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she said unto Balaam, What have I done unto thee, that thou hast smitten me these three times ? And Balaam said unto the ass, Because thou hast mocked me: I would there were a sword in mine band, for now would I kill thee. And the ass said unto Balaam, Am not I thine ass, upon which thou hast ridden ever since I was thine unto this day? was I ever wont to do so unto thee? And he said, Nay.

1 Sam. x, 2-4, 7. When thou art departed from me to-day, then thou shalt find two men by Rachel's sepulchre, in the border of Benjamin, at Zelzah; and they will say unto thee, The asses which thou wentest to seek are found: and, lo, thy father hath left the care of the asses, and sorroweth for you, saying, What shall I do for my son? Then shalt thou go on forward from thence, and thou shalt come to the plain of Tabor, and there shall meet thee three men going up to

that I will punish you in this place, that ye may know that my words shall surely stand against you for evil: Thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will give Pharaohhophra king of Egypt into the hand of his enemies, and into the hand of them that seek his life; as I gave Zedekiah king of Judah into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, his enemy, and that sought his life,

Judges vi, 36-40. And Gideon said unto God, If thou wilt save Israel by mine hand, as thou hast said, Behold, I will put a fleece of wool in the floor; and if the dew be on the fleece' only, and it be dry upon all the earth beside, then shall I know that thou wilt save Israel by mine hand, as thou thou shalt receive of their hands. Hear ye now, O house of David;

hast said. And it was so: for he rose up early on the morrow, and thrust the fleece together, and wringed the dew out of the fleece, a bowl-full of water. And Gideon said unto God, Let not thine anger be hot against me, and I will speak but this once: let me prove, I pray thee, but this once with the fleece; let it now be dry only upon the fleece, and upon all the ground let there be dew. And God did so that night: for it was dry upon the fleece only, and there was dew on all the ground.

Isa. vil, 10-13. Moreover, the God to Bethel, one carrying three LORD spake again unto Ahaz, saykids, and another carrying three loaves of bread, and another car-ing, Ask thee a sign of the LORD rying a bottle of wine: And they thy God; ask it either in the depth, they will salute thee, and give or in the height above. But Ahaz thee two loaves of bread; which said, I will not ask, neither will I tempt the LORD. And he said, 1s it a small thing for you to weary men, but will ye weary my God also?

And let it be, when these signs
are come unto thee, that thou do
as occasion serve thee; for God is
with thee.

Isa. xxxvii, 30. And this shall
be a sign unto thee, Ye shall eat
this year such as groweth of it-
self; and the second year that
which springeth of the same; and
in the third year sow ye, and reap,
and plant vineyards, and eat the
fruit thereof.

Jer. xliv, 29, 80. And this shall be a sign unto yon, saith the LORD, 497

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LITERATURE.

WRITING.

Judges v, 14..... Out of Machir came down governors, and out of Zebulun they that handle the pen of the writer.

Esther vili, 9, 10. Then were the king's scribes called at that time in the third month, that is, the month Sivan, on the three and twentieth day thereof; and it was written (according to all that Mordecai commanded) unto every province according to the writing thereof, and unto every people after their language, and to the Jews according to their writing, and according to their language. And he wrote in the king Ahasuerus' name, and sealed it with the king's ring. . . Job xix, 23. Oh that my words were now written! oh that they were printed in a book!

Isa. viii, 1. Moreover, the LORD said unto me, Take thee a great roll, and write in it with a man's pen concerning Maher-shalal hash-baz.

Isa. xxxviii, 9. The writing of Hezekiah king of Judah, when he

OCCUPATIONS.

the rest of their companions, unto [ Artaxerxes king of Persia; and the writing of the letter was written in the Syrian tongue, and interpreted in the Syrian tongue, Rehum the chancellor, and Shimshai the scribe, wrote a letter against Jerusalem to Artaxerxes the king in this sort: Then wrote Rehum the chancellor, and Shimshal the scribe, and the rest of their companions.... This is the copy of the letter that they sent unto him, even unto Artaxerxes the king. Then sent the king an answer unto Relium the chancellor, and to Shimshai the scribe, and to the rest of their companions that dwell in Samaria, and unto the rest beyond the river, Peace, and at such a time. The letter which ye sent unto us hath been plainly read before me.

Ezra vii, 11. Now this is the copy of the letter that the king Artaxerxes gave unto Ezra the

priest, the scribe, even a scribe of the words of the commandments of the LORD, and of his statutes to

Israel.

his servant unto me, in like manNeh. vi, 5. Then sent Sanballat

Deut. iv, 32. For ask now of the days that are past, which were before thee, since the day that God created man upon the earth, and ask from the one side of hea ven unto the other, whether there hath been any such thing as this great thing is, or hath been heard like it?

Deut. xxiv, 9. Remember what the LORD thy God did unto Miriam by the way, after that ye were come forth out of Egypt.

Deut. xxxii, 7. Remember the

days of old, consider the years of and he will shew thee; thy elders, many generations: ask thy father, and they will tell thee.

Josh. xiv, 6, 15. Then the children of Judah came unto Joshua, in Gilgal: and Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenezite said unthat the LORD said unto Moses, the to him, Thou knowest the thing man of God, concerning me and

name of Hebron before was Kirjath-arba; which Arba was a great man among the Anakims. ..

thee in Kadesh-barnea. And the

Sheshai, and Ahiman, and Talmai, thence the three sons of Anak, Josh. xv, 14, 15. And Caleb drove

had been sick, and was recovered her, the fifth time, with an open the children of Anak.

of his sickness.

Ezek. ii, 10. And he spread it before me: and it was written within and without: and there was written therein lamentations, and mourning, and woe.

Ezek. xxiv, 2. Son of man, write thee the name of the day, even of this same day: the king of Babylon set himself against Jerusalem this same day.

Luke 1, 63. And he asked for a writing table, and wrote, saying, His name is John. And they marvelled all.

2 Tim. iv, 13. The cloak that I left at Troas with Carpus, when thou comest, bring with thee, and the books, but especially the parchments.

LETTERS.

2 Sam. xi, 14. And it came to pass in the morning, that David wrote a letter to Joab, and sent it by the hand of Uriah.

Ezra iv, 7-9, 11, 17, 18. And in the days of Artaxerxes wrote Bishlani, Mithredath, Tabeel, and

letter in his hand.

wrote these things, and sent letEsther ix, 20. And Mordecal ters unto all the Jews that were in all the provinces of the king Ahasuerus, both nigh and far.

(See under SCRIPTURE.) MATTERS OF ANTIQUITY. Gen. xxviii, 19. And he called the name of that place Beth-el: but the name of that city was called Luz at the first.

Exod. xii, 2. This month shall be unto you the beginning of months: it shall be the first month of the year to you.

Num. xxi, 27. Wherefore they that speak in proverbs say, Come into Heshbon, let the city of Silion be built and prepared.

Deut. ii, 12. The Horims also dwelt in Seir beforetime; but the children of Esau succeeded them, when they had destroyed them from before them, and dwelt in their stead, as Israel did unto the land of his possession, which the LORD gave unto them.

And he

went up thence to the inhabitants before was Kirjath-sepher. of Debir: and the name of Debir

he went against the inhabitants of Judges 1, 11. And from thence Deb r: (and the name of Debir before was Kirjath-sepher.)

Judges xviii, 29. And they called the name of the city Dan, after the name of Dan their father, who was born unto Israel: howbeit the name of the city was Laish at the first,

rael, when a man went to enquire 1 Sam. ix, 9. (Beforetime in Isof God, thus he spake, Come, and let us go to the seer: for he that is now called a Prophet, was beforetime called a Seer.)

1 Sam. xii, 7. Now therefore stand still, that I may reason with you before the LORD of all the righteous acts of the LORD, which he did to you and to your fathers.

1 Chron. iv, 22. And Jokim, and the men of Chozeba, and Joash, and Saraph, who had the domin ion in Moab, and Jashubi-lehem. And these are ancient things.

Ezra vi, 1. Then Darius the king made a decree, and search was made in the house of the rolls, where the treasures were laid up in Babylon.

Job viil, 8--10. For enquire, I pray thee, of the former age, and prepare thyself to the search of their fathers: (For we are but of yesterday, and know nothing, because our days upon earth are a shadow:) Shall not they teach thee, and tell thee, and utter

words out of their heart?

Isa. xxiii, 13. Behold the land of the Chaldeans; this people was not, till the Assyrian founded it for them that dwell in the wilderness: they set up the towers thereof, they raised up the palaces thereof; and he brought it to

ruin.

Micah vi, 5. Oy people, remember now wha' Balak king of Moab consulted, and what Balaam the son of Leor answered him from Shittin uuto Gilgal; that ye may know the righteousness of the LORD.

Eccles. 1, 9-11. The thing that nath been, it is that which shall be; and that which is done, is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun. Is there any thing whereof it may be said, See, this is new? it hath been already of old time, which was before us. There is no remembrance of former things; neither shall there be any remembrance of things that are to come with those that shall come after.

Eccles. iii, 15. That which hath been is now; and that which is to be hath already been; and God requireth that which is past.

Eccles vil, 10. Say not thou, What is the cause that the former days were better than thee? for thou dost not enquire wisely concerning this.

HERALDRY.

Num. 1, 17, 18. And Moses and Aaron took these men which are expressed by their names: And they assembled all the congregation together on the first day of the second month, and they declared their pedigrees after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, by their polls.

- 1 Chron. v, 17. All these were reckoned by genealogies in the days of Jotham king of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam king of Israel.

Ezra ii, 59, 60. And these were they which went up from Telmelah, Tel-harsa, Cherub, Addan,

and Immer, but they could not shew their father's house, and their seed, whether they were of Israel: The children of Delalah, the children of Tobiah, the children of Nekoda, six hundred fifty and two.

Neh. vil, 5, 61--63. And my God put into mine heart to gather together the nobles, and the rulers, and the people, that they might be reckoned by genealogy: and I foun 1 a register of the genealogy of them which came up at the rst, and found written therein. And these were they which went up also from Tel-melah Timer, but Tel-baresha, Cherub, Addon,

they could not shew their father's house, nor their seed, whether they were of Israel. The children of Delaiah, the children of Tobiah, the children of Nekoda, six hundred forty and two. And of the priests: the children of Habaiali, the children of Koz, the children

from the house of Gilgal, and out of the fields of Geba and Azmaveth: for the singers had builded them villages round about Jerusalem. And Maaseial, and Shemaiah, and Eleazar, and Uzzi, and Jehohanan, and Malchijah, and Elam, and Ezer: and the singers sang loud, with Jezrahiah their overseer.

Also that day they offered great sacrifices, and rejoiced; for God had made them rejoice with great joy: the wives also and the children rejoiced; so that the joy of Jerusalem was heard even afar off. And both the ward of their God, and the the singers and the porters kept ward of the purification, according to the commandment of David, and of Solomon his son. For in the days of David and Asaph of old there were chief of the singers, and songs of praise and thanksgiving unto God.

of Barzillai, which took one of the God our strength; make a joyful P3. lxxxi, 1. Sing aloud unto daughters of Barzillai the Gilead-noise unto the God of Jacob. ite to wife, and was called after their name.

Neh. xii, 22, 23. The Levites, in the days of Eliashib, Joiada, and Johanan, and Jaddua, were recorded chief of the fathers; also the priests, to the reign of Darius the Persian. The sons of Levi, the chief of the fathers, were written in the book of the Chronicles, even until the days of Johanan the son of Eliashib.

Judah, and the princes of JeruJer. xxxiv, 19. The princes of salem, the eunuchs, and the priests, and all the people of the land, which passed between the parts of the calf.

MUSIC.

VOCAL MUSIC.

1 Sam. xviii, 7. And the women answered one another as they played, and said, Saul hath slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands.

1 Chron. xv, 22. And Chenaniah, chief of the Levites, was for song: he instructed about the song, because he was skilful.

1 Chron. xxv, 7. So the number of them, with their brethren that were instructed in the songs of the LORD, even all that were cunning, was two hundred fourscore and eight.

Neh. xi, 23. For it was the king's commandment concerning them, that a certain portion should be for the singers, due for every day.

And the Neh. xil, 28, 29, 42, 43, 45, 46. sons of the singers gathered themselves together, both out of the plain country round about Jerusalem, and from the villages of Netophathi; Also

Ps. xcviii, 4. Make a joyful noise unto the LORD, all the earth: make a loud noise, and rejoice, and sing praise.

I will pray with the spirit, and I 1 Cor. xiv, 15. What is it then? will pray with the understanding also: I will sing with the spirit, and I will sing with the understanding also.

INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC.

Gen. iv, 21. And his brother's name was Jubal: he was the father of all such as handle the harp and organ.

Gen xxxi, 27. Wherefore didst thou flee away secretly, and steal away from me, and didst not tell me, that I might have sent thee away with mirth, and with songs, with tabret, and with harp?

all the house of Israel, played 2 Sam. vi, 5. And David, and

before the LORD on all manner of instruments made of fir-wood, even on harps, and on psalteries, and on timbrels, and on cornets, and on cymbals.

1 Chron. xiii, 8. And David and all Israel played before God with all their might, and with singing, and with harps, and with psalteries, and with timbrels, and with cymbals, and with trumpets.

1 Chron. XV, 19-21. So the singers, 11-man, Asaph, and Ethan were appointed to sound withcymbals of brass; And Zechariah, and Aziel,and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Unni, and Eliab, and Maaseiab, and Benaiah, with psalteries on Alamoth; And Mattithiah, and Elipheleh, and Mikneiah, and Obed - edom, and Jeiel, and Azaziah, with harps on the Sheminith to excel.

all this continued until the burnt-
offering was finished.

Ezra iii, 10, 11. And when the
builders laid the foundation of the
temple of the LORD, they set the
priests in their apparel with trum-
pets, and the Levites, the sons of
Asaph, with cymbals, to praise
the LORD, after the ordinance of
David king of Israel. And they
sang together by course, in prais-

1 Chron. xvi, 5, 6. 42. Asaph the chief, and next to him. Zechariah, Jelel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Mattithiah, and Eliab, and Benaiah, and Obed-edom; and Jeiel with psalteries and with harps: but Asaph made a sound with cymbals; Benaiah also and Jahaziel the priests with trumpets continually before the ark of the Covenant of God. And with them Heman and Jeduthun, with trum-ing pets and cymbals, for those that should make a sound, and with musical instruments of God. And the sons of Jeduthun were porters.

1 Chron. xxv, 5, 6. All these were the sons of Heman the king's seer in the words of God, to lift up the horn. And God gave to Heman fourteen sons and three daughters. All these were under the hands of their father for song in the house of the LORD, with cymbals, psalteries, and harps, for the service of the house of God, according to the king's order to Asaph, Jeduthun and Heman.

2 Chron. v, 11, 12. And it came to pass, when the priests were come out of the holy place; (for all the priests that were present were sanctifled, and did not then wait by course: Also the Levites which were the singers, all of them of Asaph, of Heman, of Jeduthun, with their sons and their brethren, being arrayed in white linen, having cymbals, and psalteries, and harps, stood at the east end of the altar, and with them an hundred and twenty priests sounding with trumpets.)

2 Chron. vil 6. And the priests waited on their offices; the Levites also with instruments of musick of the LORD, which David the king had made to praise the LORD, because his mercy endureth for ever, when David praised by their ministry; and the priests sounded trumpets before them, and all Israel stood.

and giving thanks unto the LORD; because he is good, for his mercy endureth for ever toward Israel. And all the people shouted with a great shout, when they praised the LORD, because the foundation of the house of the LORD was laid.

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Ps. cl, 8-5. Praise him with the sound of the trumpet: praise him with the psaltery and harp. Praise him with the timbrel and dance: praise him with stringed instruments and organs. Praise him upon the loud cymbals: praise him upon the high-sounding cymbals.

Eccles. 1, 8. . . . . . I gat me men singers and women singers, and the delights of the sons of men, as musical instruments, and that of all sorts.

Isa. xxxviii, 20. The LORD was ready to save me: therefore we will sing my songs to the stringed instruments all the days of our life in the house of the LORD.

Daniel ill, 7. Therefore at that time, when all the people heard the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and all kinds of music, all the people, the nations, and the languages, fell down and worshipped the golden image that Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up.

Neh. xii, 27, 35, 36, 41. And at the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem they sought the Levites out of all their places, to bring them to Jerusalem, to keep the dedication with gladness, both with thanksgivings, and with singing, with cymbals, psalteries, and with harps. And certain of the priests' sons with trumpets; namely, Zechariah the son of Jonathan, the son of Shemaiah, the son of Mattaniah, the son of Michaiah, the son of Zaccur, the son of Asaph; And his brethren, Shemaiah, and Azarael, Milalui, Rev. xiv, 2, 3. And I heard a Gilalai, Maai, Nethaneel, and voice from heaven, as the voice of Judah, Hanani, with the musical many waters, and as the voice of instruments of David the man of a great thunder, and I heard the God, and Ezra the scribe before voice of harpers harping with them. And the priests; Eliakim, their harps: And they sung as it Maaseiah, Miniamin, Michalali, were & new song before the Elioenai, Zechariah, and Han-throne, and before the four beasts, aniah, with trumpets.

Ps. xxxiii, 2, 3. Praise the LORD with harp; sing unto him with the psaltery, and an instrument of ten strings. Sing unto him a new song, play skilfully with a loud noise.

Ps. lxviii, 25. The singers went before, the players on instruments followed after; among them were the damsels playing with timbrels.

Ps. lxxxi, 3, 4. Blow up the trumpet in the new-moon, in the time appointed, on our solemn feast-day. For this was a statuto for Israel, and a law of the God

of Jacob.

Ps. lxxxvii, 7. As well the singers as the players on instruments shall be there: all my springs are in thee.

2 Chron. xxix, 25-28. And he set the Levites in the house of the LORD with cymbals, with psalteries, and with harps, according to the commandment of David, and of Gad the king's seer, and Nathan the prophet: for so was the commandment of the LORD by his prophets. And the Levites stood with the instruments of Ps. xcii, 3. Upon an instrument David, and the priests with the of ten strings, and upon the psal trumpets. And Hezekiah commanded to offer the burnt-offer-tery; upon the harp with a solemn ing upon the altar: and when the burnt-offering began, the song of the LORD began also with the trumpets, and with the instruments ordained by David king of I-rael. And all the congregation worshipped, and the singers sang, and the trumpeters sounded: and

sound.

Ps. xcviil, 5, 6. Sing unto the LORD with the harp; with the harp, and the voice of a psalm. With trumpets and sound of cornet, make a joyful noise before the LORD, the King.

Ps. cxliv, 9. I will sing a new

and the elders; and no man could learn that song but the hundred and forty and four thousand, which were redeemed from the

earth.

POWER OF MUSIC.

1 Sam. x, 5. After that thou shalt come to the hill of God, where is the garrison of the Philis tines: and it shall come to pass,

when thou art come thither to the city, that thou shalt meet a company of prophets coming down from the high place, with a psaltery, and a tabret, and a pipe, and a harp, before them; and they shall prophesy.

1 Sam. xvi, 15, 16, 17, 19, 23. And Saul's servants said unto him, Behold now, an evil spirit from God troubleth thee. Let our lord now command thy servants, which are before thee, to seek out a man who is a cunning player on an harp; and it shall come to pass, when the evil spirit from God is upon thee, that he shall play with his hand, and thou shalt be well. And Saul said unto his servants, Provide me now a man that can play well, and bring him to me.

Wherefore Saul sent messengers unto Jesse, and said, Send me

Davld thy son, which is with the sheep. And it came to pass, when the evil spirit from God was upon Saul, that David took an harp, and played with his hand: so Saul was refreshed, and was well, and the evil spirit departed from him.

2 Kings iii, 15, But now bring me a minstrel. And it came to

pass, when the minstrel played, that the hand of the LORD came upon him.

Ezek. xxxill, 32. And, Io, thou art unto them as a very lovely song of one that hath a pleasant voice, and can play well on an instrument; for they hear thy words, but they do them not.

VARIOUS ALLUSIONS. Job xxi, 12. They take the timbrel and harp, and rejoice at the sound of the organ.

Isa. v, 12. And the harp and the viol, the tabret and pipe, and wine, are in their feasts: but they regard not the work of the LORD, neither consider the operation of his hands.

Ezek. xxvi, 13. And I will cause the noise of thy songs to cease; and the sound of thy harps shall

be no more heard.

Amos. v, 23. Take thou away from me the noise of thy songs: for I will not hear the melody of thy viols.

Amos vi, 5. That chant to the sound of the viol, and invent to themselves instruments of musick, like David.

PIONEERING.

what my God had put in my heart to do at Jerusalem: neither was there any beast with me, save the beast that I rode upon. And I went out by night by the gate of the valley, even before the dragonwell, and to the dung-port, and which were broken down, and the viewed the walls of Jerusalem, fire. Then I went on to the gate gates thereof were consumed with of the fountain, and to the king's the beast that was under me to pool: but there was no place for pass. Then went I up in the night by the brook, and viewed the wall, and turned back, and entered by the gate of the valley, and so returned. And the rulers knew not whither I went, or what I did; neither had I as yet told it to the Jews, nor to the priests, nor to the nobles, nor to the rulers, nor to the rest that did the work.

VARIOUS FORMS OF
BUSINESS.

MERCHANDISE, ITS BENEFITS.

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hath
Isa. xxii, 11. . . . The LORD
given a commandment
stroy the strong holds thereof.
against the merchant city, to de-

be unto thee with whom thou
Isa. xlvii, 15. Thus shall they
hast laboured, even thy merchants,
from thy youth; they shall wan-
der every one to his quarter; none
shall save thee.

Ezek. vii, 12, 13. The time is come, the day draweth near: let not the buyer rejoice, nor the seller mourn; for wrath is upon all the multitude thereof. For the seller shall not return to that which is sold, although they were yet alive: for the vision is touch

Gen. xxxiv, 20, 21. And Hamoring the whole multitude thereof, and Shechem his son came unto shall any strengthen himself in which shall not return; neither muned with the men of their city, the gate of their city, and com- the iniquity of his life. saying, These men are peaceable with us; therefore let them dwell in the land, and trade therein; for the land, behold, it is large enough for them; let us take their daughters to us for wives, and let us give them our daughters.

no deliverer, because it was far
Judges xviii, 28. And there was
from Zidon, and they had no
business with any man; and it was
in the valley that lieth by Beth-

dwelt therein.

Prov. xxxi, 18. She perceiveth that her merchandise is good: her candle goeth not out by night.

Josh. xviii, 4-6, 8, 9. Give out relob: and they built a city, and from among you three men for each tribe: and I will send them, and they shall rise and go through the land, and describe it, according to the inheritance of them; and they shall come again to me. habitants of the isle; thou whom Isa. xxiii, 2, 3, 8. Be still, ye inAnd they shall divide it into seven the merchants of Zidon, that pass parts: Judah shall abide in their over the sea, have replenished. coast on the south, and the house And by great waters the seed of of Joseph shall abide in their Sihor, the harvest of the river, is coasts on the north. Ye shall her revenue; and she is a mart of therefore describe the land into nations. seven parts, and bring the descrip- counsel against Tyre, the crownWho hath taken this tion hither to me, that I may casting city, whose merchants are lots for you here before the LORD our God. And the men arose, and went away: and Joshua charged them that went to describe the land, saying, Go and walk through the land, and describe it, and come again to me, that I may here cast lots for you before the LORD in Shiloh. And the men went and pissed through the land, and described it by cities into seven parts in a book, and came again to Joshua to the host at Shiloh.

Neh. ii, 12-16. And I arose in the night, I and some few men with me; neither told I any man

princes, whose traffickers are the
honourable of the earth?

dom and with thine understanding
Ezek. xxviii, 4, 5. With thy wis-
thou hast gotten thee riches, and
hast gotten gold and silver into
thy treasures: By thy great wis-
dom, and by thy traffick, hast
thou increased thy riches, and
thine heart is lifted up because of
thy riches.

Hosea xii, 8. And Ephraim said,
found me out substance: in all my
Yet I am become rich, I have
labours they shall find none ini-
quity in me that were sin.
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I have smitten mine hand at thy Ezek. xxii, 13. Behold, therefore dishonest gain which thou hast made, and at thy blood which hath been in the midst of thee.

Ezek. xxvii, 32-34, 36. And in over thee, saying, What city is a lamentation for thee, and lament their wailing they shall take up like Tyrus, like the destroyed in the midst of the sea? When thy wares went forth out of the seas,

thou filledst many people; thou with the multitude of thy riches, didst enrich the kings of the earth and of thy merchandise. In the time when thou shalt be broken waters, thy merchandise, and all by the seas in the depths of the thy company in the midst of thee, shall fall. The merchants among the people shall hiss at thee: thou shalt be a terror, and never shalt be any more.

titude of thy merchandise they Ezek. xxviii, 16, 18. By the mulhave filled the midst of thee with violence, and thou hast sinned: therefore I will cast thee as proand I will destroy thee, O coverfane out of the mountain of God; ing cherub, from the midst of the stones of fire. Thou hast defiled thy sanctuaries by the multitude of thine iniquities, by the iniquity of thy trailick; therefore will I bring forth a fire from the midst of thee, it shall devour thee; and I will bring thee to ashes upon the earth in the sight of all them that

behold thee.

Zeph. i, 11. Howl, ye inhabitants of Maktesh, for all the merchant

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