drawn in his hand: and he bowed] down his head, and fell flat on his face. And the angel of the LORD said unto him, Wherefore hast thou smitten thine ass these three times? behold, I went out to withstand thee, because thy way is perverse before me. And the ass saw me, and turned from me these three times: unless she had turned from me, surely now also I had slain thee, and saved her alive. Judges xv, 16. And Samson said, With the jawbone of an ass, heaps upon heaps, with the jaw of an ass have I slain a thousand men. Judges xix, 10. But the man would not tarry that night, but he rose up and departed, and came over against Jebus, which is Jerusalem; and there were with him two asses saddled, his concubine also was with him. Jer. xxii, 19. He shall be buried with the burial of an ass, drawn and cast forth beyond the gates of Jerusalem. Zech. ix, 9. Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion; shout, O daughterof Jerusalem: behold, thy King cometh unto thee: he is just, and having salvation; lowly, and riding upon an ass, and upon a colt the foal of an ass. 2 Pet. ii, 16. But was rebuked for his iniquity: the dumb ass speaking with man's voice forbad the madness of the prophet. WILD ASS. IRRECLAIMABLE. Job xi, 12. For vain man would be wise, though man be born like a wild ass's colt. Job xxiv, 5. Behold, as wild pitcher from her shoulder, and said, Drink, and I will give thy camels drink also: so I drank, and she made the camels drink also. Gen. xxxi, 34. Now Rachel had taken the images, and put them in the camel's furniture, and sat upon them. And Laban searched all the tent, but found them not. Gen. xxxvii, 25. And they sat down to eat bread: and they lifted up their eyes and looked, and, behold, a company of Ishmeelites came from Gilead with their camels bearing spicery and balm and myrrh, going to carry it down to Egypt. Judges vi, 5. ... For both they and their camels were without number: and they entered into the land to destroy it. them from the twilight even unto 1 Sam xxx, 17. And David smote 1 Sam. ix, 3-5. And the asses of asses in the desert, go they forth the evening of the next day: and Kish Saul's father were lost. And Kish said to Saul his son, Take now one of the servants with thee, and arise, go seek the asses. And he passed through mount Ephraim, and passed through the land of Shalisha, but they found them not: then they passed through the land of Shalim, and there they were not: and he passed through the land of the Benjamites, but they found them not. And when they were come to the land of Zuph, Saul said to his servant that was with him, Come, and let us return; lest my father leave caring for the asses, and take thought for us. 1 Sam. x, 2. When thou art departed from me to day, then thou shalt find two men by Rachel's Sepulchre in the border of Benjainin 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, say ing, What shall I do for my son? 2 Sam. xvi, 1, 2. And when David was a little past the top of the hill, behold, Ziba the servant of Mephibosheth met him, with a couple of asses saddled. And the king said unto Ziba, What meanest thou by these? And Ziba said, The asses be for the king's household to ride on.. 2 Sam. xvii, 23. And when Alithophel saw that his counsel was not followed, he saddled his ass, and arose, and gat him home to their work; rising betimes for a prey: the wilderness yielleth food for them and for their children. there escaped not a man of them, save four hundred young men which rode upon camels, and fled. Job xxxix, 5-8. Who hath sent out the wild ass free? or who hathi 2 Kings viii, 9. So Hazael went loosed the bands of the wild ass? to meet him, and took a present Whose house I have made the with him, even of every good wilderness, and the barren land thing of Damascus, forty camels' his dwellings. He scorneth the burden; and came and stood bemultitude of the city, neither re-fore him, and said, Thy son Bengardeth he the crying of the hadad king of Syria hath sent mo driver. The range of the moun- to thee, saying, Shall I recover of tains is his pasture, and he search- this disease? eth after every green thing. Isa. xxxii, 14.***The forts and the wilderness, that snuffeth up Hosea viii, 9. For they are gone CAMEL. USED ON LONG JOURNEYS. Gen. xxiv, 11, 19, 20, 31, 46. And he made his camels to kneel down without the city by a well of water at the time of the evening, even the time that women go out to draw water. And when she had done giving him drink, she said, I will draw water for thy caniels also, until they have done drinking. And she hasted, and emptied her pitcher into the trough, and ran again unto the well to draw water, and drew for all his cainels. And he said, Come in, thou blessed of the LORD; wherefore standest thou without? for I have prepared the house, and room for the camels. And she made haste, and let down her 1 Chron. v, 21. And they took away their cattle; of their camels fifty thousand, and of sheep two hundred and fifty thousand, and of asses two thousand, and of men an hundred thousand. 1 Chron. xxvii, 30. Over the camels also was Obil the Ishmaelite. Ezra ii. 67. Their camels, four hundred thirty and five. .... Neh. vii, 69. Their camels, four hundred thirty and five. . . . . Isa, xxx. 6. The burden of the beasts of the south: into the land of trouble and anguish, from whence come the young and old lion, the viper and fiery flying serpent, they will carry their richies upon the shoulders of young asses, and their treasures upon the bunches of camels, to a people that shall not profit them. Isa. lx, 6. The multitude of camels shall cover thee, the dro medaries of Midian and Ephah; all they from Sheba shall come: they shall bring gold and incense; and they shall shew forth the praises of the LORD. Ezek. xxv, 5. And I will make Rabbah a stable for camels, and the Ainmonites a couching place for flocks: and ye shall know that I am the LORD. Matth. xix, 24. And again I say unto you, It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, I than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God. HORSE. Exod. xv, 21. And Miriam answered them, Sing ye to the LORD, for he hath triumphed gloriously; the horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea. Deut. xvii, 16. But he shall not multiply horses to himself, nor cause the people to return to Egypt, to the end that he should multiply horses: forasmuch as the LORD hath said unto you, Ye shall henceforth return no more that way. 2 Kings xxiii, 11. And he took away the horses that the kings of Judah had given to the sun, at the entering in of the house of the LORD, by the chamber of Nathanmelech the chamberlain, which was in the suburbs, and burned the chariots of the sun with fire. 2 Chron. ix. 28. And they brought unto Solomon horses out of Egypt, and out of all lands. Ezra ii, 66. Their horses were seven hundred thirty and six. . . . Esther vi, 8, 9. Let the royal apparel be brought which the king useth to wear, and the horse that the king rideth upon, and the crown royal which is set upon his head: And let this apparel and horse be delivered to the hand of one of the king's most noble princes, that they may array the man withal whom the king de lighteth to honour, and bring him on horseback through the street of the city, and proclaim before him, Thus shall it be done to the man whom the king delighteth to honour. Ps. xxxiii, 17. An horse is a vain thing for safety: neither shall he deliver any by his great strength. P3. cxlvii, 10. He delighteth not in the strength of the horse: he taketh not pleasure in the legs of a man. Eccles. x, 7. I have seen servants upon horses, and princes walking as servants upon the earth. 28a. Ixiii, 13, 14. That led them through the deep, as an horse in the wilderness, that they should not stumble? As a beast goeth down into the valley, the Spirit of the LORD caused him to rest: so didst thou lead thy people, to make thyself a glorious name. Hosea xiv, 3. Asshur shall not | his chariot to meet thee? Is it a save us; we will not ride upon horses.. Zech. xii, 4. . . . And I will open mine eyes upon the house of Judah, and will smite every horse of the people with blindness. Zech. xiv. 20. In that day shall there be upon the bells of the horses, HOLINESS UNTO THE LORD. CHARIOT. USED BY THE GREAT. Gen. xlvi, 29. And Joseph made ready his chariot, and went up to meet Israel his father, to Goshen, and presented himself unto him; and he fell on his neck, and wept on his neck a good while. time to receive money, and to receive garments, and oliveyards, and vineyards, and sheep, and oxen, and menservants, and maidservants? 2 Kings ix, 16, 21. So Jehu rode in a chariot, and went to Jezreel; for Joram lay there. And Ahaziah king of Judah was come down to see Joram. And Joram said, Make ready. And his chariot was made ready. And Joram king of Israel and Ahaziah king of Judah went out, each in his chariot, and they went out against Jehu, and met him in the portion of Naboth. the Jezreelite. 2 Kings x, 16. And he said, Come with me, and see my zeal for the LORD. So they made him Gen. 1, 9. And there went up Exod. xiv, 6. And he made ready 1 Kings vii, 33. And the work of the wheels was like the work of a chariot wheel: their axletrees, and their naves, and their felloes, and their spokes, were all molten. 1 Kings xviii, 44. And it came 1 Kings xx, 25, 33. And number 1 Kings xxii, 35. And the battle even: and the blood ran out of the Çant. iii, 9. King Solomon made himself a chariot of the wood of Lebanon. Acts viii, 28-30. Was returning, and sitting in his chariot read Esaias the prophet. Then the Spirit said unto Philip, Go near, and join thyself to this chariot. And he commanded the chariot to stand still: and they went down both into the water, both Philip and the eunuch; and he baptized him. 2 Kings ii, 12. And Elisha saw it, and he cried, My father, my father, the chariot of Israel, and the horsemen thereof. And he saw him no more: and he took hold of his own clothes, and rent them in two pieces. God are twenty thousand, even Ps. civ, 3. Who layeth the beams of his chambers in the waters: who maketh the clouds his chariot: who walketh upon the wings of the wind. Çant. 1,9. I have compared thee, O my love, to a company of horses in Pharaoh's chariots. my soul made me like the chariots Çant. vi, 12. Or ever I was aware, of Amminadib. Isa. xxi, 7, 9. And he saw a chariot with a couple of horsemen, a chariot of asses, and a chariot of camels; and he hearkened dillgently with much heed: And, be hold, here cometh a chariot of men, with a couple of horsemen. Isa. Ixvi, 20. And they shall bring all your brethren for an offering unto the LORD out of all nations upon horses, and in chariots, and in litters, and upon mules, and upon swift beasts, to my holy mountain Jerusalem, I answered and said unto the angel | a field: and she lighted from off saith the LORD, as the children of Israel bring an offering in a clean vessel into the house of the LORD. Jer. xvii, 25. Then shall there enter into the gates of this city kings and princes sitting upon the throne of David, riding in chariots and on horses, they, and their princes, the men of Judah, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem: and this city shall remain for ever. Jer. xxii, 4. For if ye do this thing indeed, then shall there enter in by the gates of this house kings sitting upon the throne of David, riding in chariots and on horses, he, and his servants, and his people. Micah i, 13. O thon inhabitant of Lachish, bind the chariot to the swift beast: she is the beginning of the sin to the daughter of Zion: for the transgressions of Israel were found in thee. which that talked with me, What are MULES. Gen. xxxvi, 24. And these are Hab. iii, 8. Was the LORD displeased against the rivers? was thine anger against the rivers? was thy wrath against the sea, that thou didst ride upon thine horses and thy chariots of salva-mules, two hundred forty and tion? (Sec under Army, Çavalry.) WAR STEED. five. Their Neh. vii, 68. Their horses, seven hundred thirty and six: their Job xxxix, 19-25. Hast thou mules, two hundred forty and five. Ezek. xxvii, 14. They of the house of Togarmah traded in thy fairs with horses and horsemen and mules. RIDING. her ass; and Caleb said unto her, What wilt thou? Judges v, 10. Speak, ye that ride on white asses, ye that sit in judgment, and walk by the way. so, as she rode on the ass, that 1 Sam. xxv, 20, 23. And it was she came down by the covert of the hill, and, behold, David and his men came down against her; and she met them. And when Abigail saw David, she hasted, and lighted off the ass, and fell before David on her face, and bowed herself to the ground. 2 Sam. xiii, 29. And the servants of Absalom did unto Amnon as Absalom had commanded. Then all the king's sons arose, and every man gat him up upon his mule, and fled. 2 Sam. xvi, 2. And the king said unto Ziba, What meanest thou by these? And Ziba said. The asses be for the king's household to ride on; and the bread and summer fruit for the young men to eat; and the wine, that such as be faint in the wilderness may drink. 2 Sam. xvili, 9. And Absalom met the servants of David. And Absalom rode upon a mule, and the mule went under the thick boughs of a great oak, and his head caught hold of the oak, and he was taken up between the heaven and the earth; and the mule that was under him went away. given the horse strength? hast thou clothed his neck with thunder? Canst thou make him afraid as a grasshopper? the glory of his nostrils is terrible. He paweth in 2 Sam. xix, 26. And he answerthe valley, and rejoiceth in his ed, My lord, O king, my servant strength: he goeth on to meet the deceived me: for thy servant armed men. He mocketh at fear, Gen. xxiv, 61. And Rebekah said, I will saddle me an ass, that and is not affrighted; neither turn-arose, and her damsels, and they I may ride thereon, and go to the eth be back from the sword. The rode upon the camels, and following; because thy servant is quiver rattleth against him, the ed the man: and the servant took lame. glittering spear and the shield. Rebekah, and went his way. He swalloweth the ground with fierceness and rage: neither believeth he that it is the sound of the trumpet, He saith among the trumpets, Ha, ha; and he smelleth the battle afar off, the thunder of the captains, and the shouting. SYMBOLS. Zech. 1,8. I saw by night, and behold a man riding upon a red horse, and he stood among the myrtle-trees that were in the hottom; and behind him were there red horses, speckled, and white. Zech. vi, 1-8. And I turned, and lifted up mine eyes, and looked, and, behold, there came four chariots out from between two mountains; and the mountains were mountains of brass. In the first chariot were red horses, and in the second chariot black horses, And in the third chariot white horses, and in the fourth chariot grisled and bay horses. Then I 1 Kin. i, 33, 38, 44. The king Gen. xli, 43. And he made him also said unto them, Take with to ride in the second chariot you the servants of your lord, and which he had; and they cried because Solomon my son to ride fore him, Bow the knee: and he made him ruler over all the land of Egypt. upon mine own mule, and bring him down to Gihon. So Zadok the priest, and Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and the Cherethites, and the Pelethites, went down, and caus Exod. iv, 20. And Moses took hand. Num. xxii, 21. And Balaam rose up in the morning, and saddled his ass, and went with the princes of Moab. Josh. xv, 18. And it came to she moved him to ask of her pass, as she came unto him, that her ass; and Caleb said unto her, father a field: and she lighted off What wouldest thou? Judges 1, 14. And it came to pass, when she came to him, that she moved him to ask of her father Solomon to ride upon king David's mule, and brought him to Gilion. And the king hath sent with him Zadok the priest, and Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah the son of Jeholáda, and the Cherethites, and the Pelethites, and they have caused him to ride upon the king's mule. said unto his sons, Saddle me the 1 Kin. xiii, 13, 23, 27. And he and he rode thereon. And it came ass. So they saddled him the ass: to pass, after he had eaten bread, and after he had drunk, that he saddled for him the ass, to wit, for the prophet whom he had Esther viii, 10, 14. And he wrote in the king Ahasuerus name, and sealed it with the king's ring, and sent letters by posts on horseback, and riders on mules, camels, and young dromedaries: So the posts that rode upon mules and camels went out, being hastened and pressed on by the king's commandment. And the decree was given at Shushan the palace. Prov. xxvi, 3. A whip for the horse, a bridle for the ass, and a rod for the fool's back. Zech. xii, 4. In that day, saith the LORD, I will smite every horse with astonishment, and his rider with madness. Matth. xxi, 2, 3, 7, 8. Saying unto them, Go into the village over against you, and straightway ye shall find an ass tied, and a colt with her: loose them, and bring them unto me. And if any man say ought unto you, ye shall say, The Lord hath need of them; and straightway he will send them. And brought the ass, and the colt, and put on them their clothes, and they set him thereon. And a very great multitude spread their garments in the way; others cut down branches from the trees, and strawed them in the way. James ii, 3. Behold, we put in the midst of the four beasts say, A measure of wheat for a penny, and three measures of barley for a penny; and see thou hurt not the oil and the wine. And when he had opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth beast say, Come and see. And I and his name that sat on him was looked, and behold a pale horse: Death, and Hell followed with him. And power was given unto them over the fourth part of the earth, to kill with sword, and with hunger, and with death, and with the beasts of the earth. bits in the horses' mouths, that beasts and unclean, and between unclean fowls and clean: and ye they may obey us; and we turn shall not make your souls abomabout their whole body. inable by beast, or by fowl, or by any manner of living thing that creepeth on the ground, which I have separated from you as un (See under Army, Çavalry.) SYMBOLS. Rev. vi, 1-8. And I saw when the Lamb opened one of the seals, and I heard, as it were the noise of thunder, one of the four beasts saying, Come and see. And I saw, and behold a white horse: and he that sat on him had a bow; and a crown was given unto him: and he went forth conquering and to conquer. And when he had opened the second seal, I heard the second beast say, Come and see. And there went out another horse that was red: and power was given to him that sat thereon to take peace from the earth, and that they should kill one another: and there was given unto him a great sword. And when he had opened the third seal, I heard the third beast say, Come and see. And I beheld, and lo a black horse; and he that sat on him had a pair of balances in his hand. And I heard a voice clean. Deut. xiv, 3. Thou shalt not eat any abominable thing. EXAMPLES. children of Israel eat not of the Gen. xxxil, 32. Therefore the sinew which shrank, which is upon the hollow of the thigh, unto this day; because he touched the hollow of Jacob's thigh in the sinew that shrank. quested of the prince of the eunuchs that he might not defile himself. Hosea ix, 3. They shall not dwell in the LORD's land; but Ephraim shall return to Egypt, and they shall eat unclean things in Assyria. Acts x, 9-16. On the morrow, as they went on their journey, and went up upon the housetop to drew nigh unto the city, Peter pray about the sixth hour: And he became very hungry, and would have eaten: but while they made ready, he fell into a trance, And saw heaven opened, and a certain vessel descending unto him, as it had been a great sheet down to the earth: knit at the four corners, and let Wherein were all manner of fourfooted beasts of the earth, and wild beasts, and creeping things, and fowls of the air. And there came a voice to him, Rise, Peter; kill, and eat. But Peter said, Not so, Lord; for I have never eaten any thing that is common or unclean. And the voice spake unto him again the second time, What God common. This was done thrice: hath cleansed, that call not thou and the vessel was received up again into heaven. ANIMAL FOOD. THE PERMISSION. Gen. ix, 3. Every moving thing that liveth shall be meat for you; even as the green herb have I given you all things. Deut. xii, 20-22. When the LORD thy God shall enlarge thy border, as he hath promised thee, and thou shalt say, I will eat flesh, because thy soul longeth to cat flesh; thou mayest cat flesh, whatsoever thy soul lusteth after. If the place which the LORD thy God hath chosen to put his name there be too far from thee, then thou shalt kill of thy herd and of thy flock, which the LORD hath given thee, as I have commanded gates whatsoever thy soul lusteth thee, and thou shalt eat in thy after. Even as the roebuck and the hart is eaten, so thou shalt eat them: the unclean and the clean shall eat of them alike. Deut. xv, 19-23. All the firstGen. xliii, 32. And they set on ling males that come of thy herd for him by himself, and for them and of thy flock thou shalt sanctiby themselves, and for the Egypt-fy unto the LORD thy God: thou fans, which did eat with him, by themselves: because the Egyptians might not eat bread with the Hebrews; for that is an abomination unto the Egyptians. Dan. 1, 8. But Daniel purposed in his heart that he would not defile himself with the portion of the king's meat, nor with the wine which he drank: therefore he re shalt do no work with the firstling of thy bullock, nor shear the firstling of thy sheep. Thou shalt eat it before the LORD thy God year by year in the place which the LORD shall choose, thou and thy household. And if there be any blemish therein, as if it be lame, or blind, or have any ill blemish, thou shalt not sacrifice it unto the LORD thy God. Thou shalt eat it within thy gates: the anclean and the clean person shall eat it alike, as the roebuck, and as the hart. Only thou shalt not eat the blood thereof; thou shalt pour it upon the ground as water. INSTANCES. 1 Kin. iv, 23. Ten fat oxen, and twenty oxen out of the pastures, and an hundred sheep, beside harts, and roebucks, and fallowdeer, and fatted fowl. Mark viii, 6, 7. And he commanded the people to sit down on the ground: and he took the seven loaves, and gave thanks, and brake, and gave to his disciples to set before them; and they did set them before the people. And they had a few small fishes: and he blessed, and commanded to set them also before them. BLOOD FORBIDDEN. Gen. ix, 4. But flesh with the life thereof, which is the blood thereof, shall ye not eat. Lev. vii, 26, 27. Morcover ye shall eat no manner of blood, whether it be of fowl or of beast, in any of your dwellings. Whatsoever soul it be that eateth any manner of blood, even that soul shall be cut off from his people. ox, and every man his sheep, Ezek. xxxiii, 25. Wherefore say possess the land? REASON. Lev. xvii, 11, 12, 14. For the life of the flesh is in the blood: and I have given it to you upon the altar to make an atonement for your souls: for it is the blood that maketh an atonement for the soul. Therefore I said unto the children of Israel, No soul of you shall eat blood, neither shall any stranger that sojourneth among you eat blood. For it is the life of all flesh; the blood of it is for the life thereof; therefore I said unto the children of Israel, Ye shall eat the blood of no manner of flesh; for the life of all flesh is the blood thereof: whosoever eateth it shall be cut off. Deut. xii, 23. Only be sure that thou eat not the blood: for the blood is the life; and thou mayest not eat the life with the flesh. All the Lev. xvii, 10, 13. And whatsoever man there be of the house of Israel, or of the strangers that FAT FORBIDDEN. sojourn among you, that eateth Lev. iii, 16, 17. any manner of blood; I will even set my face against that soul that fat is the LORD's. It shall be a eateth blood, and will cut him off perpetual statute for your generAndations throughout all your dwellfrom among his people. whatsoever man there be of the ings, that yo eat neither fat nor children of Israel, or of the stran-blood. gers that sojourn among you, which hunteth and catcheth any beast or fowl that may be eaten; he shall even pour out the blood thereof, and cover it with dust. Deut. xii, 16, 24, 25. Only ye shall not eat the blood; ye shall pour it upon the earth as water. Thou shalt not eat it; thou shalt pour it upon the earth as water. Thou shalt not eat it; that it may go well with thee, and with thy children after thee, when thou shalt do that which is right in the sight of the LORD. 1 Sam. xiv, 32-34. And the people flew upon the spoil, and took sheep, and oxen, and calves, and slew them on the ground: and the people did eat them with the blood. Then they told Saul, sayng, Behold, the people sin against the LORD, in that they eat with the blood. And he said, Ye have transgressed: roll a great stone unto me this day. And Saul said, Disperse yourselves among the people, and say unto them, Bring me hither every man his Lev. vii, 23-25. Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, Ye shall eat no manner of fat, of ox, or of sheep, or of goat. And the fat of the beast that dieth of itself. and the fat of that which is torn with beasts, may be used in any other use: but ye shall in no wise eat of it. For whosoever cateth the fat of the beast, of which men offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD, even the soul that eateth it shall be cut off from his people. And toucheth the carcase thereof shall be unclean until the even. he that eateth of the carcase of it shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even: he also that beareth the carcase of it shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even. Lev. xvii, 15, 16. And every soul that eateth that which died of itself, or that which was torn your own country, or a stranger, with beasts, whether it be one of he shall both wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even: then shall he be clean. But if he wash them not, nor bathe his flesh; then he shall bear his iniquity. Lev. xxii, 8, 9. That which dieth of itself, or is torn with beasts, he shall not cat to defile himself therewith: I am the Lond. They shall therefore keep mine ordinance, lest they bear sin for it, and die therefore, if they profane it: I the LORD do sanctify them. Deut. xiv, 21. Ye shall not eat of any thing that dieth of itself: thou shalt give it unto the stranger that is in thy gates, that he may eat it; or thon mayest sell it unto an alien: for thou art an holy peoIple unto the LORD thy God. Thou shalt not seethe a kid in his mother's milk. Ezek. iv, 14. Then said I, Ah Lord God! behold, my soul hath not been polluted: for from my youth up even till now have I not eaten of that which dieth of itself, or is torn in pieces; neither came there abominable flesh into my mouth. Ezek. xliv, 31. The priest shall not eat of any thing that is dead of itself, or torn, whether it be fowl or beast. CHRISTIAN LAW AND Matth. xv, 11. Not that which goeth into the mouth defileth a man; but that which cometh out of the mouth, this defileth a man. Mark vii, 15. There is nothing from without a man, that entering into him can defile him: but the things which come out of him, those are they that defile the man. Acts xv, 28, 29. For it seemed good to the Holy Ghost, and to us, to lay upon you no greater burden than these necessary That ye abstain from things; meats offered to idols, and from blood, and from things strangled, and from fornication: from which if ye keep yourselves, ye shall do well. Fare ye well. Acts xxi, 25. 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