the people, and their officers, saying, Ye shall no more give the people straw to make brick, as heretofore: let them go and gather straw for themselves. And the tale of the bricks, which they did make heretofore, ye shall lay upon them; ye shall not diminish ought thereof; for they be idle; therefore they cry, saying, Let us go and sacrifice to our God. Let there more work be laid upon the men, that they may labour therein; and let them not regard vain words. 1 Chron. iv, 23. These were the potters, and those that dwelt among plants and hedges: there they dwelt with the king for his work. Isa. xxx, 14. And he shall break vessel that is broken in pieces; he it as the breaking of the potter's shall not spare. . . . . . Lam, iv, 2. The precious sons of Zion, comparable to fine gold, how are they esteemed as earthen pitchers, the work of the hands of the potter! 2 Cor. iv, 7. But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may be of God, and not of us. LEATHER. Exod. xxxvi, 19. And he made a covering for the tent of rams' skins dyed red, and a covering of badgers' skins above that. Acts ix, 43. And it came to pass, that he tarried many days in Joppa with one Simon a tanner. WORKING IN METALS. Gen. iv, 22. And Zillah, she also bare Tubal-cain, an instructer of every artificer in brass and iron: | blue, and in the purple, and in the scarlet, and in the fine linen, with cunning work. and the sister of Tubal-cain was Naamah. 1 Sam. xiil, 19. Now there was no smith found throughout all the land of Israel; for the Philistines said, Lest the Hebrews make them swords or spears. 1 Kings vii, 45. And the pots, and the shovels, and the basons: and all these vessels, which Hiram made to king Solomon for the house of the LORD, were of bright brass. 2 Chron. iv, 11-17. And Huram made the pots, and the shovels, and the basons. And Huram finished the work that he was to make for king Solomon for the house of God; To wit, the two pillars, and the pommels, and the chapiters which were on the top of the two pillars, and the two wreaths to cover the two pommels of the chapiters which were on the top of the pillars; And four hundred pomegranates on the two wreaths; two rows of pomegranates on each wreath, to cover the two pommels of the chapiters which were upon the pillars. He made also bases, and lavers made he upon the bases; One sea, and twelve oxen under it. The pots also, and the shovels, and the desh-hooks, and all their instruments, did Huram his father make to king Solomon, for the house of the LORD, of bright brass. In the plain of Jordan did the king cast them, in the clay ground between Succoth and Zeredathah. Neh. iii, 11. Malchijah the son of Harim, and Hashub the son of Pahath-moab, repaired the other piece, and the tower of the fur Jer. vi, 28. They are all grievous revolters, walking with slanders: they are brass and iron; they are all corrupters. Ezek. xxil, 19, 20. Therefore thus saith the Lord GoD, Because ye are all become dross, behold, therefore I will gather you into the midst of Jerusalem. As they gather silver, and brass, and iron, and lead, and tin, into the midst of the furnace, to blow the fire upon it, to melt it; so will I gather you in mine anger and in my fury, and I will leave you there, and melt you. (See under METALS.) GOLD AND SILVER SMITHS. Exod. xxxix, 3. And they did beat the gold into thin plates, and cut it into wires, to work it in the Rev. xviii, 22. .... And the sound of a millstone shall be heard no more at all in thee. ROADS. Isa. xxxiii, 8. The highways le 2 Chron. ix, 20. And all the drinking-vessels of king Solomon were of gold, and all the vessels of the house of the forest of Leb-waste, the wayfaring man ceasetic anon were of pure gold; none were he hath broken the covenant, he of silver: it was not any thing hath despised the cities, he re accounted of in the days of Solo- gardeth no man. mon. 1 Kings x, 18-20. Moreover, the king made a great throne of ivory, and overlaid it with the best gold. The throne had six steps, and the top of the throne was round behind: and there were stays on either side on the place of the seat, and two lions stood beside the stays. And twelve lions stood there on the one side and on the other upon the six steps: there was not the like made in any kingdom. JEWELRY. Exod. xxviii, 21. And the stones shall be with the names of the children of Israel, twelve, according to their names, like the engravings of a signet; every one with his name shall they be according to the twelve tribes. (See under METALS AND MINERALS.) MILLS. Lam. v, 13. They took the young men to grind, and the children fell under the wood. Matth. xxiv, 41. Two women shall be grinding at the mill; the one shall be taken, and the other left. Isa. xlix, 11. And I will make all my mountains a way and my highways shall be exalted. Isa. Ivil, 14. And shall say, Ca ye up, cast ye up, prepare the way, take up the stumbling-bloc out of the way of my people. Jer. xxxi, 21. Set thee up way marks, make thee high heaps thine heart toward the high way...... Job xix, 8. He hath fenced my way that I cannot pass, and he bath set darkness in my paths. Prov. iii, 23. Then shalt the walk in my way safely, and tay foot shall not stumble. Prov. iv, 26, 27. Ponder the path of thy feet, and let all thy wa be established. Turn not to the right hand nor to the left: rem thy foot from evil. Prov. xvi, 17. The highway the upright is to depart from evi he that keepeth his way preser eth his soul. Isa. XXXV, 8. And an highway shall be there, and a way, and d shall be called The way of hat ness...... Lam. iil, 9, 11. He hath incloent my ways with hewn stone; be made my paths crooked. He has turned aside my ways, and palat me in pieces: he hath made me desolate. Hosea ii, 6. Therefore, beb I will hedge up thy way wi thorns, and make a wall, that the shall not find her paths. FOWLING. ALLUSIONS. Ps. Ixiv, 5. They encour themselves in an evil matter they commune of laying stats privily; they say, Who shall see them? Ps. cxix, 110. The wicked late laid a snare for me: yet I erred 20% from thy precepts. Ps. cxli, 9. Keep me from the snares which they have lad = me, and the gins of the work d iniquity. Ps. cxlii, 3. When my spirit overwhelmed within me, the thou knewest my path: in t way wherein I walked have the privily laid a snare for me. Isa. xxiv, 17. Fear, and the pl the snare, are upon thee, O bhabitant of the earth. Jer. v, 26. For among my peoare found wicked men: they wait, as he that setteth snares: ey set a trap, they catch men. Jer. xxviii, 12, 13. Then the d of the LORD came unto emlah the prophet, (after that maniah the prophet had brothe yoke from off the neck of prophet Jeremiah.) saying, and tell Hananiah, saying, is saith the LORD, Thou hast an the yokes of wood; but shalt make for them yokes of 1,24. I have laid a snare Bee, and thou art also taken, abylon, and thou wast not ethou art found, and also t, because thou hast striven Et the LORD. lli, 47. Fear and a snare is upon us, desolation and nction. (See under ANIMALS.) ri, 27. Yea, ye overwhelm herless, and ye dig a pit for Iriend. xvill, 8. For he is cast net by his own feet, and he sth upon a snare. 15. The heathen are sunk In the pit that they made: net which they hid is their Boot taken. xv, 15. Mine eyes are ever is the LORD, for he shall my feet out of the net. XXXV, 7. For without cause they hid for me their net in which without cause they Bigged for my soul. vil, 6. They have prepared $ for my steps; my soul is down: they have digged a efore me, in the midst whereey are fallen themselves. cxix, 85. The proud have ed pits for me, which are not Mhy law. en, 5. The proud have hid a for me, and cords; they spread a net by the waythey have set gins for me. call, 10. Let the wicked fall their own nets, whilst that I al escape. rov, xil, 12. The wicked desirthe net of evil men: but the of the righteous yieldeth 7. xli, 7, 9. And it was so. en they came into the midst of the city, that Ishmael the son of Nethaniah slew them, and cast them into the midst of the pit, he, and the men that were with him. Now the pit wherein Ishmael had cast all the dead bodies of the men (whom he had slain because of Gedaliah) was it which Asa the king had made for fear of Baasha king of Israel; and Ishmael the son of Nethaniah filled it with them that were slain. Jer. xlviii, 43, 44. Fear, and the pit, and the snare, shall be upon thee, O inhabitant of Moab, saith the LORD. He that fleeth from the fear shall fall into the pit; and he that getteth up out of the pit shall be taken in the snare: for I will bring upon it, even upon Moab, the year of their visitation, saith the LORD. Ezek. xvii, 20. And I will spread my net upon him, and he shall be taken in my snare; and I will bring him to Babylon, and will plead with him there for his trespass that he hath trespassed against me. (NAVIGATION, see under WATER.) COMMON CUSTOM OF CARRYING PRESENTS. Gen. xxiv, 29, 30. And Rebekah had a brother, and his name was Laban: and Laban ran out unto the man unto the well. And it came to pass, when he saw the ear-ring, and bracelets upon his sister's hands, and when he heard the words of Rebekah his sister, saying, Thus spake the man unto me, that he came unto the man; and, behold, he stood by the camels at the well. Gen. xxxil, 20. And say ye moreover, Behold, thy servant I will appease him with the preJacob is behind us. For he said, sent that goeth before me, and afterward I will see his face; peradventure he will accept of me. Gen. xxxiii, 8. And he said, What meanest thou by all this drove which I met? And he said, These are to find grace in the sight of my Lord. Gen. xlv, 23. And to his father he sent after this manner; ten asses laden with the good things with corn and bread and meat for of Egypt, and ten she-asses laden his father by the way. Ruth iii, 15-17. Also he said, Bring the veil that thou hast upon thee, and hold it. And when she held it, he measured six measures of barley, and laid it on her: and she went into the city. And when she came to her mother-in-law, she said, Who art thou, my daughter? And she told her all that the man had done to her. And she said, These six measures of barley gave he me; for he said to me, Go not empty unto thy mother-in-law. 1 Sam. xvi, 20. And Jesse took an ass laden with bread, and a bottle of wine, and a kid, and sent them by David his son unto Saul. 2 Sam. xxiv, 22, 23. And lord the king take and offer up Araunah said unto David, Let my what seemeth good unto him: behold, here be oxen for burnt sacrifice, and threshing instruments and other instruments of the oxen for wood. Araunah, as a king, give unto the All these things did king. And Araunah said unto the king, The LORD thy God accept thee. 1 Chron. xxl, 23. And Ornan said unto David, Take it to thee, and let my lord the king do that which is good in his eyes: lo, I give thee the oxen also for burnt offerings, and the threshing instruments for wood, and the wheat for the meat offering: I give it all. Job xlli, 11. Then came there unto him all his brethren, and all his sisters, and all they that had been of his acquaintance before, and did eat bread with him in his house; and they bemoaned him, and comforted him over all the evil that the LORD had brought upon him: every man also gave him a piece of money, and every one an ear-ring of gold. Ps. xlv, 12. And the daughter of Tyre shall be there with a gift; even the rich among the people shall entreat thy favour. Prov. xviii, 16. A man's gift maketh room for him, and bringeth him before great men. Prov. xxi, 14. A gift in secret the bosom strong wrath. pacifieth anger; and a reward in Dedan were thy merchants; many Ezek. xxvii, 15. The men of isles were the merchandise of thine hand: they brought thee for a present horns of ivory and ebony. Micah 1, 14. Therefore shalt thou give presents to Moreshethgath: the houses of Achzib shall be a lie to the kings of Israel. GIVEN FOR SELF-INTEREST. 1 Sam. ix, 7, 8. Then said Saul to his servant, But, behold, if we go, what shall we bring the man? for the bread is spent in our vessels, and there is not a present to bring to the man of God: what have we? And the servant answered Saul again, and said, Behold, I have here at hand the fourth part of a shekel of silver; that will I give to the man of God, to tell us our way. |