Deuteronomy 5:26 For who [is there] of all flesh What man was there in any age, that was ever heard of or can be named: that hath heard the voice of ...
Magic [N] [B]The Jews seem early to have consulted the teraphim (q.v.) for oracular answers ( Judges 18:5 Judges 18:6 ; Zechariah 10:2 ). There is a...
Bethlehem [N] [E](house of bread ). One of the oldest towns in Palestine, already in existence at the time of Jacobs return to the country. Its earli...
Hymn XIV. Hymn XIV. (Resp.-Blessed be he who became beyond measure low, that he might make us beyond measure great)1. Of the Birth of the Firstborn, l...
Immediately after their departure, Joseph, warned by Matt. ii. 13-15. God in a dream, takes Mary and Jesus and goes down into Egypt. Herod, so soon a...
Egypt [T] [B] [E] [H] [S]The country ofCalled RAHAB Psalms 87:4 ; 89:10 LAND OF HAM Psalms 105:23 ; 106:22 Limits of Ezekiel 29:10 Fertilit...
Seekers General scriptures concerning Genesis 49:18 ; Deuteronomy 4:29 ; 1?Chronicles 16:11 ; 22:19 ; 28:9 ; 2?Chronicles 11:16 ; 2 Chronicles...
Leviticus 26:30 And I will destroy your high places Which Jarchi interprets of towers and palaces; but Aben Ezra of the place of sacrifices; for on hi...
Daniel 2:39 And after thee shall arise another kingdom inferior to thee, &c.] This is the kingdom of the Medes and Persians, signified by the breasts ...
Gift [E] [S]In Old Testament times a gift was customarily given for the price of a bride ( Gen 34:12 ). The gifts of all the wave offerings of the Isr...
We take as our starting point in this inquiry the statement of Matthew, (ii. 1-9,) that Jesus was born before the death of Herod the Great. We must, t...
Hymn X.Hymn X.In Thee will I begin to speak, Thou Head that didst begin all created things.(1) I, even I will open my mouth, but it is Thou that fille...
Daniel [N] [E] [H](judgment of God ). The second son of David, by Abigail the Carmelitess. ( 1?Chronicles 3:1 ) In ( 2?Samuel 3:3 ) he is called Chil...
Leviticus 18:7 The nakedness of thy father, or the nakedness of thy mother, shall thou not uncover By uncovering a father's nakedness is not meant any...
2:1? Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem1 of Judaea2 in the days3 of Herod4 the king5, behold, Wise-men from the east7 came to Jerusalem8, saying,EAS...
?EXPOSITION Verse 21. He made him lord of his house. Reserving no power, but saying only in the throne will I be greater than thou. The servitor of sl...
CHAPTER 39 Jeremiah 39:1-18 . JERUSALEM TAKEN. ZEDEKIAH'S FATE. JEREMIAH CARED FOR. EBED-MELECH ASSURED. This chapter consists of two parts:...
Daniel 5:31 And Darius the Median took the kingdom This was Cyaxares the son of Astyages, and uncle of Cyrus; he is called the Median, to distinguish ...
Astrology [N] In the early history of humanity, astrology and astronomy were closely related. The latter dealt with the movements of heavenly bodies, ...
Isaiah 45:7 I form the light, and create darkness Natural light, or that light which was produced at the first creation, and of which the sun is the f...