Alian Or Alvan
Alian Or Alvan (a-li'an Or &i'van). (lleb. . Ci-yawn', Tall), A Son Of Shohal, A Descendant Of Levi (gen. Xxxvi:23; 1 Citron. I.4o), B. C. About 1927. Allegory (gr. 'ax)oryopico. Al Lay-gor-eh'o), Occurs Only Once In Scripture (gal. Iv: 21), Where The Apostle, Referring To The Story Of Ha Gar ...
Alliances
Alliances (al-li'an-sez). From A Dread Lest The Example Of Foreign Nations Should Draw The Israelites Into The Worship Of Idols, They Were Made A Peculiar And Separate People, And Inter Course And Alliance With Such Nations Were Strongly Interdicted (lev. Xviii :3, 4; Xx :22, 23). (1) Mosaic Interdiction. The ...
Almond
Almond (a'niind ), (heb. Shaw-kade', Wakeful, Probably From Its Early Blossoming) (gcn. Xliii :it ; Num. Xvii :8; Eccles. Xii :5; Jer. I :it). This Tree Is A Native Of Syria And Palestine, And Is Highly Ornamental From The Beauty Of Its Blossoms. The Form Of The Almond Would Lead ...
Altar
Altar (al'tcr), (heb. Miz-bay'akh, Place Of Sacrifice, But Used Also For The Altar Of Incense). (1) Noah's Altar. The First Altar We Read Of In The Bible Was That Erected By Noah On Leaving The Ark. According To A Rabbinical Legend, It Was Partly Formed From The Remains Of One ...
Amalek
Amalek (heb. Dweller In A Valley, Son Of Eliphaz And Timna His Concubine, And Grandson Of Esau. He Succeeded Gatam In The Government Of Edom, South Of Judah (gen. Xxxvi :12, 16; I Chron. :36). He Was The Chieftain Of An Idumzean Tribe (b. C. About 1740). This Tribe Was ...
Amariah
Amaria.h ( Am ' (heb. Yaw', Word Of Jehovah). 1. A Person Mentioned In T Chron. Vi:7, 52, In The List Of Descendants Of Aaron By His Eldest Son Eleazer. He Was The Son Of Meraioth And The Father Of Ahitub, Who Was (not The Grandson And Successor Of Eli ...
Ambuscade
Ambuscade And Ambush Am'bush), Aw-rab', To Lie In Wait), In Mili Tary Phraseology, Are Terms Used Promiscuously, Though It Is Understood That The First More Properly Applies To The Act, And The Second To The Locality, Of A Stratagem Which Consists Mainly In The Conceal Ment Of An Army, Or ...
Amethyst
Amethyst (5.m'e-thist), (heb. , Akk• La A Precious Stone, Mentioned In Scrip Ture As The Ninth In The Breastplate Of The High Priest (exod. Xxviii :19; Xxxix :12), And The Twelfth In The Foundations Of The New Jerusalem (rev. Xxi :2o). The Concurrence Of Various Cir Cumstances Leaves Little Doubt ...
Ammonites
Ammonites (am'rnon-ites), (heb. Am Monites; , A M-nzo-ne' , The Sons Of Ammon, The Ammonitai), The Descendants Of The Younger Son Of Lot (gen. Xix :38). The Ammonites Originally Occupied A Tract Of Country East Of The Amorites, And Separated From The Moabites By The River Arnon. It Was Previously ...
Amnon
Amnon (arn'non), (heb. Am-nohn', Faith Ful. 1. The Eldest Son Of David, By Ahinoam Of Jezreel. He Was Born At Hebron, About B. C. To56. He Is Only Known For His Atrocious Con Duct Towards His Half Sister Tamar, Which Her Full Brother Absalom Avenged Two Years After, By Causing ...
Amorites
Amorites (am'o-rites), (heb. O-ree', Dweller On The Summits), The Descendazits Of One Of The Sons Of Canaan; Audi. Vers. The Emorite. The Amorites Were The Most Powerful And Distinguished Of The Canaanitish Nations. We Find Them First Noticed In Gen. Xiv:7 'the Amor Ites That Dwelt In Ilazezon-tainar,' The Cuttin.i,r ...
Amulet
Amulet (am'a-let), Probably From An Arabic Word Meaning A Pendant (is. From Tlie Earliest Ages The Orientals Have Be Lieved In The Influences Of The Stars, In Spells, Witchcraft, And The Malign Power Of The Evil Eye; And To Protect Themselves Against The Maladies And Other Evils Which Such Influences ...
Ananias
Ananias (an'a-ni'as), (gr. 'aeav(as, As, Of Gr. Rinaniah, Protected By Jehovah). 1. High- Priest. Ananias, Son Of Nebed.ens, Was Made High-priest In The Time Of The Procurator Tiberius Alexander (about A. D. 47), By Herod, King Of Chalets, Who For Thus Purpose Removed Joseph, Son Of Camydus, From The High ...
Anathema
Anathema. (a-n5.th't-ma), (gr. Civdoekta, On Ath'ent-a), Literally, Anything Laid Up Or Sus Pended, And Hence Anything Laid Up In A Temple, Set Apart As Sacred. (1) Setting Apart. In This General Sense The Form Employed Is Ctudonpa, An Ath'qe-ma, A Word Of Not Unfrequent Occurrence In Greek Classic Au Thors, ...
Anathoth
Anathoth (an'a-thoth), (heb. Rtnw, An-au: Moth', Answers, I. E., To Prayer). 1. One Of The Towns Belonging To The Priests In The Tribe Of Benjamin, And As Such A City Of Refuge (josh. Xxi :18 ; Jer. I ). It Occurs Also In 2 Sam. Xxiii :27 ; Ezra Ii ...
Andrew
Andrew (an'dru) (gr. •ayspercis, Manly), One Of The Twelve Apostles. His Name Is Of Greek Origin, But Was In Use Among The Jews, As Appears From A Passage Quoted From The Jerusalem Talmud By Lightfoot (harmony, Luke V:10). Personal History. He Was A Native Of The City Of Bethsaida In ...
Androniclis
Androniclis Lan'dro-n('kus Or ?in-(' Ron'i-kus), (gr. 'a Opopikor, - Dro -cc Koc, Man Of Victory). I. The Regent Governor Of Antioch In The Ab• Settee Of Antioehus, Hipiphanes, Who, At The Insti Gation Of Menelaus. Put To Death The Deposed High Priest Thlias, For Which Deed He Was Himself Ig ...
Angle
Angle (an'g'i) (heb. Khak-kaw', Is. X Ix :8; Hab. I:15), Mediaeval English For "hook" (job Xli:1). It Is Connected With The Idea Of Piercing. Angling (an'gling). The Word (heb. Khak-kaw', Angle Or Hook) Which The Auth. Vers. Renders 'angle,' In Is. Xix:8; Hab. I:15, Is The Same That Is Rendered ...
Anklet
Anklet Eh'kes). This Word Does Not Occur In Scripture, But The Ornament Which It Denotes Is Clearly Indicated By 'the Tinkling (or Jingling) Ornaments About The Feet,' Mentioned In The Curious Description Of Le Male Attire Which We Find In Is. Iii. The Sculp Tures Show That They Were Worn ...
Annunciation
Annunciation (itn-nim'shi-fi'shim). This Word, Like Many Others, Has Obtained A Particular Signification In Theological Writings. As A General Term. It Expresses The Communica Tion Of Important Intelligence By Chosen Messengers Of Ileaven; But It Became, At An Early Period Of Christianity, Restricted To The Announcement Of The Blessed Virgin's Miraculous ...
Anointing
Anointing (a-noint'ing), (heb. Usually Maw-shakh' ; Gr. Xplcu, Khree'o, To Rub). The Practice Of Anointing With Perfumed Oils Or Ointments Appears To Have Been Very Common Among The Hebrews As It Was Among The Ancient Egyptians. The Practice, As To Its Essential Mean Ing, Still Remains In The East, But ...
Answerable
Answerable (an'ser-a-b1), Correspondent To; Meet For (exod. Xxxviii :t8; Matt. Iii: 8). The Answer Of Peace, From A City At Tacked In War (deus. Xx:i I), Implied A Desire To Come To Terms Of Peace. The Answer Of Peace From God (gen. Xii :16), Implies A Gracious Hearing To Our ...
Antediluvians
Antediluvians (an't6-di-i7evi-ans), The Name Given Collectively To The People Who Lived Before The Deluge. The Interval From The Creation To That Event Is Not Less, Even According To The Hebrew Text, Than 1657 Years, Being Not More Than 691 Years Shorter Than That Between The Deluge And The Birth Of ...
Antelope
Antelope (an'tt-lilp), (i I Vach'muri. Although This Word Does Not Oreur In Our Version Of The Scriptures, Yet There C.ut Be Iii) Doubt That In The Hebrew Text Several Ruminants To Which It Is Applicable Are Indicated Under Different Denominations, In Scientific Nomenclature, The Term Antelope, At First Applied To ...
Anthropomorphism
Anthropomorphism (an'thres-po-m5r Fiz'mi, (gr. Etropidiros, Azzik'ro-pos, Man; And Papcb7,, Form); A Term In Theology Used To Denote That Figure Whereby Etords Derived ''.rom Human Objects Arc Employed To Express Something Which Relates To The Deity. As A Finite Being I .in Have No Intuitive Knowledge Of An Infinite, So No ...
Antichrist
Antichrist (an'tf-krist), (cr. Dvr(xplaros, An Tee'khris-tos, Against Christ ; Some, Instead Of Christ), A Word Used Only By The Apostle John (epistles T And 2). (1) Meaning. The Meaning Attached To This Word Has Been Greatly Modified By The Controver Sies Of Various Churches And Sects. In Scripture, However, And ...
Antilegomena
Antilegomena (an' Tr-id-goni'6n-a), (gr. An - Iee - Leg- Om' En - A, Contradicted Or Disputed), An Epithet Applied By The Early Christian Writers To Denote Those Books Of The New Testament Which, Although Known To All The Ecclesiastical Writers, And Sometimes Publicly Read In The Churches, Were Not For ...
Antioch
Antioch Lan'ti-olo, ((;r.'ayrducca, An I-a). Two Places Of This Name Are Mentioned In The New Testament. (1) In Syria. A City On The Banks Of The Orontes. 30o Miles North Of Jerusalem, And About 3a From The Mediterranean. It Was Situated In The Province Of Selencis. Called Tetrapolis (tcrpct Iroxio, ...
Antiochus
Antiochus (an-tro-kiis). Of The Many Kings Who Bore This Name. Anti Ochus, Called Epiphanes, Has The Chief Claim On Our Attention In A Biblical Cyclopzedia. Since In The Books Of Maccabees And In The Prophecies Of Daniel His Person Is So Prominent. Nevertheless, It Will Be Our Business To Forth, ...
Antipatris
Antipatris (an-tip'a-tris), (gr. 'a Ler Irrarplr, An-tikat-reece'), A City Built By Herod The Great On The Site Of A Former Place Called Caphar-saba (joseph. Antiq. 1). Caphar-saba Was 120 Stadia From Joppa ; And Be Tween The Two Places Alexander Balas Drew A Trench, With A Wall And Wooden Towers, ...
Anvil
Anvil (an'vil), (heb. Pah'am, Beaten), The Iron Block On Which The Smith Lays His Metal To Be Forge:. It Varies In Shape According As The Metal Varies In Which The Smith Works. It Generally Has A Beak Or Horn At One End For Forging Hollow Or Rounded Work, And Stands ...
Apocrypha
Apocrypha (a-pok'ri-fa), (gr. Drotcpuoa, Afi Ok'roo-fa, Hidden, Secreted, Mysterious), A Term In Theology Applied In Various Senses To Denote Cer Tain Books Claiming A Sacred Character. The Word Occurs In Mark Iv:22, Matt. X:26, Luke Xii:2: 'there Is Nothing Hid, Which Shall Not Be Manifested, Neither Was Anything Kept Secret ...
Apollos
Apollos (a-pal Los), (cr 'a71-0xx6r. Aft Of Lose', Belonging To Apollo), A Jew Of Alexandria, Is De Scribed As A Learned, Or, As Some Understand It, An Eloquent Man, Well Versed In The Scriptures And The Jewish Religion (acts Xviii:24; About A. D. 56 He Came To Ephesus, Where, In ...
Apostle
Apostle (a-pos's'1). (gr. 'aaba.roxos, Trfi-os'to/ Os, One Sent). (1) In General. It Occurs Only Once In The Septuagint (1 Kings Xiv :6), And There, As Uni Formly In The New Testament, It Signifies A Per Son Sent By Another, A Messenger (heb. :1, 2). (2) Hebrew. It Has Been Asserted ...
Apostles Creed
Apostles' Creed (a-pos's'ls Kred). The Creed Thus Named Is Not To Be Ascribed To The Apostles Themselves. It Has Been A Growth Or Evolution Of The Doc Trine (or Commission) Given By Christ To The Apostles (matt. Xxviii :19). From This Simple Acknowledgment Of The Three Fold Name Have Sprung ...
Apostolical Apostolic
Apostolic, Apostolical Ap-os-tol'ilcal), Belonging Or Relating To Or Traceable To The Apostles, As Apostolical Age, Apostolical Doc Trine, Apostolical Character, Constitutions, Tradi Tions, Etc. Apostolic, In The Primitive Church, Was An Ap Pellation Given To All Such Churches As Were Founded By The Apostles; And Even To The Bishops Of ...
Appeal
Appeal (ap-pep). The Right Of Appeal To Supe Rior Tribunals Has Generally Been Considered An Essential Concomitant Of Inferior Judicatories. When, From The Paucity Of The Population Or Any Other Cause, The Subjects Of Litigation Arc Few, Justice Is Usually Administered By The First Author Ity In The State, From ...
Apphia
Apphia (af'fi-5.), (gr. 'ar0(a., Ap-fee'a), The Name Of A Woman (philemon Ii), Addressed Jointly With Archippus And Philemon And Proba Bly The Wife Of The Latter (a. D. 64), With Whom, According To Tradition, She Suffered Martyrdom. Pov, Aptee'oo Job'ron), A Market Town In Italy, 43 Miles From Rome (diner. ...
Apples Of Sodom
Apples Of Sodom (ap'plz Ov Sod'om), Is A Phrase Associated With The Dead Sea, As The Name Of A Fruit Said To Have All The Appearance Of The Most Inviting Apple While It Was Filled With Nause Ous And Bitter Dust Only. It Has Furnished Many Moralists With Allusions, And ...
Aquila
Aquila (3k'w1-1a). (gr. 'axi;xas, A•-oolas, An Eagle), A Jew With Whom Paul Became Acquainted On His First Visit To Corinth, A Native Of Pontus And By Occupation A Tent-maker. Ile And His Wife Priscilla Had Been Obliged To Leave Rome In Consequence Of An Edict Issued By The Emperor Claudius, ...
Arabah
Arabah (ar'a-bah), Illeb. The Plain), .1 Hebrew Word In General A Desert Than Or Stette. In The Authorized Version It Is Translated 'the Plain,' But In The Original It Appears To Be Supplied With The Article On Purpose. As The Proper Name ( Ha Arabah. The Arabah ) Of The ...
Arabia
Arabia (a-ra'bi-a), (heb.:7, Ar-awb', Wilder Ness), An Extensive Region Occupying The South Western Extremity Of Asia, Between 12° 45' And N. Lat. And And 6o° E. Long, From Greenwich; Having On The W. The Isthmus Of Suez And The Red Sea (called From It The Arabian Gulf), Which Separate It ...
Arabic Language
Arabic Language (ar'a-bik). That Important Family Of Languages Of Which The Arabic Is The Cultivated And Most Widely Extended Branch Has Long Wanted An Appropriate Common Name. Under A Sense Of The Impropriety Of The Term Oriental Languages, Eichhorn Was The First, As He Says Himself (aug.l Bibl. Biblioth. Vi: ...
Aram
Aram La'rami, ( I I Eh. Ar Tuom', Probably I Rum Ram, 1. This Was The Name Given By The I Lebrews To The Tract Of Country Lying Between On The West, Palestine On The South, Arabia Desert.' And The River Tigris On The East, And The Mountain Range Of ...
Aramaic Language
Aramaic Language (ar'a-ma Ik), (heb. • : 2 Kings Xviii:26; Dan. Ii:4). The Aramaic Language, Of Which The Chaldee And Syriac Dialects Form Parts, Constitutes The Northern And Least Developed Branch Of The Syro Arabian Family. Its Cradle Was Probably On The Banks Of The Cyrus, According To The Best ...
Aramnaharaim
Aramnaharaim (a'r5m-na-ha-rd'im),(h Eb. Ar-anz'nah-har-ah'yint, Aram Of Two Rivers), The Region Between The Tigris And The Euphrates, Called In Greek Ilesofiotanzia (ps. Lx, Title). Aran (a'ran), Ar-awn', Wild Goat), A Horite, Son Of Dishan And Brother Of Uz (gen. Xxxvi:28; I Chron. I:42), B.c. About 1963. Ararat (ar'a-rat), (heb. Wilderness), Occurs ...
Arbite
Arbite (ar'bite), A Native Of Arabia. I'aarai, The Arbite, Was One Of David's Guards (2 Sam. Xxiii:35)• . Arch (arch), (ii Eb. , Arches With Vaulted Chambers And Domed Temples Figure So Conspicuously In Modern Orien Tal Architecture That, If The Arch Did Not Exist Among The Ancient Jews, Their ...
Architecture
Architecture (ar-ict-t'ect'ure), (gr. Cipxl T 1kt Lop, Ar-kkee-tek'lone; Lat. Archileclura). It Was Formerly Common To Claim For The He Brews The Invention Of Scientific Architecture, And To Allege That Classical Antiquity Was Indebted To The Temple Of Solomon For The Principles And Many Of The Details Of The Art. A ...
Areopagus
Areopagus (5.r E-op'a-gris), An Anglicized Form Of The Original Words (rapctos Dyos), Signify Ing The Hill Of Ares, Or .1iars. The Council Was Also Termed The Council On .liars Hill; Sometimes The L,'ner Council, From The Elevated Position Where It Was Held; And Sometimes Simply, But Emphatically, The Council; But ...
Areopolis
Areopolis (ar'e-op'o-lis). See Ar; Aroer. Aretas (ar'e-tas) (gr. 'apftas, Ar-et'as), The Common Name Of Several Arabian Kings. 1. The First Of Whom We Have Any Notice Was A Contemporary Of The Jewish High-priest Jason And Of Antiochus Epiphanes About B.c. 17o (2 Mace. V:8). 2. Josephus (antiq. Xiii:: 3, 3) ...
Argob
Argob (ar-gob), (heb. -0 Ar-gobe'). I. A District In Basilan, East Of The Lake Of Gennesareth, Which Was Given To The Half-tribe Of Manasseh (deut. 13; S Kings Iv:t3; 2 Kings Xv:25). (1) Description. It Is Named Only Four Times In The Bible. It Is About 3o Miles Long By ...
Arimatil1ea Or Arimathea
Arimatil1ea Or Arimathea Thee.), (gr. 'aptga0ala, Or-ee-math-a H-ee'ah, A Height), The Birthplace Or The Wealthy Joseph. In Whose Sepulcher Our Lord Was Laid (matt. Xxvii: 57; John Xxix:38). Luke (xxiii :51) Calls It 'a City Of The Jews;' Which May Be Explained By 1 Macc. Xi :34, Where King Demetrius ...
Arioch Or
Arioch Or Venerable). 1. Arioch, King Of Ellasar, According To The Fourteenth Chapter Of Genesis, Was One Of The Four Confederate Kings Who, Under The Lead Of Chedor Laomer, King Of Elam, Invaded Palestine In The Time Of Abraham. The Entire Interest Of The Name Centers In George Smith's Identification ...
Arithmetic
Arithmetic (i-rith'mti•trk), Or, As The Word Derived From The Greek Dpropos, Number, Signifies, The Science Of Numbers Or Reckoning, Was Unques Tionably Practised As An Art In The Damn Of Civili Zation; Since To Put Things, Or Their Symbols, To Gether (addition), And To Take Uric Thing From An Other ...
Ark Of The Covenant
Ark Of The Covenant (ark Of The Kilv't Nant ), Aw-rone% Septuagint And New Kificor6s, Chest 1. The Word Here Used For Ark Is Different Front That Which Is Applied To The Ark Of Noah. (1) Names. It Is The Common Name For A Chest Or Coffer, Whether Applied To ...
Arkites
Arkites (ark-hes), (hcb. Tush), The Inhabitants Of Arka, Mentioned In Gen. X I Chron. I:15, As Descended From The Phcenician Or Sidonian Branch Of The Great Family Of Canaan. This, In Fact, As Well As The Other Small North Ern States Of Phoenicia, Was A Colony From The Great Parent ...
Armenia
Armenia (ar-me'ni-a ), (the Greek Form Of Ararat), A Country Of Western Asia ; Is Not Men Tioned In Scripture Under That Name, But Is Sup Posed To Be Alluded To In The Three Following Hebrew Designations, Which Seem To Refer Either To The Country As A Whole, Or To ...
Armlet
Armlet (arm'16t) Although This Word Has The Same Meaning As Bracelet, Yet The Latter Is Practically So Exclusively Used To Denote The Ornament Of The Wrist, That It Seems Proper To Distinguish By Armlet The Similar Ornament Which Is Worn On The Upper Arm. There Is Also This Difference Between ...
Armor Arms
Arms, Armor (arms, 1. Offensive Arms. The Instruments At First Employed In The Chase, But Converted To The De Struction Of Their Fellow-men, Or To Oppose Ag Gression. Were Naturally The Most Simple. (1) And Mace. Among These Were The Club And The Throwing-bat. The First Sisted Originally Of A ...
Aroer
Aroer (ar'o-er Or (i Ar-oh , Nudity.). 1. A Town On The North Side Of The River Amon, And Therefore On The Southern Border Of The Terri Tory Conquered From The Amorites, Which Was As Signed To The Tribes Of Reuben And Cad (t)eut. Ii:36; Josh. X11.2; :%111:0)• I He ...
Artaxerxes
Artaxerxes ( Dr ' Tdg-zerk'sez), (hebrew Ar-takh-shash-taw' ; Gr. 'apratigns, Ar-tax-er'xace, Probably, 'the Great Warrior Or King'). It Is Most Frequently Written Artachast And Is The Title Under Which More Than One Persian King Is Mentioned In The Old Testament. The Hebrew Form Is A Slight Corruption Of The Letters ...
Artemis
Artemis (ar-te'mis), (gr. "aprei.us, Ar'tem-is, A Rtemis, Acts X Ix :24). The Diana Of The Romans Is A Goddess Known Under Various Modifications. And With Almost In Compatible Attributes. As The Tutelary Divinity Of Ephesus, In Which Character Alone She Concerns Us Here, She Was Undoubtedly A Representative Of The ...
Articles Of War
Articles Of War. Having Received With All My Heart The Salva Tion Offered To Me By The Tender Mercy Of Jehovah, Do Here And Now Publicly Acknowledge God To Be My Father And King, Jesus Christ To Be My Saviour, And The Holy Spirit To Be My Guide, Comforter And ...
Arvadites
Arvadites (ar'vad-ites), (1-feb. Ar Zad-eem', Gen. X:18; 1 Citron. 6), The Inhabitants Of The Island Aradus (see Arvad), And Doubtless Also Of The Neighboring Coast. The Arvadites Were Descended From Arvad, One Of The Sons Of Canaan (gen. X:18 ). Strabo ( Xvi, P. 731) Describes The Arvadites As A ...
Ascension
Ascension (as-sen'shiln). The Event Spoken Of Under This Title Is Among Those Which Christians Of Every Age Have Contemplated With Most Profound Satisfaction. It Was In His Ascension That Christ Ex Hibited The Perfect Triumph Of Humanity Over Every Antagonist, Whether In Itself, Or In The Circum Stances Under Which ...
Asenath
Asenath (as'e-rilth Or Ri-se'nath), (hub. Aw-se-italh'.(1c(licatvd To Neill, Daughter Of Poti Pherah, Priest Of On, Whom The King Of Egypt Be Stowed In Marriage Upon Joseph, With A View Prob Ably Of Strengthening His Position In Egypt By This High Connection. (see Jusimi.) Attntion Is Here Required Only To The ...
Ashdoth Pisgah
Ashdoth Pisgah (5sh'doth-piz'gah), (heb. Ash-doth' Ita-fiis-gaw', Springs Of Pis Gah), The Water Courses, Spurs And Ravines Of Mount Pisgah (dent. Iii:17; Iv:49; Josh. Xii:3; Xiii:2o). Asher (5sh'er), (heb. Aw-share', Happi Ness). 1. One Of The Sons Of Jacob By Zilpah, The Hand Maid Of Leah (gen. Xxx:13; Xxxv:26; Xlix:2o), And ...
Ashes
Ashes (ish'ez), (heb. Ay'fer; Gr. Owous, Sfiod-os' ; Also Deh'shen, Literally, Fatness). The Ashes Of The Altar Of Burnt Offering On The Days Of The Great Festivals Were Suffered To Accu Mulate, And Then Taken Away The Next Day By A Priest Chosen By Lot To This Work. There Was ...