Circumcision [N] [T] [B] [E]was peculiarly, though not exclusively, a Jewish rite. It was enjoined upon Abraham, the father of the nation, by God, at...
Overview - Numbers 6 1?The law of the Nazarite in the days of his separation; 13?and after their completion. 22?The form of blessing the people. Treas...
Chapter 77:1 For this 1 Melchisedec, king of Salem, priest of the most high God, who met Abraham returning from the slaughter of the kings, and a bles...
CHAPTER 29 Exodus 29:1-35 . CONSECRATING THE PRIESTS AND THE ALTAR. 1. hallow them, to minister unto me in the priest's office--The act of in...
Ezekiel 5:6 And she hath changed my judgments into wickedness more than the nations So they changed their glory for that which did not profit; and the...
Leviticus 1:1 And the Lord called unto Moses Or met him, as the phrase is rendered in ( Numbers 23:4 ) . The word (arqyw) , translated called, the las...
Numbers 9:6 And there were certain men who were defiled by the dead body of a man The Targum of Jonathan adds, ``who died by them suddenly,'' where...
BOOK FOURTH OF THE EXTERNAL MEANS OR HELPS BY WHICH GOD ALLURES US INTO FELLOWSHIP WITH CHRIST, AND KEEPS US IN IT. Twenty Chapters 1. Of the True Ch...
Note by the American Editor.Note by the American Editor.Here may be noted the historic fact that this terrible epoch of persecutions had driven many t...
Overview - Leviticus 23 1?The feasts of the Lord. 3?The sabbath. 4?The passover. 9?The sheaf of first-fruits. 15?The feast of Pentecost. 22?Gleanin...
Overview - Leviticus 27 1?He that makes a singular vow must be the Lord's. 3?The estimation of the person; 9?of a beast given by vow; 14?of a house;...
CHAPTER 23 Exodus 23:1-33 . LAWS CONCERNING SLANDER, &c. 1. put not thine hand--join not hands. 2. decline--depart, deviate from the straig...
Matthew 12:8 For the Son of man is Lord even of the sabbath day.] By the Son of man is meant, not any man, as some have thought; for no mere man is lo...
?EXPOSITION Verse 7. In this paragraph the contrast announced in the former section is enlarged upon from another point of view, namely, as it is seen...
Chapter?2 Esther chosen queen. (1-20) Mordecai discovers a plot against the king. (21-23) Verses 1-20 We see to what absurd pr...
HOURS OF PRAYER The Mosaic law did not regulate the offering of prayer, but fully recognized its spontaneous character. In what manner or how far back...
SYNAGOGUE, THE GREAT A college or assembly of learned men, originating with Ezra, to whom Jewish tradition assigns an important share in the formation...
Circumcision [T] [B] [E] [S]Institution of Genesis 17:10-14 ; Leviticus 12:3 ; John 7:22 ; Acts 7:8 ; Romans 4:11 A seal of righteousness Roma...
Jubilee [N]a joyful shout or clangour of trumpets, the name of the great semi-centennial festival of the Hebrews. It lasted for a year. During this ye...
Widow. [N] [B]Under the Mosaic dispensation no legal provision was made for the maintenance of widows. They were left dependent partly on the affecti...