look to the altars, the work of his hands, neither shall respect that which his fingers have made, either the groves or the images. 180. xxxvi, 7. But if thou say to me, We trust in the LORD our God: is it not he whose high places and whose altars Hezekiah hath taken away, and said to Judah and to Jerusalem, Ye shall worship before this altar? Jer. xvii, 2. Whilst their children remember their altars and their groves by the green trees npon the high hills. Jer. xix, 5. They have built also the high places of Baal, to burn their sons with fire for burnt-offerings unto Baal, which I commanded not, nor spake it, neither came it into my mind. Ezek. vi, 13. Then shall ye know that I am the LORD, when their slain men shall be among their idols round about their altars, upon every high hill, in all the tops of the mountains, and under every green tree, and under every thick oak, the place where they did offer sweet savour to all their idols. Ezek. xvi, 23. 24. And it came to pass, after all thy wickedness, (woe, woe unto thee! saith the Lord Goo) That thou hast also built unto thee an eminent place, and hast made thee au high place in every street. Hosea x, 8. The high places also of Aven, the sin of Israel, shall be destroyed: the thorn and the thistle shall come up on their altars; and they shall say to the mountains, Cover us: and to the hills, Fall on us. Micah v, 14. And I will pluck up thy groves out of the midst of thee: so will I destroy thy cities. (See under EARTH, Page 182.) 2 Kings x, 21. And Jehu sent through all Israel: and all the worshippers of Baal came, so that there was not a man left that came not. And they came into the house of Baal; and the house of Baal was full from one end to another. 2 Kings xxill, 15. Moreover, of his peace-offerings, upon the the altar that was at Beth-el, and altar. And he brought also the the high place which Jeroboam brasen altar, which was before the son of Nebat, who made Israel the LORD, from the forefront of to sin, had made, both that altar the house, from between the altar and the high place he brake and the house of the LORD, and down, and burnt the high place, put it on the north side of the and stamped it small to powder, altar. and burnt the grove. 1 Chron. X, 9, 10. And when they had stripped him, they took his head, and his armour, and sent into the land of the Philistinos round about, to carry tidings unto their idols, and to the people. And they put his armour in the house of their gods, and fastened his head in the temple of Dagon. Isa. xxvii, 9. By this therefore chalk-stones that are beaten in Jer. xi, 13. For according to the Because Amos iii, 13, 14. Hear ye, and And king DESECRATION OF GOD'S TEMPLE. And when the king 2 Kings xxi, 4. And he built altars in the house of the LORD, of which the LORD said, in Jerusa lem will I put my name. 2 Kings xxiii, 12. And the altars that were on the top of the upper chamber of Ahaz, which the kings of Judah had made, and the altars which Manasseh had made, in the two courts of the house of the LORD, did the king beat down and brake them down from thence, and cast the dust of them into the brook Kidron. 2 Chron. Xxx, 14. And they arose, and took away the altars that were in Jerusalem, and all the altars for incense took they away, and cast them into the brook Kidron. 2 Chron. xxxiii, 4. 7. Also he built altars in the house of the LORD, whereof the LORD had said, In Jerusalem shall my name be for ever. And he set a carved image (the idol which he had which God had said to David, and made) in the house of God, of to Solomon his son, In this house, and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen before all the tribes of Israel, will I put my name for ever. Jer. vil, 30. For the children of Judah have done evil in my sight, saith the LORD: they have set their abominations in the house which is called by my name, to pollute it. Jer. xxxii, 34. But they set their abominations in the house which is called by my name, to defile it. Ezek. v, 11. Wherefore, as I live, saith the Lord GoD, Surely, because thou hast defiled my sanctuary with all thy detestable things, and with all thine abominations, therefore will I also diminish thee; neither shall mine eye spare, neither will I have any pity. Ezek. viii, 5, 6. Then said he unto me, Son of man, lift up thine eyes now the way toward the north. So I lifted up mine eyes the way toward the north, and behold northward at the gate of the altar this image of jealousy in the entry. He said furthermore unto me, Son of man, seest thou what they do? even the great abominations that the house of Israel committeth here, that I should go far off from my sanctuary? But turn thee yet again, and thou shalt see greater abominations. Judges xvil, 5. And the man Micah had an house of gods, and made an ephod, and teraphim, and consecrated one of his sons, who became his priest. Judges xviii, 18-21. And these went into Micah's house, and fetched the carved image, the ephod, and the teraphim, and the molten image. Then said the priest unto them, What do ye? And they said unto him, Hold thy peace, lay thine hand upon thy mouth, and go with us, and be to us a father and a priest: is it better for thee to be a priest unto the house of one man, or that thou be a priest unto a tribe and a Ahaz commanded Urijah the priest, saying, Upon the great altar burn the morning burntoffering, and the evening meatoffering, and the king's burnt sacrifice, and his meat-offering, with the burnt-offering of all the people of the land, and their meat offering, and their drink-offerings; and sprinkle upon it all the blood of the burnt-offering, and all the blood of the sacrifice: and the brasen altar shall be for me to enquire by. Thus did Urijah the priest, according to all that king Ahaz commanded. 2 Kings xvii, 32. So they feared the LORD, and made unto themselves of the lowest of them priests of the high places, which sacrificed for them in the houses of the high places. cast out the priests of the LORD, 2 Chron. xili, 9. Have ye not and have made you priests after the sons of Aaron, and the Levites, lands? so that whosoever cometh the manner of the nations of other god hath delivered Samson our enemy into our hand. And when the people saw him, they praised their god; for they said, Our god hath delivered into our hands our enemy, and the destroyer of our country, which slew many of us. 1 Kings xi, 33. Because that they have forsaken me, and have worshipped Ashitoreth the goddess of the Zidonians, Chemosh the god of the Moabites, and Milcom the god of the children of Ammon, and have not walked in my ways, to do that which is right in mine eyes, and to keep my statutes and my judgments, as did David his father. 1 Kings xviii, 25, 26. And Elijah said unto the prophets of Baal, Choose you one bullock for yourselves, and dress it first; for ye under. And they took the bullock are many; and call on the name of your gods, but put no fire dressed it, and called on the name which was given them, and they of Baal from morning even until noon, saying, O Baal, hear us! family in Israel? And the priest's to consecrate himself with a young But there was no voice, nor any heart was glad, and he took the ephod, and the teraphim, and the graven image, and went in the midst of the people. So they turned and departed, and put the little ones, and the cattle, and the carriage before them. 1 Kings xii, 31. And he made an house of high places, and made priests of the lowest of the people, which were not of the sons of Levi. 1 Kings xiii, 33, 34. After this thing Jeroboam returned not from his evil way, but made again of the lowest of the people priests of the high places: whosoever would, he consecrated him, and he became one of the priests of the high places. And this thing became sin unto the house of Jeroboam, even to cut it off, and to destroy it from off the face of the earth. 1 Kings xviii, 20, 22. So Ahab sent unto all the children of Israel, and gathered the prophets together unto mount Carmel. Then said Elijah unto the people, I, even I only, remain a prophet of the LORD; but Baal's prophets are four hundred and fifty men. 1 Kings xxii, 10. And the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah, sat each on his throne, having put on their robes, in a void place in the entrance of the gate of Samaria; and all the prophets prophesied before them. 2 Kings x, 22. And he said unto him that was over the vestry, Bring forth vestments for all the worshippers of Baal. And he brought them forth vestments. 2 Kings xvi, 15, 16. And king bullock and seven rams, the same may be a priest of them that are no gods. Ezek. xvi, 18. And tookest thy broidered garments, and coveredst them: and thou hast set mine oil and mine incense before them. 4-RELIGIOUS WORSHIP PAID TO IDOLS. Exod. xxxii, 7, 8. And the LORD said unto Moses, Go, get thee down; for thy people, which thou broughtest out of the land of Egypt, have corrupted themselves: They have turned aside quickly out of the way which I commanded them: they have made them a molten calf, and have worshipped it, and have sacrificed thereunto. and said, These be thy gods, O Israel, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt. Num. xxv, 2, 3. And they called the people unto the sacrifices of their gods: and the people did eat, and bowed down to their gods. And Israel joined himself unto Baal-peor: and the anger of the LORD was kindled against Israel. Judges x, 6. And the children of Israel did evil again in the sight of the LORD, and served Baalim, and Ashtaroth, and the gods of Syria, and the gods of Zidon, and the gods of Moab, and the gods of the children of Ammon, and the gods of the Philistines, and forsook the LORD, and served not him. lords of the Philistines gathered Judges xvi, 23, 24. Then the them together for to offer a great sacrifice unto Dagon their god, and to rejoice: for they said, Our that answered. And they leaped upon the altar which was made. 1 Kings xx, 10. And Ben-hadad sent unto him, and said, The gods do so unto me, and more also, if the dust of Samaria shall suffice for handfuls for all the people that follow me. 2 Kings xvii, 12. For they served idols, whereof the LORD had said unto them, Ye shall not do this thing, Isa. il, 8. Their land also is full of idols; they worship the work of their own hands, that which their own fingers have made. Jer. v, 7. How shall I pardon thee for this? thy children have forsaken me, and sworn by them that are no gods: when I had fed them to the full, they then com mitted adultery, and assembled themselves by troops in the har lots' houses. Daniel ii, 2-7, 13-15. Then Nebuchadnezzar the king sent to gather together the princes, the governors, and the captains, the judges, the treasurers, the counrulers of the provinces, to come sellors, the sheriffs, and all the which Nebuchadnezzar the king to the dedication of the image had set up. the governors, and captains, the Then the princes, judges, the treasurers, the coun sellors, the sheriffs, and all the rulers of the provinces, were gathered together unto the dedi cation of the image that Nebuchad they stood before the image that nezzar the king had set up; and Nebuchadnezzar had set up. Then an herald cried aloud, To you it is commanded, O people, nations, and languages, That at what time I saw it, he built an altar before it; and Aaron made proclamation, and said, To-morrow is a feast to the LORD. Exod. xxxiv, 15. Lest thou make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land, and they go a whoring after their gods, and do sacrifice unto their gods, and one call thee, and thou eat of his sacrifice." ye hear the sound of the cornet, Dan. v, 4. They drank wine, and 2 Kings x, 18-20. And Jehu gathered all the people together, and said unto them, Ahab served Baal a little, but Jehu shall serve him much. Now therefore call unto me all the prophets of Baal, all his servants, and all his priests; let none be wanting: for I have a great sacrifice to do to Baal; whosoever shall be wanting, he shall not live. But Jehu did it in them for a sweet savour: and thus it was, saith the Lord GOD. Ezek. xx, 28. For when I had brought them into the land, for the which I lifted up mine hand to give it to them, then they saw every high hill, and all the thick trees, and they offered there their sacrifices, and there they presented the provocation of their offering: there also they made their sweet savour, and poured out there their drink offerings. Hosca ii, 8. 13. For she did not know that I gave her corn, and wine, and oil, and multiplied her silver and gold, which they prepared for Baal. And I will visit upon her the days of Baalim, wherein she burnt incense to them, and she decked herself with her ear-rings and her jewels, and she went after her lovers, and forgat me, saith the LORD. Hosea iv, 19. The wind hath bound her up in her wings, and they shall be ashamed because of their sacrifices. Hosea xi, 2. As they called them, so they went from them: they sacrificed unto Baalim, and burnt incense to graven images. Hosea xii, 11. Is there iniquity in Gilead? surely they are vanity: they sacrifice bullocks in Gilgal; yea, their altars are as heaps in the furrows of the fields. 1 Cor. viii, 7, 10. Howbeit there is not in every man that knowledge: for some with conscience of the praised the gods of gold, and of subtilty, to the intent that he idol unto this hour eat it as a silver. of brass, of iron, of wood, and of stone. Hosea xili, 2. And now they sin more and more, and have made them molten images of their silver, and idols according to their own understanding, all of it the work of the craftsmen: they say of them, Let the men that sacrifice kiss the calves. Amos viii, 14. They that swear by the sin of Samaria, and say, Thy God, O Dan, liveth; and, The manner of Beer-sheba liveth; even they shall fall, and never rise up again. Hab. i, 11. Then shall his mind change, and he shall pass over, and offend, imputing this his power unto his god. Acts xix, 28, 37. And when they heard these sayings, they were full of wrath, and cried out, saying, Great is Diana of the Ephe sians. might destroy the worshippers of Isa. lvii, 6. Among the smooth a Isa. Ixv, 3. A people that provoketh me to anger continually to my face; that sacrificeth in gardens, and burneth incense upon altars of brick. Jer. xlviii, 35. Moreover, I will cause to cease in Moab, saith the LORD, him that offereth in the high places, and him that burneth incense to his gods. Ezek. viii, 11. And there stood before them seventy men of the ancients of the house of Israel, thing offered unto an idol; and their conscience being weak is defiled. For if any man see thee which hast knowledge sit at meat in the idol's temple, shall not the conscience of him which is weak be emboldened to eat those things which are offered to idols. 7.-HUMAN SACRIFICES OFFERED TO IDOLS. Lev. xviii, 21. And thou shalt not let any of thy seed pass the fire to Molech, through neither shalt thou profane the name of thy God: I am the LORD. Lev. xx, 2-5. Again, thou shalt say to the children of Israel, Whosoever he be of the children of Israel, or of the strangers that sojourn in Israel, that giveth any of his seed unto Molech, he shall surely be put to death: the people of the iand shall stone him with stones. And I will set my face him off from among his people; because he hath given of his seed unto Molech, to defile my sanctuary, and to profane my holy name. And if the people of the land do any wise hide their eyes from the man, when he giveth of his seed unto Molech, and kill For ye have brought and in the midst of them stood against that man, and will cut are hither these men, which neither robbers of churches, nor yet blasphemers of your goddess. 6-SACRIFICES OFFERED TO Jaazaniah the son of Shaphan, went up. Ezek. xvi, 19. My meat also which I gave thee, fine flour, and oil, and honey, wherewith I fed Exod. xxxii, 5. And when Aaron' thee, thou hast even set it before IDOLS. 271 him not; 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. 2 Kings ili, 26. And when the king of Moab saw that the battle was too sore for him, he took with him seven hundred men break that drew swords, to through eren unto the king of Edom: but they could not. 2 Kings fil, 27. Then he took his eldest son, that should have reigned in his stead, and offered him for a burnt-offering upon the wall. And there was great indignation against Israel: and they departed from him, and returned to their own land. 2 Kings xvi, 3. But he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, yea, and made his son to pass through the fire, according to the abominations of the heathen, whom the LORD cast out from before the children of Israel. 2 Kings xvii, 17, 18. And they caused their sons and their daughters to pass through the fire, and used divination and enchantments, and gold themselves to do evil in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger. Therefore the LORD was very angry with Israel, and removed them out of his sight: there was none left but the tribe of Judah only. 2 Kings xxi, 6. And he [Manasseh] made his son to pass through the fire, and observed times, and used enchantments, and dealt with familiar spirits and wizards: he Wrought much wickedness in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger. 2 Chron. xxviii, 3. Moreover he [Ahaz] burnt incense in the valley of the son of Hinuom, and burnt his children in the fire, after the abominations of the heathen whom the LORD had cast out before the children of Israel. Ps. evi, 37, 38. Yea, they sacrificed their sous and their daughters unto devils, And shed innocent blood, even the blood of their sons and of their daughters, whom they sacrificed unto the idols of Canaan: and the land was polluted with blood. hast taken thy sons and thy Elijah had spoken: and Jehoram reigned in his stead, in the second year of Jehoram the son of Je hoshaphat king of Judah; because he had no son. children, and delivered them to CONSULTATION IN VARIOUS Ezek. xx, 31. For when ye offer your gifts, when ye make your sons to pass through the fire, ye pollute yourselves with all your idols, even unto this day: and shall I be enquired of by you, O house of Israel? As I live, saith the Lord God, I will not be enquired of by you. Ezek. xxiii, 39. For when they had slain their children to their idols, then they came the same day into my sanctuary to profane it; and, lo, thus have they done in the midst of mine house. Micah vi, 7. Will the LORD be pleased with thousands of rams, or with ten thousands of rivers of oil? shall I give my first-born for my transgression, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul. 8-CONSULTATION OF IDOLS. 2 Kings i, 2-6, 16, 17. And Aha- angel of the LORD said to Elijah FORMS. WITCHCRAFT. Exod. xxii, 18. Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live. Lev. xix, 26. 31. Ye shall not eat any thing with the blood; neither shall ye use enchantment, nor ob serve times. Regard not them that have familiar spirits, neither seek after wizards, to be defiled by them: I am the LORD your God. Lev. xx, 27. A man also, or woman, that hath a familiar spirit, or that is a wizard, shall surely be put to death: they shall stone them with stones; their blood shall be upon them. Deut. xviii, 10-12. There shall not be found among you any one that maketh his son or his daughter to pass through the fire, or that useth divination, or an observer of times, or an enchanter, or a witch, Or a charmer, or a consulter with familiar spirits, or a wizard, or a necromancer. For all that do these things are an abomination unto the LORD: and because of these abominations the LORD thy God doth drive them out from before thee.. 2 Kings ix, 22. And it came to pass, when Joram saw Jehu, that he said, Is it peace, Jehu? And he answered, What peace, so long as the whoredoms of thy mother Jezebel and her witchcrafts are so many? 2 Chron. xxxiii, 6. He [Manasseh] observed times, and used enchantments, and used witchcraft, and dealt with a familiar spirit, and with wizards. . .... Isa. viii, 19. And when they shall say unto you, Seek unto them that have familiar spirits, and unto wizards that peep and that mutter, should not a people seek unto their God? for the living to the dead? Isa. xxix. 4. And thou shalt be brought down, and shalt speak out of the ground, and thy speech shall be low out of the dust, and thy voice shall be, as of one that Isa. vii, 5. Enflaming your bed on which thou art gone up, hath a familiar spirit, out of the selves with idols under every green tree, slaying the children in the valleys under the cliffs of the rocks. Jer. xxxii, 35. And they built the high places of Baal, which are in the valley of the son of Hinnom, to cause their sons and their daughters to pass through the fire unto Molech. Ezek. xvi, 20, 21. Moreover, thou but shalt surely die. And he said Forasmuch as thou hast sent mes ground, and thy speech shall whisper out of the dust. Therefore Jer. xxvii, 9, 10. hearken not ye to your prophets, nor to your diviners, nor to your dreamers, nor to your enchanters, nor to your sorcerers, which speak unto you, saying, Ye shall not serve the king of Babylon: For they prophesy a lie unto you, to remove you far from your Land; and that I should drive you Nahum lii, 4. Because of the multitude of the whoredoms of the well-favoured harlot, the mistress of witchcrafts, that selleth nations through her whoredoms, and families through her witchcrafts. DIVINATION. Gen. xliv, 4, 5, 15. And when they were gone out of the city, and not yet far off, Joseph said unto his steward, Up, follow after the men: and when thou dost overtake them, say unto them, Wherefore have ye rewarded evil for good? Is not this it in which my lord drinketh, and whereby indeed he divineth? ye have done evil in so doing. And Joseph said unto them, What deed is this that ye have done? wot ye not that such a man as I can certainly divine. Num. xxiv, 1. And when Balaam saw that it pleased the LORD to bless Israel, he went not, as at other times, to seek for enchantments, but he set his face toward the wilderness. wisdom and understanding, that cut off those that have familiar spirits, and the wizards, out of the land: wherefore then layest thou a snare for my life, to cause me to die? And Saul sware to her by Dan. v,7, 15. The king cried aloud the LORD, saying, 4s the LORD to bringin the astrologers,the Chal-liveth, there shall no punishment deans, and the soothsayers. And happen to thee for this thing. the king spake, and said to the Then said the woman, Whom wise men of Babylon, Whosoever shall I bring up unto thee? And shall read this writing, and show he said, Bring me up Samuel. the interpretation thereof, Andwhen the woman saw Samuel, me shall be clothed with scarlet, and she cried with a loud voice: and have a chain of gold about his the woman spake to Saul, saying, neck, and shall be the third ruler Why hast thou deceived me? for thou art Saul. And the king said in the kingdom. And now the wise men, the astrologers, have unto her, Be not afraid; for what been brought in before me, that sawest thou? and the woman said And he said they should read this writing, and unto Saul, I saw gods ascending make known unto me the inter-out of the earth. pretation thereof; but they could not shew the interpretation of the thing. unto her. What form is he of? And she said, An old man cometh up; and he is covered with a Acts xvi, 16-18. And it came to mantle. And Saul perceived that it was Samuel, and he stooped pass, as we went to prayer, a cerwith his face to the ground, and tain damsel possessed with a spirit bowed himself. And Samuel said of divination met us, which brought her masters much gain to Saul, Why hast thou disquieted by soothsaying: The same fol-me, to bring me up? And Saul lowed Paul and us, and cried, answered, I am sore distressed; saying, These men are the servants of the most high God, which shew unto us the way of salvation. And this did she many days. But Paul, being grieved, turned, and said to the spirit, I command for the Philistines make war from me, and answereth me no against me, and God is departed more, neither by prophets, nor by dreams: therefore I have called thee, that thou mayest make known unto me what I shall do. Joshua xili, 22. Balaam also, the thee, in the name of Jesus Christ, Then said Samuel, Wherefore son of Beor, the soothsayer, did the children of Israel slay with the sword among them that were slain by them. Esther vi, 13. And Haman told Zeresh his wife and all his friends every thing that had befallen him. Then said his wise men and Zeresh his wife unto him, If Mordecai be of the seed of the Jews, before whom thou hast begun to fall, thou shalt not prevail against him, but shalt surely fall before bim. Isa. ii, 6. Therefore thou hast forsaken thy people the house of Jacob,because they be replenished from the east, and are soothsayers like the Philistines, and they please themselves in the children of strangers. Isa. xlvii, 13. Thou art wearied in the multitude of thy counsels. Let now the astrologers, the stargazers, the monthly prognosticators, stand up and save thee from these things that shall come upon thee. Ezek. xxi, 22. At his right hand was the divination for Jerusalem, to appoint captains, to open the mouth in the slaughter, to lift up the voice with shouting, to appoint battering-rams against the gates, to cast a mount, and to build a fort. Dan. 1, 20. And in all matters of to come out of her. And he came NECROMANCY. And 1 Sam. xxviii, 3-25. Now Samuel 273 Because then dost thou ask of me, seeing S |