when the Jews were gone out of the synagogue, the Gentiles besought that these words might be preached to them the next sabbath. And the next sabbath-day came almost the whole city together to hear the word of God. Acts xvi, 13. And on the sabbath we went out of the city by a riverside, where prayer was wont to be nade; and we sat down, and spake into the women which resorted hither. Acts xvii, 1, 2. Now, when they ad passed through Amphipolis nd Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where was a synaogue of the Jews: And Paul s his manner was, went in unto hem, and three sabbath-days easoned with them out of the criptures. Acts xviii, 4. And he reasoned a the synagogue every sabbath, nd persuaded the Jews and the ireeks. WORKS OF RELIGION, NECESSITY, AND MERCY TO BE DONE. 2 Kings xi, 5, 7, 9. And he comanded them, saying, This is the ing that ye shall do; A third art of you that enter in on the abbath shall even be keepers of ie watch of the king's house. nd two parts of all you that go orth on the sabbath, even they all keep the watch of the house the LORD about the king. And le captains over the hundreds d according to all things that eholada the priest commanded: id they took every man his men gate before the LORD in the sabbaths, and in the new-moons. And the burnt-offering that the prince shall offer unto the LORD in the sabbath day shall be six lambs without blemish, and a ram without blemish. Matth. xil, 5, 10-12. Or have ye not read in the law, how that on the sabbath-days the priests in the temple profane the sabbath, and are blameless? And, behold, there was a man which had his hand withered. And they asked him, saying, Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath days? that they might accuse him. And he said unto them, What man shall there be among you, that shall have one sheep, and if it fall into a pit on the sabbath day, will he not lay hold on it, and lift it out? How much then is a man better than a sheep? Wherefore it is lawful to do well on the sabbath days. Luke vi, 9, 10. Then said Jesus unto them, I will ask you one thing, Is it lawful on the sabbathdays to do good, or to do evil? to save life, or to destroy it? And looking round about upon them all, he said unto the man, Stretch forth thy hand. And he did so: and his hand was restored whole as the other. of the synagogue auswered with Luke xiii, 14-16. And the ruler indignation, because that Jesus had healed on the sabbath-day, and said unto the people, There are six days in which men ought and be healed, and not on the to work: in them therefore come sabbath day. The Lord then eat. But when the Pharisees saw it, they said unto him, Behold, thy disciples do that which is not lawful to do upon the sabbathday. Mark 11, 23, 24. And it came to pass, that he went through the corn fields on the sabbath day; and his disciples began, as they went, to pluck the ears of corn. And the Pharisees said unto him, Behold, why do they on the sabbath-day that which is not lawful? Luke vi, 1, 2, 5-7. And it came after the first, that he went through to pass on the second sabbath the corn fields; and his disciples plucked the ears of corn, and did eat, rubbing them in their hands. And certain of the Pharisees said unto them, Why do ye that which is not lawful to do on the sabbathdays? And he said unto them, That the Son of man is Lord also of the sabbath. And it came to pass also on another sabbath, that he entered into the synagogue and taught: and there was a man whose right hand was withered. And the scribes and Pharisees watched him, whether he would heal on the sabbath-day; that they might find an accusation against him. Luke xill, 14. And the ruler of dignation, because that Jesus had the synagogue answered with inhealed on the sabbath day, and said unto the people, There are six days in which men ought to work: in them therefore come and day. be healed, and not on the sabbath John v, 10, 11. The Jews there at were to come in on the sab- answered him, and said, Thou fore said unto him that was cured, ith, with them that should go hypocrite, doth not each one of It is the sabbath day: it is not it on the sabbath, and came to ehoiada the priest. 2 Chron. xxiii, 4, 8. This is the ing that ye shall do; A third irt of you entering on the sabith, of the priests and of the evites, shall be porters of the Dors: So the Levites and all adah did according to all things at Jehoiada the priest had comanded, and took every man his en that were to come in on the bbath, with them that were to 5 out on the sabbath: for Jehoiathe priest dismissed not the urses. Ezek. xlvi, 2-4. And the prince all enter by the way of the orch of that gate without, and all stand by the post of the gate, ad the priests shall prepare his urnt-offering, and his peacefferings, and he shall worship at he threshold of the gate: then he Gall go forth; but the gate shall ot be shut until the evening Ikewise the people of the land hall worship at the door of this you on the sabbath loose his ox or his ass from the stall, and lead him away to watering? And ought not this woman, being a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan hath bound, lo, these eighteen years, be loosed from this bond on the sabbath-day? John vil, 22, 23. Moses therefore gave unto you circumcision; (not because it is of Moses, but of the fathers;) and ye on the sabbathday circumcise a man. If a man on the sabbath-day receive circumcision, that the law of Moses should not be broken; are ye angry at me, because I have made a man every whit whole on the sabbath-day? SUPERSTITIOUS OBSERVANCE OF THE SABBATH. Matth. xii, 1, 2. At that time Jesus went on the sabbath day through the corn; and his disciples were an hungered, and began to pluck the ears of corn, and to lawful for thee to carry thy bed. He answered them, He that made me whole, the same said unto me, Take up thy bed, and walk. Acts 1, 12. Then returned they unto Jerusalem from the mount called Olivet, which is from Jerusalem a sabbath day's journey. SABBATH PROFANATION. 2 Kings xvi, 18. And the covert for the sabbath that they had built in the house, and the king's entry without, turned he from the house of the LORD for the king of Assyria. Neh. xiii, 15-18. In those days saw I in Judah some treading wine-presses on the sabbath, and bringing in sheaves, and lading asses; as also wine, grapes, and figs, and all manner of burdens, which they brought into Jerusalem on the sabbath-day: and I testified against them in the day wherein they sold victuals. There dwelt men of Tyre also therein, which brought fish, and all man- I put to death: all the congregation | Jer. xvii, 27. But if you will not hearken unto me to hallow the speaking thine own words The shalt thou delight thyself in t LORD; and I will cause thee to n upon the high places of the eart and feed thee with the heritage Jacob thy father. for the mom of the LORD hath spoken it. Jer. xvii, 24, 25. And it come to pass, if ye diligently God bring all this evil upon us, sabbath-day, and not to bear a hearken unto me, saith the Le and upon this city? yet ye bring burden, even entering in at the to bring in no burden throat more wrath upon Israel, by pro-gates of Jerusalem on the sab- gates of this city on the sid faning the sabbath. bath-day, then will I kindle a fire day, but hallow the sabbeb-S in the gates thereof, and it shall to do no work therein; Things devour the palaces of Jerusalem, there enter into the gates of and it shall not be quenched. city kings and princes sitting qa Lam. ii, 6. And he hath violent-chariots and on horses, they . the throne of David, riding t and the inhabitants of Jerusset their princes, the men of Jotal and this city shall remain for ere SABBATH KEPT IN THE LETTER Lam. 1, 7. Jerusalem remembered in the days of her affliction, and of her miseries, all her pleasant things that she had in the days of old, when her people fellly taken away his tabernacle, as into the hand of the enemy, and if it were of a garden; he hath none did help her; the adversaries saw her, and did mock at her destroyed his places of the assemsabbaths. bly: the LORD hath caused the Ezek. xx, 21. Notwithstanding the children rebelled against me: they walked not in my statutes, neither kept my judgments to do them, which if a man do, he shall even live in them; they polluted my sabbaths; then I said, I would pour out my fury upon them, to accomplish my anger against them in the wilderness. Ezek. xxii, 8. Thou hast despised mine holy things, and hast profaned my sabbaths. Ezek. xxiii, 38. Moreover, this they have done unto me; they have deflled my sanctuary in the same day, and have profaned my sabbaths. Amos viii, 5. Saying, When will the new moon be gone, that we may sell corn? and the sabbath, that we may set forth wheat, making the ephah small, and the shekel great, and falsifying the balances by deceit. PENALTY AGAINST SABBATH BREAKERS. Exod. xxxi, 14, 15. Ye shall keep the sabbath therefore; for it is holy unto you: every one that defileth it shall surely be put to death: for whosoever doeth any work therein, that soul shall be cut off from among his people. Six days may work be done; but in the seventh is the sabbath of rest, holy to the LORD: whosoever doeth any work in the sabbathday, he shall surely be put to death. Num. xv, 32-36. And while the children of Israel were in the wilderness, they found a man that gathered sticks upon the Sabbathday. And they that found him gathering sticks brought him unto Moses and Aaron, and unto all the congregation. And they put him in ward, because it was not declared what should be done to him. And the LORD said unto Moses, The man shall be surely solemn feasts and sabbaths to be forgotten in Zion, and hath de- Hos. ii, 11. I will also cause all and all her solemn feasts. PROMISES TO SABBATH Isa. Ivi, 2--7. Blessed is the man the stranger, that hath joined him- Neh. x, 31. And if the perple the land bring ware, of victuals, on the sabbath-dry sell, that we would not bay them on the sabbath, or ent holy-day; and that we weald hn' the seventh year, and the exa of every debt. Neh. xiii, 19-22. And it can pass, that when the gates of le the sabbath, I commanded salem began to be dark b charged that they should n the gates should be she f opened till after the sabbatica gates, that there should no he some of my servants set I st be brought in on the sabbat all kind of ware, lodged with So the merchants, and selen Jerusalem once or twice. T testified against them, as unto them, Why lodge ye h the wall? if ye do so again It lay hands on you. From that forth came they no more on thes bath. And I commanded th vites that they should c themselves, and that they sho come and keep the gates, to SC me, O my God, concerning Dr also, and spare me accuring * the greatness of thy mercy. AND TO BE ALSO KEPT IN SPIT stranger, that join themselves totify the sabbath day. Reme mine house shall be called an Isa. lviii, 13, 14. If thou turn Isa. i, 13. Bring no more Ta oblations: incense is an atomo tion unto me; the new-mos sabbaths, the calling of assenzia cannot away with: it is iniquity even the solemn meeting. I Mark ii, 27. And he said them, The sabbath was mast man, and not man for the satisl 3rd. THE CHRISTIAN SABBATE Acts xx, 7. And upon the s day of the week, when the ciples came together to bresi bread, Paul preached unto them, I year, and eat yet of old fruit until ready to depart on the morrow, the ninth year; until her fruits and continued his speech until come in ye shall eat of the old store. midnight. 1 Cor. xvi, 1, 2. Now concerning the collection for the saints, as I have given order to the churches of Galatia, even so do ye. Upon the first day of the week let every one of you lay by him in store, as God hath prospered him, that there be no gatherings when I come. Rev. i, 10. I was in the Spirit on the Lord's day, and heard behind me a great voice, as of a trumpet. JEWISH SABBATH NOT BINDING ON CHRISTIANS. Col. ii, 16, 17. Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of an holyday, or of the new moon, or of the Lev. xxvi, 34, 35, 43. Then shall the land enjoy her sabbaths, as long as it lieth desolate, and ye be in your enemies' land; even then shall the land rest, and enjoy her As long as it lieth sabbaths. desolate it shall rest; because it did not rest in your sabbaths, when ye dwelt upon it. The land also shall be left of them, and shall enjoy her sabbaths, while she lieth desolate without them: and they shall accept of the punishment of their iniquity: because, even because they despised my judgments, and because their soul abhorred my statutes. 2 Chron. xxxvi, 20, 21. And them that had escaped from the sword carried he away to Babysabbath-days; Which are a sha-lon; where they were servants to dow of things to come; but the him and his sons until the reign body is of Christ. of the kingdom of Persia: To fulfil the word of the LORD by the mouth of Jeremiah, until the land had enjoyed her sabbaths: for as long as she lay desolate she kept sabbath, to fulfil threescore and ten years. 4th. SABBATICAL YEAR. Exod. xxiii, 10, 11. And six years thou shalt sow thy land, and shalt gather in the fruits thereof; But the seventh year thou shalt let it rest and lie still; that the poor of thy people may eat: and what they leave the beasts of the field shall eat. In like manner thou shalt deal with thy vineyard, and with thy oliveyard. Lev. xxv, 2-7, 20-22. Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye come unto the land which I give you, then shall the land keep a sabbath unto the LORD. Six years thou shalt sow thy fleld, and six years thou shalt prune thy vineyard, and gather in the fruit thereof; But in the seventh year shall be a sabbath of rest unto the land, a sabbath for the LORD: thou shalt neither sow thy field, nor prune thy vineyard. That which groweth of its own accord of thy harvest thou shalt not reap, neither gather the grapes of thy vine undressed: for it is a year of rest unto the land. And the sabbath of the land shall be meat for you; for thee, and for thy servant, and for thy maid, and for thy hired servant, and for thy stranger that sojourneth with thee. And for thy cattle, and for the beast that are in thy land, shall all the increase thereof be meat. And if ye shall say, What shall we eat the seventh year? behold, we shall not sow, nor gather in our increase; Then I will command my blessing upon you in the sixth year, and it shall bring forth fruit for three years. And ye shall sow the eighth 5th. OTHER HOLY DAYS. Exod. xxili, 14, 17. Three times thou shalt keep a feast unto me in the year. Three times in the year all thy males shall appear before the LORD God. Exod. xxxiv, 23, 24. Thrice in the year shall all your men-children appear before the Lord GOD, the God of Israel. For I will cast out the nations before thee, and enlarge thy borders: neither shall any man desire thy land, when thou shalt go up to appear before the LORD thy God thrice in the year. And Moses declared unto the children of Israel the feasts of the LORD. Deut. xvi, 16. Three times in a year shall all thy males appear before the LORD thy God in the place which he shall choose; in the feast of unleavened bread, and in the feast of weeks, and in the feast of tabernacles: and they shall not appear before the LORD empty. Lev. xxiii, 2, 4, 44. Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, Concerning the feasts of the LORD, which ye shall proclaim to be holy convocations, THE YEAR OF JUBILEE. even these are my feasts. These Lev. xxv, 8-13, 39-41, 54. And are the feasts of the LORD, even thou shalt number seven sab-holy convocations, which ye shall baths of years unto thee, seven proclaim in their seasons. times seven years; and the space of the seven sabbaths of years shall be unto thee forty and nine years. Then shalt thou cause the trumpet of the jubilee to sound, on the tenth day of the seventh month; in the day of atonement shall ye make the trumpet sound throughout all your land. And ye shall hallow the fiftieth year, and proclaim liberty throughout all the land unto all the inhabitants thereof: it shall be a jubilee unto you; and ye shall return every man unto his possession, and ye shall return every man unto his family. A jubilee shall that fiftieth year be unto you: ye shall not sow, neither reap that which groweth of itself in it, nor gather the grapes in it of thy vine undressed. For it is the jubilee; it shall be holy unto you: ye shall eat the increase thereof out of the field. In the year of this jubilee ye shall return every man unto his possession. And if thy brother that dwelleth by thee be waxen poor, and be sold unto thee; thou shalt not compel him to serve as a bondservant: But as an hired servant, and as a sojourner, he shall be with thee, and shall serve thee unto the year of jubilee. then shall he depart from thee, both he and his children with Judges xxi, 19. Then they said, Behold, there is a feast of the LORD in Shiloh yearly, in a place which is on the north side of Beth-el, on the east side of the highway that goeth up from Beth-el to Shechem, and on the south of Lebonah. 1 Sam. i, 3, 21. And this man went up out of his city yearly, to worship and to sacrifice unto the LORD of hosts in Shiloh: and the Phinehas, the priests of the LORD, two sons of Eli, Hoplini and were there. And the man Elkanah, and all his house, went up to offer unto the LORD the yearly sacrifice, and his vow. 2 Chron. viii, 13. Even after a certain rate every day, offering according to the commandment of Moses, on the sabbatlis, and on And the new-moons, and on the solemin feasts, three times in the year, even in the feast of unleavened bread, and in the feast of weeks, lambs, and a ram; they shall be jering, which is in the end of the and in the feast of tabernacles. 2 Chron. Xxx, 25. And all the congregation of Judah, with the priests and the Levites, and all the congregation that came out of Israel, and the strangers that came out of the land of Israel, and that dwelt in Judah, rejoiced. Nek. vill, 9, 11, 12. And Nehemiah, which is the Tirshatha, and Ezra the priest the scribe, and the Levites that taught the people, said unto all the people, This day is holy unto the LORD your God; mourn not, nor weep. For all the people wept, when they heard the words of the law. So the Levites stilled all the people, saying, Hold your peace, for the day is holy; neither be ye grieved. And all the people went their way to eat, and to drink, and to send portions, and to make great mirth, because they had understood the words that were declared unto them. Isa. xxx, 29. Ye shall have a song, as in the night, when a holy solemnity is kept; and gladness of heart, as when one goeth with a pipe to come into the mountain of the LORD, to the mighty One of Israel. Acts xviii, 20, 21. When they desired him to tarry longer time with them, he consented not; But bade them farewell, saying, I must by all means keep this feast that cometh in Jerusalem; but I will return again unto you, if God will. And he sailed from Ephesus. without blemish. 1 Sam. xx, 18, 24. Then Jonathan said to David, To-morrow is the rew-moon; and thou shalt be missed, because thy seat will be empty. So David hid himself in the field: and when the new-moon was come, the king sat him down to eat meat. 2 Kings iv, 22, 23. And she call. ed unto her husband, and said, Send me, I pray thee, one of the young men, and one of the asses, that I may run to the man of God, and come again. And he said, Wherefore wilt thou go to him to-day? it is neither new-moon nor sabbath. And she said, It shall be well. Isaiah 1, 14. Your new-moons and your appointed feasts my soul hateth: they are a trouble unto me; I am weary to bear them. FEAST OF FIRST FRUITS. Lev. xxiii, 10-14, 20, 21. Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them. When ye be come into the land which I give unto you, and shall reap the harvest sheaf of the first-fruits of your thereof, then ye shall bring a harvest unto the priest; And he shall wave the sheaf before the LORD, to be accepted for you: on the morrow after the sabbath the priest shall wave it. And ye shall offer that day, when ye wave the sheaf, an he-lamb without blemish, of the first year, for a burntoffering unto the LORD. And the meat-offering thereof shall be two tenth-deals of fine flour mingled with oil, an offering made by tire unto the LORD for a sweet savour, and the drink - offering thereof shall be of wine, the fourth part of an hin. And ye shall eat neither bread, nor parched corn, nor that ye have brought an offering green ears, until the selfsame day unto your God: it shall be a statute for ever throughout your generations in all your dwellings. And the priest shall wave them, with the bread of the first-fruits for a wave- offering before the LORD, with the two lambs: they shall be holy to the LORD for the priest. And ye shall proclaim on the selfsame day, that it may be an holy convocation unto you; ye shall do no servile work therein: it shall be a statute for ever in all your dwellings, throughout your gen erations. Ezek. xlvi, 3, 6. Likewise the people of the land shall worship at the door of this gate before the FEAST OF INGATHERING. LORD, in the sabbaths and in the Exod. xxiii, 16. And the feast of new-moons. And in the day of harvest, the first - fruits of thy the new-moon it shall be a young labours, which thou hast sown in bullock without blemish, and sixthy field; and the feast of ingath year, when thou hast gathered in thy labours out of the field. Exod. xxxiv, 22. And thou shalt observe the feast of weeks, of the first-fruits of wheat-harvest, and the feast of ingathering of the year's end. Lev. xxiii, 15-17. And ye shal count unto you from the maner after the sabbath, from the day that ye brought the sheaf of the wave- offering, seven sabbaths shall be complete: Eveauto the morrow after the seventh sabbath shall ye number ty days; and ye shall offer a per meat-offering unto the Lord. Ye shall bring out of your habitativis two wave loaves of two teethdeals: they shall be of fine dar they shall be baken with leat they are the first-fruits unto the LORD. shalt thou number unto thee Deut. xvi, 9-12. Seven week? begin to number the seven Web! from such time as thou beginne to put the sickle to the corn. And thou shalt keep the feast of weeks unto the LORD thy God with a tribute of a free-will-offering of thine hand, which thou shall gi unto the LORD thy God, accord blessed thee; And thou shalt re ing as the LORD thy God hath juice before the LORD thy God thou, and thy son, and thy danch ter, and thy man-servant, and it maid-servant, and the Levite this is within thy gates, and the stre ger, and the fatherless, and the widow, that are among you, in thy place which the LORD thy God hath chosen to place his name there. And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bond-man in Egypt: and thou shalt observe and do these statutes. Acts ii, 1. And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place. termined to sail by Ephests, be Acts xx, 16. For Paul had & cause he would not spend the time in Asia: for he hasted, If s were possible for him, to be st Jerusalem the day of Pentecost FEAST OF TABERNACLES, this shall be a statute for ever Lev. xvi, 29-31, 33, 34. And upon you, that in the seventh month, on the tenth day of the mouth, ye shall afflict your souls, be one of your own country, tra and do no work at all, whether $ stranger that sojourneth ameg you: For on that day shall the priest make an atonement for you to cleanse you, that ye may be clean from all your sins bein the LORD. It shall be a sabbath of rest unto you, and ye sta afflict your souls, by a statute ir Lev. xxiii, 24--37, 39-43. Speak into the children of Israel, sayng, In the seventh month, in the irst day of the month, shall ye have a sabbath, a memorial of blowing of trumpets, an holy convocation. Ye shall do no servile work therein; but ye shall offer in offering made by fire unto the LORD. And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, Also on the tenth lay of this seventh month there hall be a day of atonement; it hall be an holy convocation unto Tou; and ye shall afflict your ouls, and offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD. And ye hall do no work in that same day; or it is a day of atonement, to nake an atonement for you before he LORD your God. For whatsover soul it be that shall not be fflicted in that same day, he shall be cut off from among his people. And whatsoever soul it be that foeth any work in that same day, he same soul will I destroy from mong his people. Ye shall do 10 manner of work: it shall be .statute for ever throughout your generations, in all your dwellings, 't shall be unto you a sabbath of est, and ye shall afflict your souls: n the ninth day of the month at ven, from even unto even, shall e celebrate your sabbath. And he LORD spake unto Moses, sayng, Speak unto the children of srael, saying, The fifteenth day of this seventh month shall be the east of tabernacles for seven days into the LORD. On the first day shall be an holy convocation; ye shall do no servile work therein. Seven days ye shall offer an offerng made by fire unto the LORD; on the eighth day shall be an holy convocation unto you, and ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD: it is a solemn assembly, and ye shall do no servile work therein. These are the feasts of the LORD, which ye shall proclaim to be holy convocations, to offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD, a burnt-offering, and a meat-offering, a sacrifice, and drink-offerings, every thing upon his day; Also in the fifteenth day of the seventh month, when ye have gathered in the fruit of the land, ye shall keep a feast unto the LORD seven days: on the first day shall be a sabbath, and on Lev. xxix, 1, 7. And in the Num. xxix, 12. And on the fifteenth day of the seventh month ye shall have an holy convocation; ye shall do no servile work, and ye shall keep a feast unto the LORD seven days. Deut. xvi, 13-15. Thou shalt ob- Neh. viii, 14-18. And they found one of the water-gate, and in the street of the gate of Ephraim. And all the congregation of them that were come again out of the captivity made booths, and sat under the booths; for since the days of Jeshua the son of Nun unto that day had not the children of Israel done so: and there was very great gladness. Also day by day, from the first day unto the last day, he read in the book of the law of God: and they kept the feast seven days; and on the eighth day was a solemn assembly, according unto the manner. Hos. xii, 9. And I, that am the LORD thy God from the land of Egypt, will yet make thee to dwell in tabernacles, as in the days of the solemn feast. Zech. xiv, 16, 18, 19. And it shall come to pass, that every one that is left of all the nations which came against Jerusalem shall even go up from year to year to worship the King, the LORD of hosts, and to keep the feast of tabernacles. And if the family of Egypt go not up, and come not, that have no rain, there shall be the plague wherewith the LORD will smite the heathen that come not up to keep the feast of This shall be the tabernacles. punishment of Egypt, and the punishment of all nations that come not up to keep the feast of tabernacles. John vii, 2. Now the Jews' feast of tabernacles was at hand. FEAST OF DEDICATION. 2 Chron. vii, 8-10. Also at the same time Solomon kept the feast seven days and all Israel with him, avery great congregation, from the entering in of Hamath unto the river of Egypt. Aud in the eighth day they made a solemn assembly: for they kept the dedication of the altar seven days, and the feast seven days. And on the three and twentieth day of the seventh month he sent the people away into their tents, glad and merry in heart for the goodness that the LORD had shewed unto David, and to Solomon, and to israel his people. Ezra vi, 16, 17. And the children of Israel, the priests, and the Levites, and the rest of the children of the captivity, kept the dedication of this house of God with joy. And offered at the God dedication of this house o an hundred bullocks, two hundred rams, four hundred lambs; and for a sin-offering for all Israel, twelve he-goats, according to the number of the tribes of Israel. John x, 22. And it was at Jerusalem the feast of the dedication, and it was winter. |