HERB AND SHRUB. Apple, its beauty,-Ash,-Bay, its verdure, Box, Cedar, goodly and full of sop, Chesnut, Cypress,-Fig, its fruit very abundant, its Aloes, Calamus, Myrrh, Saffron, Spikenard, leaves indicative of Summer,-Fir,-Juniper, very costly, Anise, Cummin, mint, tithe of them, Lign,-Aloes, planted by the Lord, Mulberry, Cucumbers, Garlic, Leeks, Melons, Onions Myrtle, Mustard, seed small, Oak, Oil tree, in Egypt.-Cassia, Fitches thrashed or beaten Olive, green, goodly fruit shaken off when ripe, with staff-Gourd, its rapid growth,-Hyssop, -Palm, straight and tall, the righteous one, Reeds and Flags, by water-course, and slender Pine, Pomegranate,--Shittim, Sycamore, or shaken with the wind, Mauna, ang li common by wayside,-Teil,-Willow by the food. brook. VISIONS AND DREAMS. VISIONS AND DREAMS. One mode of divine revelation to the prophets, open vision, fulse vision,-the true vision to be written, plain upon tables. VISIONS IN SCRIPTURE. through multitude of business,—also supernatural ones from God,-anxiety to interpret them, very common, as seen in Pharaoh and Nebu chadnezzar-true interpretation only from God as inferred by Joseph and Daniel. INSTANCES IN SCRIPTURE. From Jehovah to Abraham, Jacob, Moses in the bush,-Samuel the child, and Nathan, -the sublime description of Eliphaz,-vision Of Abimelech concerning Sarah,-Jacob,of Isaiah and symbolic ones to Ezekiel,-to the Ladder. -Laban concerning JacobNebuchadnezzar,-to Daniel of empires and Joseph about his future elevation, Pharaoh's changes, and to Amos and Zechariah, (see butler and baker about their own fate,under PARABLES and EMBLEMS.)-In New Pharaoh himself about the coming famine, Testament of various kinds to Ananias, Cor--Midianite soldiers about Gideon's victory,nelius, Paul, John, and the disciples. Solomon, and the gift of wisdom, Nebuchad nezzar, the colossal image,-and the mystic tree, Daniel,-Joseph about the child Jesus, DREAMS. Night and Sleep-dreams natural coming Pilate's wife and that just man. A frequent occurrence, and usually the result Proclamation of peace or surrender to be ofsinful passion--whence come wars and fightings? made ere the siege commenced, often pro often exemplified in Jewish history-under-ductive of great misery to the belligerent city taken sometimes for conquest, as under Joshua-parable of the tittle city, besieged by the against the nations of Canaan-sometimes for great king, and delivered by a poor wise man self-defence, as Israel against Amalek, etc. BIOTS, Or simultaneous uprisings, as at Jerusalem, against Paul-civil wars and passions, as in ancient armies, when every man's sword was turned against his fellow. FIGHTING. A scourge of Providence, severely felt by many nations and therefore peace esteemed a great blessing-universal peace predicted swordsconverted intoploughshares(Strongholds, Fenced and Walled Cities, (see under ARCHITEC TURE)-passes sometimes watched and guarded garrisons put into strongholds-strict watch kept by sentries. Blockade the raising of a bank, or casting up a mount the trench-building a fort and setting an engine the battering-ram and axes-breach made, and city taken. SIEGES MENTIONED IN SCRIPTURE. Abel, Ai and the ambush, Debir, Eglon, Gibbethon, Hamath-zobah--Hebron, cities in north of Palestine-Jabesh-Gilead-Jericho, the ram's horns and ark-Jerusalem (see under JERUSALEM)-cities of Judah, Keilah, Lachish, Libeah, Makkedah, Ramah, Ra moth - Gilead, Samaria, Shechem, Tirzah, Thebez, Ziklag. RESULTS OF SIEGE. Overthrow and spoilation-fortress levelled, and the city often set on fire, as instanced in WAR] SYNOPSIS. many of the cities enumerated above, and threatened against other cities by Amos. MILITARY TACTICS, RESOLUTION TO GO TO WAR. RESULTS OF BATTLE. The march-Hebrew soldiers during it to FLIGHT. The pursuit and the flight often in vain— PRISONERS. Often taken in great numbers, as by Moses, BOOTY, Often referred to spoil and spoiler-often also among the women who tarried at home. great-distributed among the soldiers, and TRIBUTE. Mesha king of TREATIES, To prevent war or in consequence of it-embassies as of Jephthah to the Ammonites treaties as between Ahab and Benhadad treaties sometimes violated-ambassadors league with Gibeonites through their feigned ambassadors. PROPOSALS, Not always successful-not a few instances in the historical books. Capitulation, result of conscious weakness-and urged by the strong concomitants in various portions of Scripture. party-miscellaneous allusions to war and its WATER. THE SEA, SEAS, Gathered together on the third day-the scene Mentioned in Scripture, Adria-Mediterof great wonders-Jordan and the Red Sea--ranean variously named-Red sea-Salt or symbols of affliction-always under the com- Dead sea-Sea of Galilee or Tiberia-Sea of mand of God, the Lord sits king on the floods. Highly prized, dug by the Patriarchs, and sometimes scenes of strife on account of their value,-occasionally found in the courts of houses,-symbol of spiritual blessings. WELLS. The ark of Noah, built of gopher-wood, ships of war from Chittim, ferryboat in Jordan, navy of Solomon and Jehoshaphat, boats often used by Christ at the Lake of Tiberias-voyaging ships with their tackling, masts, sails, Mentioned in Scripture, Beer-lahai-roi, pilot,anchor, helm, rudder-bands,oars, rowers, Beth-lehem,-Beer-sheba,-Elim,-Esek,-in shipmen, mariners, captain, lading and un- Hagar's history,-Haran, Jacob,-Marab,lading, crew, cargo, and passengers ship with Rehoboth,-Sitnah,-Floods often breaking figure head of Castor and Pollox-Shipwreck out suddenly-Symbol of revolution and of the Apostle Paul, storms sent by God, great invasion. wind, rebuked by Christ, shipwreck-of ships of Tarshish, of the navy of Jehoshaphat, of Paul,-Euroclydon. BROOKS, FLOODS. The flood of Noah, the rain-bow token of the divine covenant,-Swimming,-spreading forth hands. THE CLASSIFIED BIBLE. DISTRIBUTION OF Tam vi, 52-56. And the spake unto Moses, saying, to these the land shall be difor an inheritance accordthe number of names. To By thou shalt give the more ce, and to few thou shalt the less inheritance: to every eds inheritance be given g to those that were red of him. Notwithstande and shall be divided by acing to the names of the of their fathers they shall According to the lot shall pression thereof be divided Teen many and few. xxx, 53, 54. And ye dispossess the inhabitants of d, and dwell therein: for I given you the land to posAnd ye shall divide the by lot for an inheritance your families: and to the ye shall give the more in20, and to the fewer ye Eve the less inheritance: !ma's inheritance shall be Nace where his lot falleth; to the tribes of your ye shall inherit. AGRICULTURE. their substance. As the LORD Joshua xviil, 10. And Joshua vided the land unto the children of Israel according to their divi sions. Josh, xix. 51. These are the inheritances, which Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun, and the heads of the fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel, divided for an inheritance by lot in Shiloh before the LORD, at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. So they made an end of dividing the country. TENURE. he redeem that which his brother sold. And if the man have none to redeem it, and himself be able to redeem it; Then let him count the years of the sale thereof, and restore the overplus unto the man to whom he sold it; that he may return unto his possession. But if he be not able to restore it to him, then that which is sold shall remain in the hand of him that hath bought it until the year of jubilee: and in the jubilee it shall go out, and he shall return unto his possession. EXAMPLES. Ruth iv, 3, 4. And he said unto the kinsman, Naomi, that is come again out of the country of Moab, selleth a parcel of land, which was our brother Elimelech's: And I thought to advertise thee, saying, Buy it before the inhabitants, and before the elders of my people. If thou wilt redeem it, redeem it: but if thou wilt not redeem it, then tell me, that I may know: for there is none to redeem it beside thee; and I am after thee. And he said, I will redeem it. Lev. XXV, 13-17. In the year of this jubilee ye shall return every man unto his possession. And if thou sell ought unto thy neighbour, or buyest ought of thy neighbour's hand, ye shall not oppress one another: According to the number of years after the jubilee Ruth iv, 6-9, 11. And the kinsman thou shalt buy of thy neighbour, said, I cannot redeem it for myand according unto the number self, lest I mar mine own inheriof years of the fruits he shall sell tance: redeem thou my right to unto thee: According to the mul- thyself; for I cannot redeem it. titude of years thou shalt increase Now this was the manner in the price thereof, and according former time in Israel concerning to the fewness of years thou shalt redeeming and concerning changdiminish the price of it: for ac-ing, for to confirm all things; a man plucked off his shoe, and gave it to his neighbour: and this was a testimony in Israel. Therefore the kinsman said unto Boaz, Buy it for thee. So he drew off his shoe. And Boaz said unto the elders, and unto all the people, Ye are witnesses this day, that I have bought all that was Elimelech's, and all that was Chilion's and Mahlon's, of the hand of Naomi. And all the people that were in the gate, and the elders, said, We are witnesses. tiv, 1-5. And these are tries which the children el inherited in the land of Which Eleazar the priest, Sa the son of Nun, and the of the fathers of the tribes ren of Israel, distri-cording to the number of the fr inheritance to them. By years of the fruits doth he sell their inheritance, as the unto thee. Ye shall not therefore amanded by the hand of oppress one another; but thou for the nine tribes, and for shalt fear thy God: for I am the For Moses had LORD your God. Inheritance of two tribes half tribe on the other side 1: but unto the Levites he The inheritance among For the children of Joseph two tribes, Manasseh and : therefore they gave no to the Levites in the land, ties to dwell in, with their bs for their cattle and for af tribe. Lev. xxv, 23-28. The land shall not be sold for ever: for the land is mine; for ye are strangers and sojourners with me. And in all the land of your possession ye shall grant a redemption for the land. If thy brother be waxen poor, and hath sold away some of his possession, and if any of his kin come to redeem it, then shall 1 Kings xxi,3. And Naboth said to Ahab, The LORD forbid it me, that I soothe fire the whoce, tent at the hand of the children, fret of her hands she planteth ↑ of Harbor. Shechem's fürber, jur Josh, T. 32. And the bones of the prestige that Elsta bali ALLA se to pass be was seng the King bow be had resturen a dead body to lie, that bebond the woman whose wis be bad restored to le, mei, the king for her bosse and for And Gelazi said My kori 0 King this is the woman, #dhe te her son, whom Elisha restored to Lie. And when the Jon iv. 5. Then cometh he to a city of Samaria, which is called Sychar, near to the parcel of ground that Jacob gave to his son Joseph. UNDER JEWISH LAW. 2 Sam. xxiv, £1-24. And Araunah said. Wherefore is my lord the king come to his servant? And Arts v, 1. 9. But a certain ma named Ananias, with Sapphira id wife, scid a possession, And kep back part of the price, his w also being privy to it, and brough a certain part, and laid it at th apostles' feet. ANCIENT CHARTERS. Gen. xxiii, 17, 18. And the field Ephron, which cas in Machpa which was before Mamre, the the and the cave which was there and all the trees that were in t field, that were in all the borde round about, were made sure u Abraham for a possession in presence of the children of He! before all that went in at the ga of his city. king asked the woman she told bim. Bo the king appointed unto ber a certain ofher, saying, Re-David said, To buy the threshing-scribed the evidence, and sea wore all that was hers, and all the fruits of the field since the day that she left the land, even Lam. v, 2. Our inheritance is turned to strangers, our houses to TRANSFER OF LAND. IN EARLY TIMES. Gen. xxiii, 7-9. And Abraham stood up, and bowed himself to the people of the land, even to the children of Heth. And he communed with them, saying, If it be your mind that I should bury my dead out of my sight; hear me, and intreat for me to Ephron the son of Zohar, That he may give me the cave of Machpelah, which be bath, which is in the end of his field; for as much money as it is worth he shall give it me for a possession of a burying-place amongst you. Gen. xxill, 13-16. And he spake unto Ephron in the audience of the people of the land, saying, But if thou wilt give it, I pray thee, hear me: I will give thee money for the field; take it of me, and I will bury my dead there. And Ephron answered Abraham, Baying unto him, My lord, hear ken unto me: the land is worth four hundred shekels of silver; And what is that betwixt me and thee? bury therefore thy dead. Abraham hearkened unto Ephron; and Abraham weighed to Ephron floor of thee, to build an altar unto the LORD, that the plague may be stayed from the people. And Faunah said unto David, Let my lord the king take and offer up what remeth good unto him: behold, here oe oxen for burnt sacrifice, and threshing instruments and other instruments of the oxen for wood. All these things did Araunah, as a king, give unto the king. And Araunah said unto the king, The LORD thy God accept thee. And the king said unto Araunah, Nay; but I will surely buy it of thee at a price: neither will I offer burnt offerings unto the LORD my God of that which doth cost me nothing. So David bought the threshing-floor and the oxen for fifty shekels of sil ver. Jer. xxxii, 6-9. And Jeremiah said, The word of the LORD came unto me, saying, Behold, Hanameel the son of Shallum thine uncle shall come unto thee, saying, Buy thee my field that is in Anathoth: for the right of redemption is thine to buy it. So Hanameel mine uncle's son came to me in the court of the prison according to the word of the LORD, and said unto me, Buy my field, I pray thee, that is in Anathoth, which is in the country of Benjamin: for the right of inheritance is thine, and the redemption is thine; buy it for thyself. Then I knew that this was the word of the LORD. And I bought the field of Hanameel my uncle's son, that was in Jer. xxxii, 10-15. And I s it, and took witnesses, and weigh him the money in the bals So I took the evidence of the pr chase, both that which was ses according to the law and custo and that which was open: And gave the evidence of the purch unto Baruch the son of Neriah son of Maaseiah, in the sight Hanameel mine uncle's son, in the presence of the witnes that subscribed the book of purchase, before all the Jews t sat in the court of the pris And I charged Baruch be them, saying, Thus saith the l of hosts, the God of Israel; T these evidences, this eviden the purchase, both which is sea! and this evidence which is op and put them in an earthen ves that they may continue many da For thus saith the LORD of b the God of Israel; Houses & fields and vineyards shall b sessed again in this land. Jer. xxxii, 44. Men shall b fields for money, and subsc evidences, and seal them, and witnesses in the land of Benja and in the places about Jerusa and in the cities of Judah, a the cities of the mountains, at the cities of the valley, and in cities of the south: for I will their captivity to return, saith LORD. SOIL OF CANAAN. Num. xiv, 6-8. And Joshus son of Nun, and Caleb the B the silver, which he had named Anathoth, and weighed him the Jephunneh, which were of th in the audience of the sons of Heth, four hundred shekels of silver, current money with the merchant. Gen. xxxiii, 18, 19. And Jacob came to Shalem a city of Shechem, which is in the land of Canaan, when he came from Padan-aram; and pitched his tent before the city. And he bought a parcel of a field, where he had spread his money, even seventeen shekels of silver. Jer. xxxii, 43. And fields shall be bought in this land, whereof ye say, it is desolate without man or beast; it is given into the hand of the Chaldeans. Prov. xxxi, 16. She considereth a field, and buyeth it: with the that searched the land, rent t clothes: And they spake m the company of the childre Israel, saying, The land, which passed through to search it, exceeding good land. If the L delight in us, then he will be us into this land, and give a land which floweth with and honey. |