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AGRICULTURE.

LAND OF CANAAN, Divided by lot according to the number of families, as commanded by Moses, and performed by Joshua at Shiloh.

TENURE OF LAND,

Held from God in perpetual entail on condition of military service,-returning,if aliena ted, to its original owner at the year of jubilee, or redeemable on certain conditions, instances in Naomi, Naboth, etc.

TRANSFER OF LAND,

THRASHING,

Done on floor, thrashing floor, barn-floor, corn-
floor, by a rod, or hoofs of unmuzzled cattle,
cart-wheels or teethed instruments; straw and
grain separated by removing with a fan or
judgment, etc.
fanners; chaff driven by the wind: symbol of

GRASS,

For cattle, green and abundant, refreshed by rain, on house-tops short-lived, soon withered and used as fuel-cast into the oven: emblem

Bought in patriarchal times, and made over of life, of prosperity, of the wicked, etc. by charter also in Jewish times.

SOIL OF CANAAN,

Rich, fertile, and well watered, with hills, and valleys, and minerals underneath.

SPECIAL AGRARIAN ENACTMENTS,

Wilful fire-raising punished by restitution, as also devastations of animals,-landmarks not to be removed,-growing crops might be plucked by the traveller, but not cut with a Bickle.

CULTIVATION OF SOIL,

OTHER PRODUCTS OF FIELDS,

Beans, bulrushes, flags, flax, gourds, heath, lentiles, mandrakes, mallows, millet, reeds, rushes, rye, tares.

FAILURE OF CROPS,

Of grass,-a terrible visitation, as in days of Ahab;-of grain, caused by inclement sea son,-by drought and wet,-by locusts,-by predatory enemies,-often very severe;-hunger or cleanness of teeth, urging to various repulsive elements of food, even during a siege to canni

Assigned to Adam and to man, as the means balism, and producing blackness of skin, ema of sustenance.

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PLENTY,

nation, fainting, and death: the symbol of spiritual destitution,-instances in the days David, Ahab, Elisha, siege of Samaria, of seven of Abraham, Isaac, Joseph, of the Judges, of years, foretold by Elisha, during siege of Jeru salem, after the captivity, in reign of Claudius Cæsar.

GOD'S CARE OF HIS PEOPLE

During famine, as in case of Elijah, often promised.

MEANS AGAINST FAMINE,

Often experienced to an hundred fold: the gift Granaries of Egypt filled by Joseph, and corn imported from other countries.

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CREATION OF THEM BY GOD,

ANIMALS.

the Dove, an emblem of the Spirit of God:the Eagle, distinguished for its powerful pin

Out of the dust of the ground, and named by ions, rapid flight, lofty nest, penetrating eye,

Adam.

GOD'S PROVIDENCE OVER THEM, In the necessary food and preservation of every one of them-exemplified at the flood, in Nineveh, etc., represented as teaching and telling of God, honouring Him, crying unto Him, and seeking their meat from Him.

WILD BEASTS,

God's scourge, while on behalf of his people, He makes with them a covenant and peace.

SUBJECTION OF THE INFERIOR ANIMALS TO

MAN.

and rapacity, illustrative of persecutors,-the Hawk as a bird of passage and prey,-the Ostrich, as timid and easily driven from its nest,-the Owl as the symbol of desolation,— the Partridge illustrative of the persecuted,

the Peacock as admired for its beautiful plumage,-Poultry noted for affection to their young,-Quails as birds of passage, which cross the Arabian desert,-the Raven as a bird of prey, the Sparrow as common and little esteemed, two sold for a farthing, the Swallow, and Crane as birds of passage, their instinc tive knowledge of the time of their migration employed as a reproof to Israel; and the Vulture, as filthy and rapacious, etc

FOWLING,

Appointed by God, effected by taming them, and exemplified in the killing of the lion by Pursued by means of snares, gins, and nets. Samson, etc.

WILD ANIMALS.

Each noted for its own characteristic peculi. arity, Bear for fierceness -Behemoth or Hippopotamus for great strength-Boar for wasting,-Coney for its inaccessible abode,-Deer for agility and beauty,-Dog for its filthy and predatory habits,-For for its smallness and cunning,-Leopard for its spotted hide, and swift and sudden spring,-Lion for its boldness, power, and terrific voice; an emblem of a mighty ruler, a powerful people, and Satan the adversary; an instrument of judgment in God's hand, as in the case of the disobedient prophet and the emigrants sent to Samaria-Leviathan, or Crocodile, for its bulk, terrible appearance, and impenetrable scales,-Unicorn for its strength,-Wolf for its ferocity, etc.

PROPHETIC SYMBOLS FROM ANIMALS, Lion denoting Assyria,-the Bear Persia,-the Leopard Greece,-the beast diverse from all, Rome.

HUNTING.

Prosecuted by means of the bow, and the net; illustrative of persecution.

FOWLS.

FISHES,

Often employed for food; Fishing a common employment, prosecuted by means of hooks, nets and drags; illustrative of the work of Gospel ministers, and an emblem of the Assyrians carrying Israel away captive, the fish-gate, a gate of Jerusalem.

REPTILES,

The Dragon, probably including several animals under it, represented as being of terrible and poisonous aspect, and frequenting ruined cities, rivers, and marshes; illustrating the malignity of the wicked one, the Frog an object of disgust,-the Horseleech as craving for blood,-the Worm as bred in putrifying mat ter, as also in certain diseases; often alluded to in connection with the grave and illustrative of the punishment of the place of woe,-the Serpent described as subtil, fiery, crooked, deadly poisonous, and susceptible of being charmed, illustrative of the cunning of Satan,-the Snail found in damp and shady places, the Viper in many respects similar, and often associated with the serpent.

INSECTS,

The Ant noted for diligence; Bees for their number and sting; illustrative of enemies Birds marking the approach of summer by numerous and formidable; valuable also for their singing; cage of unclean birds,-nest built their honey,which is characteristic of Canaan, on the branches of trees, in rocks and in places and often used for food,-the Caterpillar and inaccessible, an emblem of a place of peace; Locust for their devastations and as a means -Bat, Bittern, and Cormorant, alluded to as of divine chastisement, the Ca ker worm inhabitants of solitary and forsaken places, and Palmer-worm also a divine scourge,-the

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