CLOUD.

by a pillar of fire, to give them light in the way wherein they should go.

19. Yet thou in thy manifold mercies forsookest them not in the wilderness: the pillar of the cloud departed not from them by day, to lead them in the way; neither the pillar of fire by night, to shew them light, and the way wherein they should go.

Psa. 78:14. In the daytime also he led them with a cloud, and all the night with a light of fire.

Psa. 105:39. He spread a cloud for a covering; and fire to give light in the night.

Isa. 4:5. And the LORD will create upon every dwelling place of mount Zion, and upon her assemblies, a cloud and smoke by day, and the shining of a flaming fire by night: for upon all the glory shall be a defence.

Isa. 6:1. In the year that king Uzziah died I saw also the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up, and his train filled the temple. 4. And the posts of the door moved at the voice of him that cried, and the house was filled with smoke.

Ezek. 10:18. Then the glory of the LORD departed from off the threshold of the house, and stood over the cherubims. 19. And the cherubims lifted up their wings, and mounted up from the earth in my sight: when they went out, the wheels also were beside them, and every one stood at the door of the east gate of the LORD's house; and the glory of the God of Israel was over them above.

Ezek. 11:22. Then did the cherubims lift up their wings, and the wheels beside them; and the glory of the God of Israel was over them above. 23. And the glory of the LORD went up from the midst of the city, and stood upon the mountain which is on the east side of the city.

Matt. 17:5. While he yet spake, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them: and behold a voice out of the cloud, which said, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased; hear ye him. Luke 9:34,35.

Luke 2:8. And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night. 9. And, lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them, and the glory of the Lord shone round about them: and they were sore afraid. APPEARANCES OF: IN EZEKIEL'S VISION, Ezek. 10:3,4,18; 11:22,23.

CNIDUS, a city in Asia Minor, Acts 27:7. COAL. FIGURATIVE: Prov. 25:22. SYMBOLICAL: Isa. 6:6,7; 2 Sam. 14:7. COAL OIL. See OIL.

COLLECTION.

2 Chr. 15:12. And they entered into a covenant to seek the LORD God of their fathers with all their heart and with all their soul; 13. That whosoever would not seek the LORD God of Israel should be put to death, whether small or great, whether man or woman. 14. And they sware unto the LORD with a loud voice, and with shouting, and with trumpets, and with cornets. And all Judah rejoiced at the oath: for they had sworn with all their heart, and sought him with their whole desire; and he was found of them: and the LORD gave them rest round about.

15.

Dan. 3:2. Then Nebuchadnezzar the king sent to gather together the princes, the governors, and the captains, the judges, the treasurers, the counsellors, the sheriffs, and all the rulers of the provinces, to come to the dedication of the image which Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up. 3. Then the princes, the governors, and captains, the judges, the treasurers, the counsellors, the sheriffs, and all the rulers of the provinces, were gathered together unto the dedication of the image that Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up; and they stood before the image that Nebuchadnezzar had set up. 4. Then an herald cried aloud, To you it is commanded, O people, nations, and languages, 5. That at what time ye hear the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, dulcimer, and all kinds of musick, ye fall down and worship the golden image that Nebuchadnezzar the king hath set up: 6. And whoso falleth not down and worshippeth shall the same hour be cast into the midst of a burning fiery furnace. vs. 1–30.

29. Therefore I make a decree, That every people, nation, and language, which speak any thing amiss against the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, shall be cut in pieces, and their houses shall be made a dunghill: because there is no other God that can deliver after this sort.

Dan. 6:26. I make a decree, That in every dominion of my kingdom men tremble and fear before the God of Daniel: for he is the living God, and stedfast for ever, and his kingdom that which shall not be destroyed, and his dominion shall be even unto the end. 27. He delivereth and rescueth, and he worketh signs and wonders in heaven and in earth, who hath delivered Daniel from the power of the lions.

See INTOLERANCE.

COFFER, a chest, 1 Sam. 6:8,11,15;

See TREASURY.

COFFIN, Gen. 50:26.
See BURIAL.

COL-HOZEH, father of Baruch, Neh.

11:5.

COIN. See MONEY.

COLLEGE, second quarter of the city of Jerusalem, 2 Kin. 22:14; 2 Chr. 34:22. See SCHOOL.

COLLECTION, of money, for the poor.

ALITY.

COLLUSION. IN SIN: Lev. 20:4. And if the people of the land do any ways hide their eyes from the man, when he giveth of his seed unto Molech, and kill him not: 5. Then I will set my face against that man, and against his family, and will cut him off, and all that go a whoring after him, to commit whoredom with Molech, from among their people.

See COMPLICITY; CONNIVANCE. COLONIZATION. Of conquered countries and people, 2 Kin. 17:6,24; Ezra 4:9,10. COLORS. Symbolical uses of.

BLACK: A SYMBOL OF AFFLICTION AND CALAMITY. Job 3:5. Let darkness and the shadow of death stain it; let a cloud dwell upon it; let the blackness of the day terrify it.

Job 10:20. Are not my days few? cease then, and let me alone, that I may take comfort a little, 21. Before I go whence I shall not return, even to the land of darkness and the shadow of death; 22. A land of darkness, as darkness itself; and of the shadow of death, without any order, and where the light is as darkness.

Job 30:26. When I looked for good, then evil came unto me: and when I waited for light, there came darkness.

Psa. 107:10. Such as sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, being bound in affliction and iron; 11. Because they rebelled against the words of God, and contemned the counsel of the Most High:

Psa. 143:3. For the enemy hath persecuted my soul; he hath smitten my life down to the ground; he hath made me to dwell in darkness, as those that have been long dead.

Isa. 5:30. And in that day they shall roar against them like the roaring of the sea: and if one look unto the land, behold darkness and sorrow, and the light is darkened in the heavens thereof.

Isa. 8:22. And they shall look unto the earth; and behold trouble and darkness, dimness of anguish; and they shall be driven to darkness.

Isa. 9:19. Through the wrath of the LORD of hosts is the land darkened, and the people shall be as the fuel of the fire: no man shall spare his brother.

Isa. 24:11. There is a crying for wine in the streets; all joy is darkened, the mirth of the land is gone.

Isa. 50:3. I clothe the heavens with blackness, and I make sackcloth their covering. Joel 2:6. Before their face the people shall be much pained: all faces shall gather blackness. 10. The earth shall quake before them; the heavens shall tremble: the sun and the moon shall be dark, and the stars shall withdraw their shining:

Joel 3:14. Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision: for the day of the LORD is near in the valley of decision. 15. The

Amos 5:8. Seek him that maketh the seven stars and Orion, and turneth the shadow of death into the morning, and maketh the day dark with night: that calleth for the waters of the sea, and poureth them out upon the face of the earth: The LORD is his name:

Nah. 2:10. She is empty, and void, and waste: and the heart melteth, and the knees smite together, and much pain is in all loins, and the faces of them all gather blackness.

Zeph. 1:14. The great day of the LORD is near, it is near, and hasteth greatly, even the voice of the day of the LORD: the mighty man shall cry there bitterly. 15. That day is a day of wrath, a day of trouble and distress, a day of wasteness and desolation, a day of darkness and gloominess, a day of clouds and thick darkness,

Matt. 8:12. But the children of the kingdom shall be cast out into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

Matt. 22:13. Then said the king to the servants, Bind him hand and foot, and take him away, and cast him into outer darkness; there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

Matt. 25:30. And cast ye the unprofitable servant into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

2 Pet. 2:4. For if God spared not the angels that sinned, but cast them down to hell, and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be reserved unto judgment;

Jude 13. Wandering stars, to whom is reserved the blackness of darkness for ever.

Rev. 16:10. And the fifth angel poured out his vial upon the seat of the beast; and his kingdom was full of darkness; and they gnawed their tongues for pain,

BLUE: SYMBOL OF DEITY. Ex. 24:10; Jer. 10:9; Ezek. 1:26; 10:1. One of the predominating symbolical colors in the drapery and furnishings of the tabernacle and temple, and vestments of priests.

Ex. 25:3. And this is the offering which ye shall take of them; gold, and silver, and brass, 4. And blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen, and goats' hair,

Ex. 26:1. Moreover thou shalt make the tabernacle with ten curtains of fine twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet: with cherubims of cunning work shalt thou make them.

Ex. 28:28. And they shall bind the breastplate by the rings thereof unto the rings of the ephod with a lace of blue, that it may be above the curious girdle of the ephod, and that the breastplate be not loosed from the ephod. v. 37.

Ex. 38:18. And the hanging for the gate of the court was needlework, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen: and twenty cubits was the length, and the height

Ex. 39:1. And of the blue, and purple, and scarlet, they made cloths of service, to do service in the holy place, and made holy garments for Aaron; as the LORD commanded Moses. 2. And he made the ephod of gold, blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen. 3. And they did beat the gold into thin plates, and cut it into wires, to work it in the blue, and in the purple, and in the scarlet, and in the fine linen, with cunning work. 4. They made shoulderpieces for it, to couple it together: by the two edges was it coupled together. 5. And the curious girdle of his ephod, that was upon it, was of the same, according to the work thereof; of gold, blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen; as the LORD commanded Moses.

21. And they did bind the breastplate by his rings unto the rings of the ephod with a lace of blue, that it might be above the curious girdle of the ephod.

24. And they made upon the hems of the robe pomegranates of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and twined linen.

29. And a girdle of fine twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet, of needlework; as the LORD commanded Moses.

31. And they tied unto it a lace of blue, to fasten it on high upon the mitre; as the LORD commanded Moses.

Num. 4:5. And when the camp setteth forward, Aaron shall come, and his sons, and they shall take down the covering vail, and cover the ark of testimony with it: 6. And shall put theron the covering of badgers' skins, and shall spread over it a cloth wholly of blue, and shall put in the staves thereof. 7. And upon the table of shewbread they shall spread a cloth of blue, and put thereon the dishes, and the spoons, and the bowls, and covers to cover withal: and the continual bread shall be thereon: 8. And they shall spread upon them a cloth of scarlet, and cover the same with a covering of badgers' skins, and shall put in the staves thereof. 9. And they shall take a cloth of blue, and cover the candlestick of the light, and his lamps, and his tongs, and his snuffdishes, and all the oil vessels thereof, wherewith they minister unto it: 10. And they shall put it and all the vessels thereof within a covering of badgers' skins, and shall put it upon a bar. 11. And upon the golden altar they shall spread a cloth of blue, and cover it with a covering of badgers' skins, and shall put to the staves thereof: 12. And they shall take all the instruments of ministry, wherewith they minister in the sanctuary, and put them in a cloth of blue, and cover them with a covering of badgers' skins, and shall put them on a bar:

Num. 15:38. Speak unto the children of Israel, and bid them that they make them fringes in the borders of their garments throughout their generations, and that they put upon the fringe of the borders a rib

for a fringe, that ye may look upon it, and remember all the commandments of the LORD, and do them; and that ye seek not after your own heart and your own eyes, after which ye use to go a whoring: 40. That ye may remember, and do all my commandments, and be holy unto your God. 2 Chr. 2:7. Send me now therefore a man cunning to work in gold, and in silver, and in brass, and in iron, and in purple, and crimson, and blue, and that can skill to grave with the cunning men that are with me in Judah and in Jerusalem, whom David my father did provide. v. 14; 3:14.

For additional reference, see passages below under CRIMSON.

SYMBOL OF ROYALTY, Esth. 8:15; Ezek. 23: 6. See CRIMSON, below.

CRIMSON, RED, PURPLE, AND SCARLET, SYMBOLS OF VARIOUS IDEAS: Of iniquity, Isa. 1:18; Rev. 17:3,4; 18:12,16; of royalty, Judg. 8:26; Dan. 5:7,16,29; Matt. 27:28; prosperity, 2 Sam. 1:24; Prov; 31:21; Lam. 4:5; conquest, Nah. 2:3; Rev. 12:3.

These colors figured largely in the symbolismsof the tabernacle furnishings, and priestly vestments and functions, as types and shadows of the atonement.

Ex. 25:3. And this is the offering which ye shall take of them; gold, and silver, and brass, 4. And blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen, and goats hair, 5. And rams' skins dyed red, and badgers' skins, and shittim wood.

Ex. 26:1. Moreover thou shalt make the tabernacle with ten curtains of fine twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet: 14. And thou shalt make a covering for the tent of rams' skins dyed red, and a covering above of badgers' skins. chapter 25:5.

31. And thou shalt make à vail of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen of cunning work: with cherubims shall it be made. chapter 36:35,37.

36. And thou shalt make an hanging for the door of the tent, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, wrought with needlework.

Ex. 27:16. And for the gate of the court shall be an hanging of twenty cubits, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, wrought with needlework: chapter 38:18,23.

Ex. 28:4. And these are the garments which they shall make; a breastplate, and an ephod, and a robe, and a broidered coat, a mitre, and a girdle: and they shall make holy garments for Aaron thy brother, and his sons, that he may minister unto me in the priest's office. chapter 39:1.

5. And they shall take gold, and blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen.

6. And they shall make the ephod of gold, of blue, and of purple, of scarlet, and fine twined linen, with cunning work. chapter 39:2,3,5.

8. And the curious girdle of the ephod,

which is upon it, shall be of the same, according to the work thereof; even of gold, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen. Ex. 39:29.

15. And thou shalt make the breastplate of judgment with cunning work; after the work of the ephod thou shalt make it; of gold, of blue, and of purple, and of scarlet, and of fine twined linen, shalt thou make it.

Ex. 39:8.

31. And thou shalt make the robe of the ephod all of blue.

33. And beneath upon the hem of it thou shalt make pomegranates of blue, and of purple, and of scarlet,

Ex. 35:5. Take ye from among you an offering unto the LORD: whosoever is of a willing heart, let him bring it, an offering of the LORD; gold, and silver, and brass, 6. And blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen, and goats' hair, 7. And rams' skins dyed red, and badgers' skins, Ex. 25:4; 35:23, 25,35; 36:8,19; 39.

Lev. 14:4. Then shall the priest command to take for him that is to be cleansed two birds alive and clean, and cedar wood, and scarlet, and hyssop: vs. 6,49,51,52.

Num. 4:7. And upon the table of shewbread they shall spread a cloth of blue, and put thereon the dishes, and the spoons, and the bowls, and covers to cover withal: and the continual bread shall be thereon: 8. And they shall spread upon them a cloth of scarlet, and cover the same with a covering of badgers' skins, and shall put in the staves thereof.

13. And they shall take away the ashes from the altar, and spread a purple cloth thereon:

Num. 19:2. This is the ordinance of the law which the LORD hath commanded, saying, Speak unto the children of Israel, that they bring thee a red heifer without spot, wherein is no blemish, and upon which never came yoke: 5. And one shall burn the heifer in his sight; her skin, and her flesh, and her blood, with her dung, shall he burn: 6. And the priest shall take cedar wood, and hyssop, and scarlet, and cast it into the midst of the burning of the heifer.

Isa. 63:1. Who is this that cometh from Edom, with dyed garments from Bozrah ? this that is glorious in his apparel, travelling in the greatness of his strength? I that speak in righteousness, mighty to save. 2. Wherefore art thou red in thine apparel, and thy garments like him that treadeth in the winefat? 3. I have trodden the winepress alone; and of the people there was none with me: for I will tread them in mine anger, and trample them in my fury; and their blood shall be sprinkled upon my garments, and I will stain all my raiment.

Heb. 9:19. For when Moses had spoken every precept to all the people according to the law, he took the blood of calves and of goats, with water, and scarlet wool, and hyssop, and sprinkled both the book, and all the

people, 20. Saying, This is the blood of the testament which God hath enjoined unto you. 21. Moreover he sprinkled with blood both the tabernacle, and all the vessels of the ministry. 22. And almost all things are by the law purged with blood; and without shedding of blood is no remission. 23. It was therefore necessary that the patterns of things in the heavens should be purified with these; but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these.

WHITE: SYMBOL OF HOLINESS. The highpriest's holy garments were of white linen, Lev. 16:4,32. Choir singers arrayed in white, 2 Chr. 5:12.

SCRIPTURES EMPLOYING THE SYMBOL:

Psa. 51:7. Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean: wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.

Eccl. 9:8. Let thy garments be always white;

Isa. 1:18. Come now, and let us reason together, saith the LORD: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.

Dan. 7:9. I beheld till the thrones were cast down, and the Ancient of days did sit, whose garment was white as snow, and the hair of his head like the pure wool: his throne was like the fiery flame, and his wheels as burning fire.

Dan. 11:35. And some of them of understanding shall fall, to try them, and to purge, and to make them white, even to the time of the end:

Dan. 12.10. Many shall be purified, and made white, and tried;

Matt. 17:1. After six days Jesus taketh Peter, James, and John his brother, and bringeth them up into an high mountain apart, 2. And was transfigured before them: and his face did shine as the sun, and his raiment was white as the light. Mark 9:3.

Matt. 28:2. And, behold, there was a great earthquake: for the angel of the Lord descended from heaven; and came and rolled back the stone from the door, and sat upon it. 3. His countenance was like lightning, and his raiment white as snow:

Rev. 1:13. And in the midst of the seven candlesticks one like unto the Son of man, clothed with a garment down to the foot, and girt about the paps with a golden girdle. 14. His head and his hairs were white like wool, as white as snow; and his eyes were as a flame of fire;

Rev. 2:17. And will give him a white stone, and in the stone a new name written, which no man knoweth saving he that receiveth it.

Rev. 3:4. Thou hast a few names even in Sardis which have not defiled their garments; and they shall walk with me in white: for they are worthy. 5. He that overcometh, the same shall be clothed in white raiment; and I will not blot out his name out of the book of life, but I will con