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and, behold, there came four chariots out from between two mountains; and the mountains were mountains of brass.

THE EMBLEM OF STRENGTH. Job vi, 12. 13 my strength the strength of stones? or is my flesh of brass.

Ps. cvii, 16. For he hath broken the gates of brass, and cut the bars of iron in sunder.

Isa. xlv, 2. . . . . I will break in pieces the gates of brass, and cut in sunder the bars of iron.

Jer. 1, 18. For, behold, I have made thee this day a defenced city, and an iron pillar, and brasen walls against the whole land. . . .

Jer. xv, 20. And I will make thee unto this people a fenced brasen wall: and they shall fight against thee, but they shall not prevail against thee. . . .

Micah iv, 13. Arise and thresh, O daughter of Zion: for I wiil make thine horn iron, and I will make thy hoofs brass. . . . .

IRON.

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Jer. xv, 12. Shall iron break the northern iron and the steel?

Jer. xvii, 1. The sin of Judah is written with a pen of iron, and with the point of a diamond. . . .

Ezek. iv, 3. Moreover, take thou unto thee an iron pan, and set it for a wall of iron between thee and the city; and set thy face against it, and it shall be besieged, and thou shalt lay siege against it. This shall be a sign to the house of Israel.

Ezek. xxvii, 19. Dan also and Javan, going to and fro, occupied in thy fairs; bright iron, cassia, and calamus, were in thy market.

THE EMBLEM OF HARDNESS. Deut. iii, 11. For only Og king Deut. iv, 20. But the LORD hath of Bashan remained of the rem- taken you, and brought you forth nant of giants; behold, his bed-out of the iron furnace, even ont stead was a bedstead of iron: is it of Egypt, to be unto him a people not in Rabbath of the children of of inheritance, as ye are this day. Ammon? nine cubits was the length thereof, and four cubits the breadth of it, after the cubit of a

man.

Deut. viii, 9. A land whose stones are iron, and out of whose hills thou mayest dig brass.

Josh. viii, 31. As Moses, the servant of the LORD, commanded the children of Israel, as it is written in the book of the law of Moses, an altar of whole stones, over which no man hath lift up any iron....

2 Sam. xil, 31. And he brought forth the people that were therein, and put them under saws, and under harrows of iron, and under axes of iron, and made them pass through the brick-kiln....

1 Kings vi, 7. And the house. when it was in building, was built of stone made ready before it was brought thither: so that there was neither hammer, nor axe, nor any tool of iron heard in the house while it was in building.

1 Chron. xxix, 2. Now, I have prepared with all my might for the house of my God, the gold for things to be made of gold, and the silver for things of silver, and the brass for things of brass, the iron for things of iron, and wood for things of wood.

2 Sam. xxiii, 7. But the man that shall touch them must be fenced with iron and the staff of a spear.

Jer. 1, 18. For, behold, I have made thee this day a defenced city, and an iron pillar, and brasen walls against the whole land. . . . Amos i, 3. Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Damascus, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they have threshed Gilead with threshing instruments of iron.

BRASS AND IRON OFTEN

CONNECTED.
Num. xxxi, 22. Only the gold,
and the silver, the brass, the iron,
the tin, and the lead.

Joshua xxii, 8. And he spake
unto them, saying, Return with
much riches unto your tents, and
with very much cattle, with silver,
and with gold, and with brass, and
with iron, and with very much
raiment: divide the spoil of your
enemies with your brethren.

1 Chron. xxii, 14. Now, behold, in my trouble I have prepared for the house of the LORD an hundred thousand talents of gold, and a thousand thousand talents of silver; and of brass and iron without weight; (for it is in abunJob xxviii, 2. Iron is taken out | dance.).

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2 Chron. li, 7. Send me now therefore a man cunning to work in gold, and in silver, and in brass, and in iron.

Ezek. xxii, 20. As they gather silver, and brass, and iron, and lead, and tin. into the midst of the furnace, to blow the fire upon it, to melt it; so will I gather you in mine anger and in my fury, and I will leave you there, and melt you.

Lev. xxvi, 19. And I will break the pride of your power; and I will make your heaven as iron, and your earth as brass.

Deut. xxxiii, 25. Thy shoes shall be iron and brass; and as thy days, so shall thy strength be.

Isa. xlviii, 4. Because I knew that thou art obstinate, and thy neck is an iron sinew, and thy brow brass.

COPPER.

Ezra viii, 27. Also twenty basons of gold of a thousand drams, and two vessels of fine copper, precious as gold.

LEAD.

Num. xxxi, 22. Only the gold, and the silver, the brass, the iron, the tin, and the lead.

Job xix, 24. That they were graven with an iron pen, and lead in the rock for ever.

Jer. vi, 29. The bellows are burnt, the lead is consumed of the fire, the founder melteth in vain; for the wicked are not plucked away.

Ezek. xxii, 18. Son of man, the house of Israel is to me become dross: all they are brass, and tin, and iron, and lead, in the midst of the furnace; they are even the dross of silver.

TIN.

Isa. i, 25. And I will turn my hand upon thee, and purely purge away thy dross, and take away all thy tin.

Ezek. xxvii, 12. Tarshish was thy merchant by reason of the multitude of all kind of riches; with silver, iron, tin, and lead, they traded in thy fairs.

MINERALS.

Deut. xxxiii, 15. And for the chief things of the ancient moun. tains, and for the precious things of the lasting bills.

Judges iii, 26. And Ehud escaped while they tarried, and passed beyond the quarries, and escaped unto Seirath.

Job xxviii, 5, 6. As for the earth out of it cometh bread: and under it is turned up as it were fire. The stones of it are the place of sapphires: and it hath dust of gold. 2 F

Isa. xxxiii, 12. And the people ghall be as the burnings of lime; as thorns cut up shall they be burned in the fire.

SALT.

Judges ix, 45. And Abimelech fought against the city all that day; and he took the city, and slew the people that was therein, and beat down the city, and sowed it with salt.

Mark ix, 49, 50. For every one shall be salted with fire, and every sacrifice shall be salted with salt. Salt is good: but if the salt have lost his saltness, wherewith will ye season it? Have salt in yourselves, and have peace one with another. Luke xiv, 34, 35. Salt is good:

but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be seasoned?

It is neither fit for the land, nor yet for the dunghill; but men' cast it out. He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.

JEWELS.

See under DRESS, Page 160, 161.

PRECIOUS STONES.

1 Kings x, 2, 11. And she came to Jerusalem with a very great train, with camels that bare spices, and very much gold, and precious stones..... And the navy also of Hiram, that brought gold from Ophir, brought in from Ophir great plenty of almug trees, and precious stones.

1 Chron. xxix, 2, 8. Now I have prepared with all my might for the house of my God, .... Onyxstones, and stones to be set, glistering stones, and of divers colours, and all manner of precious stones, and marble stones in abundance. And they with whom precious stones were found gave them to the treasure of the house

of the LORD, by the hand of Jehiel the Gershonite.

2 Chron. iii, 6. And he garnished the house with precious stones for beauty....

2 Chron.xxxii, 27. And Hezekiah had exceeding much riches and honour: and he made himself treasuries for silver, and for gold, and for precious stones, and for spices, and for shields, and for all manner of pleasant jewels.

Rev. xviii, 12. The merchandise of gold, and silver, and precious stones, and of pearls..

Rev. xxi, 19. And the foundations of the wall of the city were

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Exod. xxviii, 17-20. And thou shalt set in it settings of stones, even four rows of stones: the first row shall be a sardius, a topaz and a carbuncle: this shall be the first row. And the second row shall be an emerald, a sapphire, and a diamond. And the third row a ligure, an agate, and an ameAnd the fourth row a thyst.

beryl, and an onyx, and a jasper; they shall be set in gold in their inclosings.

Rev. xxi, 19-21. And the foundations of the wall of the city acere garnished with all manner of precious stones. The first foundation was jasper; the second, sapphire; the third, a chalcedony; the fourth, an emerald; The fifth, sardonyx; the sixth, sardius; the seventh, chrysolite; the eighth, beryl; the ninth, a topaz, the tenth, a chrysoprasus; the eleventh, a jacinth; the twelfth, an amethyst. And the twelve gates were twelve pearls; every several gate was of one pearl: and the street of the city was pure gold, as it were transparent glass.

OTHER PRECIOUS STONES MEN

TIONED IN SCRIPTURE. AGATE AND CARBUNCLE. Isa. liv, 12. And I will make thy windows of agates, and thy gates of carbuncles, and all thy borders of pleasant stones. BERYL

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EMERALD AND SARDINE. Ezek. xxvii, 16. Syria was thy merchant by reason of the multitude of the wares of thy making. they occupied in thy fairs with emeralds, purple, and broidered work, and fine linen, and coral, and agate.

Rev. iv, 3. And he that sat was to look upon like a jasper and a sardine stone.

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Lam. iv, 7. Her Nazarites were purer than snow, they were whiter than milk, they were more polishing was of sapphire. ruddy in body than rubies, their

SAPPHIRE.

the God of Israel: and there was Erod. xxiv, 10. Aud they saw under his feet as it were a paved work of a sapphire stone, and as it were the body of heaven in kis clearness.

firmament that was over their Ezek. 1, 26. And above the heads was the likeness of a throne, as the appearance of a sapphirestone: and upon the likeness of the throne was the likeness as the appearance of a man above upon it,

MINISTERS OF RELIGION.

1. UNDER THE OLD

DISPENSATION,

1.-PRIESTS.

A PATRIARCHAL PRIEST.

And Moses brought Aaron and his sons, and washed them with water. And ye shall not go out of the door of the tabernacle of the congregation in seven days, until the days of your consecration be at an Gen. xiv, 18, 19. And Melchiz-end: for seven days shall he conedek king of Salem brought secrate you. As he hath done forth bread and wine: and he was this day, so the LORD hath comthe priest of the most high God. manded to do, to make an atoneAnd he blessed him, and said, ment for you. Therefore shall ye Blessed be Abram of the most abide at the door of the taberhigh God, possessor of heaven nacle of the congregation day and and earth. night seven days, and keep the charge of the LORD, that ye die not: for so I am commanded. So Aaron and his sons did all things which the LORD commanded by the hand of Moses.

Heb. vii, 1-3. For this Melchisedec, king of Salem, priest of the most high God, who met Abraham returning from the slaughter of the kings, and blessed him; To whom also Abraham gave a tenth part of all; first being, by interpretation, King of righteousness, and after that also King of Salem, which is, King of peace: Without father, without mother, without descent, having neither beginning of days, nor end of life; but, made like unto the Son of God, abideth a priest continually.

JEWISH PRIESTS.

Exod. xix, 22. And let the priests also, which come near to the LORD, sanctify themselves, lest the LORD break forth upon them.

Exod. xxviii, 1. And take thou unto thee Aaron thy brother, and his sons with him, from among the children of Israel, that he may minister unto me in the priest's office, even Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar, Aaron's sons.

Lev. xxi, 6. They shall be holy unto their God, and not profane the name of their God: for the offerings of the LORD made by fire, and the bread of their God, they do offer; therefore they shall be holy.

Num. iii, 10, 38. And thou shalt appoint Aaron and his sons, and they shall wait on their priest's office: and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death. But those that encamp before the tabernacle toward the east, even before the tabernacle of the congregation eastward, shall be Moses, and Aaron and his sons, keeping the charge of the sanctuary, for the charge of the children of Israel; and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death.

Num. xvii, 7. Therefore thou and thy sons with thee shall keep

thee, Uzziah, to burn incense unto the LORD, but to the priests the sons of Aaron, that are consecrated to burn incense: go out of the sanctuary; for thou hast trespassed: neither shall it be for thine honour from the LORD God.

2 Chron. XXXV, 10. So the service was prepared, and the priests stood in their place, and the Levites in their courses, according to the king's commandment.

Isa. lxvi, 21. And I will also take of them for priests, and for Levites, saith the LORD.

THEIR VARIOUS DUTIES.

Lev. x, 11. And that ye may teach the children of Israel all the statutes which the LORD hath spoken unto them by the hand of Moses.

the generations of Aaron and Num. iii, 1-4, 32. These also are Moses, in the day that the LORD spake with Moses in mount Sinai. And these are the names of the sons of Aaron: Nadab the firstborn, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar. These are the names of the sons of Aaron, the priests which were anointed, whom be consecrated to minister in the priest's office. And Nadab and Abihu died before the LORD, when they offered strange fire before the LORD, in the wilderness of Sinal, and they had no children: and Eleazar and Ithamar ministered in the priest's office in the sight of Aaron their father. And Eleazar, the son of Aaron the of the Levites, and have the overpriest, shall be chief over the chief

Exod. xxix, 35. And thus shalt your priest's office for every thing sight of them that keep the charge

thou do unto Aaron, and to his sons, according to all things which I have commanded thee: seven days shalt thou consecrate them.

of the altar, and within the vail; and ye shall serve: I have given your priest's office unto you as a service of gift; and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death.

Lev. viii, 2-6, 33-36. Take Aaron and his sons with him, and the garments, and the anointing oil, and a bullock for the sin-offering, 2 Chron. xxvi, 16-18. But when and two rams, and a basket of he [Uzziah] was strong, his heart unleavened bread; And gather was lifted up to his destruction: thou all the congregation together for he transgressed against the unto the door of the tabernacle of LORD his God, and went into the the congregation. And Moses temple of the LORD to burn indid as the LORD commanded him; cense upon the altar of incense. and the assembly was gathered And Azariah the priest went in together unto the door of the after him, and with him fourscore tabernacle of the congregation. priests of the LORD, that were valAnd Moses said unto the congre- lant men; And they withstood gation, This is the thing which Uzziah the king, and said unto the LORD commanded to be done. I him, It appertaineth not unto

of the sanctuary.

Num. iv, 5-16. And when the camp setteth forward, Aaron shall come, and his sons, and they shall take down the covering vail, and cover the ark of testimony with it; And shall put thereon the covering of badgers' skins, and shall spread over it a cloth wholly of blue, and shall put in the staves thereof. And upon the table of shew-bread they shall spread a cloth of blue, and put thereon the dishes, and the spoons, and the bowls, and covers to cover withal: and the continual bread shall be thereon. And they shall spread upon them a cloth of scarlet, and cover the same with a covering of badgers' skins, and shall put in

the staves thereof. And they shall take a cloth of blue, and cover the candlestick of the light, and his lamps, and his tongs, and his snuff-dishes, and all the oilvessels thereof, wherewith they

they had carried away from Sa-
maria, came and dwelt in Beth-el,
and taught them how they should
fear the LORD.

1 Chron. vi, 49. But Aaron and

for all the work of the place most

priest taken from among men is Heb. v, 1-4. For every higit ordained for men in things per taining to God, that he may offer Who can have compassion on the both gifts and sacrifices for sins:

minister unto it. And they shall his sons offered upon the altar of ignorant, and on them that are put it, and all the vessels thereof the burnt-offering, and on the al-out of the way; for that he himwithin a covering of badgers' tar of incense, and were appointed self also is compassed with infirskins, and shall put it upon a bar. holy, and to make an atonement mity. And by reason hereof be And upon the golden altar they for Israel, according to all that ought, as for the people, so also shall spread a cloth of blue, and for himself, to offer for sins. And himself, but he that is called of God, as was Aaron.

cover it with a covering of bad-Moses, the servant of God, had no man taketh this honour unto

gers' skins, and shall put to the staves thereof. And they shall take all the instruments of ministry, wherewith they minister in the sanctuary, and put them in a cloth of blue, and cover them with a covering of badgers' skins, and shall put them on a bar. And they shall take away the ashes from the altar, and spread a purple cloth thereon: And they shall put upon it all the vessels thereof, wherewith they minister about it, even the censers, the flesh-hooks, and the shovels, and the basons, all the vessels of the altar; and they shall spread upon it a covering of badgers' skins, and put to the staves of it. And when Aaron and his sons have made an end of covering the sanctuary, and all the vessels of the sanctuary, as the camp is to set forward; after that, the sons of Kohath shall come to bear it: but they shall not touch any holy thing, lest they die. These things are the burden of the sons of Kohath in the tabernacle of the congregation. And to the office of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, pertaineth the oil for the light, and the sweet incense, and the daily meat offering, and the anointing oil, and the oversight of all the tabernacle, and of all that therein is, in the sanctuary, and in the vessels thereof.

Num. xviii, 1. And the LORD said unto Aaron, Thou, and thy sons, and thy father's house with thee, shall bear the iniquity of the sanctuary: and thou and thy sons with thee shall bear the iniquity of your priesthood.

Num. xxvii, 19, 22. And set him before Eleazar the priest, and before all the congregation; and gave him a charge in their sight. And Moses did as the LORD commanded him: and he took Joshua, and set him before Eleazar the priest, and before all the congregation.

2 Kings xvii, 27, 28. Then the king of Assyria commanded, saying, Carry thither one of the priests whom ye brought from thence; and let them go and dwell there, and let him teach them the manner of the God of the land. one of the priests, whom

commanded.

1 Chron. ix, 30. And some of the sons of the priests made the ointment of the spices.

1 Chron. xvi, 39, 40. And Zadok the priest, and his brethren the priests, before the tabernacle of the LORD, in the high place that was at Gibeon, To offer burnt-offerings unto the LORD upon the altar of the burnt-offering continually morning and evening, and to do according to all that is written in the law of the LORD, which he commanded Israel.

1 Chron. xxiil, 13. The sons of Amram; Aaron and Moses: and Aaron was separated, that he should sanctify the most holy things, he and his sons for ever, to burn incense before the LORD, to minister unto him, and to bless in his name for ever.

teach my people the difference
Ezek. xliv, 23. 24. And they shall
between the holy and profane,
and cause them to discern between
the unclean and the clean. And
in controversy they shall stand in
judgment; and they shall judge it
according to my judgments: and
they shall keep my laws and my
statutes in all mine assemblies;

and they shall hallow my sab
baths.

THE HIGH PRIEST.

Lev. xxi, 10-15. And he that is the high priest among his brethren, upon whose head the anointing oil was poured, and that is consecrated to put on the garments, shall not uncover his head, nor rend his clothes; Neither shall defile himself for his father or for he go in to any dead body, nor his mother; Neither shall he go out of the sanctuary, nor profane the sanctuary of his God; for the crown of the anointing oil of his God is upon him: I am the LORD. And he shall take a wife in her virginity. A widow, or a divorced woman, or profane, or an harlot, these shall he not take; but he shall take a virgin of his own people to wife. Neither shall he profane his seed among his people: for I the LORD do sanctify him.

Acts vil, 1. Then said the high priest, Are these things so? 452

FIDELITY AND BLESSING. not now negligent: for the LORD 2 Chron. xxix, 11. My sons, be hath chosen you to stand before him, to serve him, and that ye should minister unto him, and burn incense.

been mindful of us; he will bless Ps. cxv, 12. The LORD hath us: he will bless the house of Israel: he will bless the house of Aaron.

the Priests of the LORD: men shall 1sa. Ixi, 6. But ye shall be named call you the Ministers of our God: ye shall eat the riches of the Gentiles, and in their glory shall ye boast yourselves.

Jer. xxxi, 14. And I will satiate with and my people shall be satisfied the soul of the priests with fatness, LORD. my goodness, saith the

the Levites, the sons of Zadok, Ezek. xliv, 15, 16. But the priests that kept the charge of my sanc tuary when the children of Israel went astray from me, they shall come near to me to minister unto

me, and they shall stand before

me to offer unto me the fat and the blood, saith the Lord God: They shall enter into my sanctumy table, to minister unto me, and ary, and they shall come near to they shall keep my charge

Mal. ii, 4-6. And ye shall know that I have sent this commandment unto you, that my covenant might be with Levi, saith the with him of life and peace; and I LORD of hosts. My covenant was gave them to him for the fear wherewith he feared me, and was afraid before my name. of truth was in his mouth, and iniquity was not found in his lips: he walked with me in peace and equity, and did turn many away from iniquity.

The law

SINS OF THE PRIESTHOOD.

REBELLION.

spake unto Korah, and unto all Num. xvi, 5-11, 17-19. And be his company, saying, Even tomorrow the LORD will shew who are his, and who is holy; and will

PROFANITY.

cause him to come near unto him: [ the offering of the LORD. Now
even him whom he hath chosen Eli was very old, and heard all
will he cause to come near unto that his sons did unto all Israel;
him. This do: Take your censers, and how they lay with the women
Korah, and all his company; And that assembled at the door of the
put fire therein, and put incense tabernacle of the congregation.
in them before the LORD to-mor- And he said unto them, Why do
row; and it shall be, that the man ye such things? for I hear of your
whom the LORD doth choose, he evil dealings by all this people.
shall be holy. Ye take too much Nay, my sons; for it is no good
upon you, ye sons of Levi. And report that I hear: ye make
Moses said unto Korah, Hear Ithe LORD's people to trangress.
pray you, ye sons of Levi; Seem- Wherefore kick ye at my sacrifice
eth it but a small thing unto you, and at mine offering, which I have
that the God of Israel hath sepa- commanded in my habitation; and
rated you from the congregation honourest thy sons above me, to
of Israel, to bring you near to make yourselves fat with the
himself, to do the service of the chiefest of all the offerings of
tabernacle of the LORD, and to Israel my people?
stand before the congregation to
minister unto them? And he hath
brought thee near to him, and all
thy brethren the sons of Levi with
thee; and seek ye the priesthood
also? For which cause, both thou
and all thy company are gathered
together against the LORD; and
what is Aaron, that ye murmur
against him? And take every man
his censer, and put incense in
them, and bring ye before the
LORD every man his censer, two
hundred and fifty censers; thou
also, and Aaron, each of you his
censer. And they took every man
his censer, and put fire in them, and
laid incense thereon, and stood in
the door of the tabernacle of the
congregation with Moses and
Aaron. And Korah gathered all the
congregation against them unto
the door of the tabernacle of the

congregation: and the glory of the LORD appeared unto all the congregation.

DISSIPATION.

1 Sam. ii, 12--17, 22-24, 29. Now the sons of Eli were sons of Belial; they knew not the LORD. And the priest's custom with the people was, that, when any man offered sacrifice, the priest's servant came, while the flesh was in seething, with a flesh-hook of three teeth in his hand: And he struck it into the pan, or kettle, or caldron, or pot; all that the flesh - hook brought up the priest took for himself. So they did in Shiloh unto all the Israelites that came thither. Also before they burnt the fat, the priest's servant came, and said to the man that sacrificed, Give flesh to roast for the priest; for he will not have sodden flesh of thee, but raw. And if any man said unto him, Let them not fail to burn the fat presently, and then take as much as thy soul desireth; then he would answer him, Nay; but thou shalt give it me now: and if not, I will take it by force. Wherefore the sin of the young men was very great before the LORD; for men abhorred

Ezra ii, 61, 62. And of the children of the priests: the children of Habaiah, the children of Koz, took a wife of the daughters of the children of Barzillai; (which Barzillai the Gileadite, and was called after their name:) These sought their register among those that were reckoned by genealogy, but they were not found; therefore were they, as polluted, put from the priesthood.

Neh. vii, 64. These sought their register among those that were reckoned by genealogy, but it was not found: therefore were they, as polluted, put from the priest hood.

Neh. xill, 29, Remember thou, O my God, because they have defiled the priesthood, and the covenant of the priesthood, and of the

Levites.

Jer. ii, 8. The priests said not, Where is the LORD? and they that handle the law knew me not: the pastors also transgressed against me, and the prophets prophesied by Baal, and walked after things that do not profit.

Jer. x, 21. For the pastors are become brutish, and have not sought the LORD: therefore they shall not prosper, and all their flocks shall be scattered.

Jer. xii, 10, 11. Many pastors have destroyed my vineyard, they have trodden my portion under foot, they have made my pleasant portion a desolate wilderness. They have made it desolate, and being desolate it mourneth unto me; the whole land is made desolate, because no man layeth it to heart.

Ezek. xxii, 26. Her priests have violated my law, and have profaned mine holy things: they have put no difference between the holy and profane, neither have they shewed difference between the unclean and the clean, and have hid their eyes from my sab

baths, and I am profaned among them.

Hosea v, 1. Hear ye this, O priests; and hearken, ye house of Israel; and give ye ear, O house of the king; for judgment is toward you, because ye have been a snare on Mizpah, and a net spread upon Tabor.

light and treacherous persons: Zeph. iii, 4. Her prophets are her priests have polluted the sanctuary, they have done violence to the law.

Mal. 1, 6. A son honoureth his father, and a servant his master: if then I be a father, where is mine honour? and if I be a master, where is my fear? saith the LORD of hosts unto you, O priests, that despise have we despised thy name? my name. And ye say, Wherein

Mal. ii, 8. But ye are departed many to stumble at the law; ye out of the way; ye have caused have corrupted the covenant of Levi, saith the LORD of hosts.

AND IDOLATRY.

Ezek. xliv, 10-14. And the Levites that are gone away far from me, when Israel went astray, which went astray from me after their idols; they shall even bear their iniquity. Yet they shall be ministers in my sanctuary, having charge at the gates of the house, and ministering to the house: they and the sacrifice for the people, they shall slay the burnt-offering and they shall stand before them to minister unto them. Because

they ministered unto them before their idols, and caused the house of Israel to fall into iniquity; therefore have I lifted up mine hand against them, saith the Lord GOD, and they shall bear their iniquity. And they shall not come near unto me, to do the office of a priest unto me, nor to come near to any of my holy things, in the most holy place; but they shall bear their shame, and their abominations which they have committed; But I will make them keepers of the charge of the house, for all the service thereof, and for all that shall be done therein.

THE SACRED VESTMENTS.

Exod. xxviii, 2-5. And thou shalt make holy garments for Aaron thy brother, for glory and for beauty. And thou shalt speak unto all that are wise-hearted, whom I have filled with the spirit of wisdom, that they may make Aaron's garments to consecrate him, that he may minister unto me in the priest's office. And these are the garments which they shall make; a breastplate, and an ephod, and a robe, and a

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