1 Sam. xxx, 26-31. And when David came to Ziklag, he sent of the spoil unto the elders of Judah, even to his friends, saying, Behold a present for you of the spoil of the enemies of the LORD; To them which were in Beth-el, and to them which were in south Ramoth, and to them which were in Jattir, And to them which were in Aroer, and to them which were in Siphmoth, and to them which were in Eshtemoa, And to them which were in Rachal, and to them which were in the cities of the Jerahmeelites, and to them which were in the cities of the Kenites, And to them which were in Hormah, and to them which were in Chor-ashan, and to them which were in Athach, And to them which were in Hebron, and to all the places where David himself and his men were wont to haunt. 2 Sam. xvi, 1, 4 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 upon them two hundred loaves of bread, and an hundred bunches of raisins, and an hundred of summer fruits, and a bottle of wine. Then said the king to Ziba, Behold, thine are all that pertained unto Mephibosheth. And Ziba said, I humbly beseech thee that I may find grace in thy sight, my lord, O king. 2 Kings v, 23, 24. And Naaman said, Be content, take two talents. And he urged him, and bound two talents of silver in two bags, with two changes of garments, and and laid them upon two of his servants; and they bare them before him. And when he came to the tower, he took them from their hand, and bestowed them in the house; and he let the men go, and they departed. 2 Kings viil, 8. And the king said unto Hazael, Take a present in thine hand, and go, meet the man of God, and enquire of the LORD by him, saying, Shall I recover of this disease. FROM FEAR. Gen. xxxii, 13, 15--19, 21. And ten bulls, twenty she-asses, and ten foals. And he delivered them into the hand of his servants, every drove by themselves; and said unto his servants, Pass over before me, and put a space betwixt drove and drove. And he commanded the foremost, saying, When Esau my brother meeteth thee, and asketh thee, saying, Whose art thou? and whither goest thou? and whose are these before thee? Then thou shalt say, They be thy servant Jacob's; it is a present sent unto my lord Esau: and, behold, also he is behind us. And so commanded he the second, and the third, and all that followed the droves, saying, On this manner shall ye speak unto Esau when ye find him. So went the present over before him; and himself lodged that night in the company. Gen. xliil, 15, 25, 26. And the men took that present, and they took double money in their band, and Benjamin; and rose up, and went down to Egypt, and stood before Joseph. And they made ready the present against Joseph came at noon: for they heard that they should eat bread there. And when Joseph came home, they brought him the present which was in their hand into the house, and bowed themselves to him to the earth. 1 Sam. xxv, 18, 27. Then Abigail made haste, and took two hundred loaves, and two bottles of wine, and five sheep ready dressed, and five measures of parched corn, and an hundred clusters of raisins, and two hundred cakes of figs, and laid them on asses. And now this blessing which thine handmaid hath brought unto my lord, let it even be given unto the young men that follow my lord. AND AS COMPLIMENTS. Gen. xxiv, 22, 53. And it came to pass, as the camels had done drinking, that the man took a golden ear-ring of half a shekel weight, and two bracelets for her hands of ten shekels weight of gold. And the servant brought forth jewels of silver, and jewels said, Nay, I pray thee, if now I have found grace in thy sight then receive my present at my hand; for therefore I have seen thy face, as though I had seen the face of God, and thou wast pleased with me. Take, I pray thee, my blessing that is brought to the because God hath dealt graciously with me, and because I Lave enough. And he urged him, and he took it. 1 Kings x, 10, 13. And she gare talents of gold, and of spices ver the king an hundred and twer there came no more such a great store, and precious stone dance of spices as these whet the queen of Sheba gave to his Solomon. And king Sob gave unto the queen of Sheba her desire, whatsoever she aske besides that which Solomon ga her of his royal bounty. So abe turned, and went to her own cOAD try, she and her servants. 2 Chron. ix, 9, 12. And she ga the king an hundred and twent talents of gold, and of spices g abundance, and precious stores neither was there any such as the queen of Sheba gave kre Solomon. And king Soler gave to the queen of Sheba ale desire, whatsoever she asked, t sides that which she had brough unto the king. So she turces & went away to her own land, and her servants. Isa. xxxix, 1. At that time Ma rodach-baladan, the son of Es dan, king of Babylon, sent let and a present to Hezekiah: had heard that he had been and was recovered. 2 Kings v, 15, 16, 20. Ani returned to the man of God and all his company, and c and stood before him: and he sai Behold, now I know that Bert no God in all the earth, bo take a blessing of thy se Israel: now therefore, I pray f But he said, As the Load le before whom I stand, I w. ceive none. And he urged b. " take it; but he refused. But hazi, the servant of Elisha the mas of God, said, Behold, my La he lodged there that same night: of gold, and raiment, and gave hath spared Naaman this Syria and took of that which came to his hand a present for Esan his brother; Thirty milch camels with their colts, forty kine, and her brother and to her mother in not receiving at his hands t'al which he brought; but, as for LORD liveth, I will run after da Gen. xxxii, 10. 11. And Jacob and take somewhat of him. 506 I. CEREMONIAL INSTITU TIONS. INCENSE. Erod. xxx, 34-38. And the LORD rul unto Moses, Take unto thee eet spices, stacte, and onycha, galbanum; these sweet spices, with pure frankincense: of each there be a like weight. And shalt make it a perfume, a lection after the art of the thecary, tempered together, re and holy. And thou shalt at some of it very small, and put it before the testimony in the abernacle of the congregation, ere I will meet with thee: it babe unto you most holy. And s for the perfume which thou t make, ye shall not make to rselves according to the comtion thereof: it shall be unto ee holy for the LORD. Whosoer shall make like unto that, to thereto, shall even be cut trom his people. USE. ORDINANCES. for we keep the charge of the Ps. lxvi, 15. I will offer unto Luke i, 9, 10. According to the lot was to burn incense when he Ps. cxli, 1, 2. LORD, I cry unto thee: make haste unto me; give ear unto my voice, when I cry unto thee. Let my prayer be set forth before thee as incense, and the lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice. Jer. vi, 20. To what purpose cometh there to me incense from Sheba, and the sweet cane from a far country? your burnt-offerings are not acceptable, nor your sacrifices sweet unto me. Rev. viii, 2, 4. And another Exod. xxx, 7-9. And Aaron angel came and stood at the altar, ll burn thereon sweet incense having a golden censer; and there Very morning: when he dresseth was given unto him much incense, be lamps, he shall burn incense that he should offer it with the ponit, And when Aaron light- prayers of all saints upon the the lamps at even, he shall golden altar which was before the arn incense upon it; a perpetual throne. And the smoke of the cense before the LORD through- incense, which came with the your generations. Ye shall prayers of the saints, ascended der no strange incense thereon, up before God out of the angel's burnt-sacrifice, nor meat-hand. Mering neither shall ye pour Sh-offering thereon. Ler. xvi, 12, 13. And he shall ake a censer full of burning coals tire from off the altar before the , and his hands full of sweet be die not. SHEW-BREAD. Exod. xxv, 30. And thou shalt set upon the table shew-bread before me alway. Exod. xl, 23. And he set the bread in order upon it before the LORD, as the LORD had commanded Moses. se beaten small, and bring it in the vail. And he shall put cetise upon the fire before e LORD, that the cloud of the Lev. xxiv, 5-9. And thou shalt se may cover the mercy-seat take fine flour, and bake twelve at is upon the testimony, that cakes thereof: two tenth deals shall be in one cake. And thou Deut. xxxiii, 10. They shall shalt set them in two rows, six on Jacob thy judgments, and a row, upon the pure table before the LORD. And thou shalt put Iral thy law: they shall put inbefore thee, and whole pure frankincense upon each row, that it may be on the bread for a burnt-sacrifice upon thine altar. memorial, even an offering made 2 Chron. xiii, 11. And they burn by fire unto the LORD. Every to the LORD, every morning sabbath he shall set it in order and every evening, burnt-sacri- before the LORD continually, being fices and sweet incense: the shew-taken from the children of Israel read also set they in order upon by an everlasting covenant. And the pure table; and the candle-it shall be Aaron's and his sons'; *k of gold, with the lamps and they shall eat it in the holy wereof, to burn every evening: place; for it is most holy unto him of the offerings of the LORD made by fire by a perpetual statute. 1 Sam. xxi, 3, 6. Now therefore what is under thine hand? give me five loaves of bread in mine hand, or what there is present. So the priest gave him hallowed bread; for there was no bread there but the shew-bread, that was taken from before the LORD, to put hot bread in the day when it was taken away. Matth. xii, 3, 4. But he said unto them, Have ye not read what David did, when he was an hungered, and they that were with him; How he entered into the house of God, and did eat the shew-bread, which was not lawful for him to eat, neither for them which were with him, but only for the priests? Mark ii, 25, 26. And he said unto them, Have ye never read what David did, when he had need, and was an hungered, he, and they that were with him? How he went into the house of God, in the days of Abiathar the high priest, and did eat the shew-bread, which is not lawful to eat but for the priests, and gave also to them which were with him? Luke vi, 3, 4. And Jesus answering them, said, Have ye not read so much as this, what David did, when himself was an hungered, and they which were with him; How he went into the house of God, and did take and eat the shew-bread, and gave also to them that were with him, which it is not lawful to eat but for the priests alone? SPRINKLING OF PERSONS. Exod. xxiv, 8. And Moses took the blood, and sprinkled it on the people, and said, Behold the blood of the covenant, which the LORD hath made with you concerning all these words. Exod. xxix, 19-21. And thou shalt take the other ram; and Aaron and his sons shall put their hands upon the head of the ram. Then shalt thou kill the ram, and take of his blood, and put it upon the tip of the right ear of Aaron, and upon the tip of the right ear of his sons, and upon the thumb of their right hand, and upon the great toe of their right foot, and sprinkle the blood upon the altar And thou shalt round about. take of the blood that is upon the altar, and of the anointing oil, and sprinkle it upou Aaron, and upon his garments, and upon his sons, and upon the garments of his sons with him: and he shall be hallowed, and his garments, and his sons, and his sons' garments with him. Lev. viii, 23, 24, 30. And he slew it; and Moses took of the blood of it, and put it upon the tip of Aaron's right ear, and upon the thumb of his right hand, and upon the great toe of his right foot. And he brought Aaron's sons, and Moses put of the blood upon the tip of their right ear, and upon the thumbs of their right hands, and upon the great toes of their right feet; and Moses sprinkled the blood upon the altar round about. And Moses took of the anointing oil, and of the blood which was upon the altar, and sprinkled it upon Aaron, and upon his garments, and upon his sons, and upon his sons' garments, with him; and sanctifled Aaron, and his garments, and his sons, and his sons' garments with him. Lev. xiv, 14, 17, 18. And the priest shall take some of the blood of the trespass-offering, and the priest shall put it upon the tip of the right ear of him that is to be cleansed, and upon the thumb of his right hand, and upon the great toe of his right foot. And of the rest of the oil that is in his hand shall the priest put upon the tip of the right ear of him that is to be cleansed, and upon the thumb of his right hand, and upon the great toe of his right foot, upon the blood of the trespass offering. And the remnant of the oil that is in the priest's hand he shall pour upon the head of him that is to be cleansed: and the priest shall make an atonement for him before put some of the blood upon the Lev. xiv, 15. 16. And the priest Lev. xvi, 14-19. And he shall take of the blood of the bullock, and sprinkle it with his finger upon the mercy-seat eastward; and before the mercy-seat shall he sprinkle of the blood with his finger seven times. Then shall he kill the goat of the sinoffering that is for the people, and bring his blood within the vail, and do with that blood as he did with the blood of the bullock, and sprinkle it upon the mercyseat, and before the mercy-seat. And he shall make an atonement for the holy place, because of the uncleanness of the children of Israel, and because of their transgressions in all their sins: and so shall he do for the tabernacle of the congregation that remaineth among them in the midst of their uncleanness. And there shall be no man in the tabernacle of the congregation when he goeth in to make an atonement in the holy place, until he come out, and have made an atonement for himself, and for his household, and for all the congregation of Israel. And he shall go out unto the altar that is before the LORD, and make an atonement for it; and shall take of the blood of the bullock, and of the blood of the goat, and put it Exod. xxx, 10. And Aaron shall upon the horns of the altar round make an atonement upon the about. And he shall sprinkle of horns of it once in a year with the the blood upon it with his finger blood of the sin-offering of atone-seven times, and cleanse it, and ments; once in the year shall he hallow it from the uncleanness of make atonement upon it through- the children of Israel. out your generations: it is most holy unto the LORD. the LORD. OF THINGS. Exod. xxiv, 6. Aud Moses took half of the blood, and put it in basons; and half of the blood he sprinkled on the altar. Lev. iv, 5-7, 30. And the priest that is anointed shall take of the bullock's blood, and bring it to the tabernacle of the congregation. And the priest shall dip his finger in the blood, and sprinkle of the blood seven times before the LORD, before the vail of the sanctuary. And the priest shall Ezek. xlv, 19, 20. And the priest shall take of the blood of the sinoffering, and put it upon the posts of the house, and upon the four corners of the settle of the altar, and upon the posts of the gate of the inner court. And so thou shalt do the seventh day of the month for every one that erreth, and for him that is simple: so shali ye reconcile the house. Heb. ix, 18-23. Whereupon neither the first testament was dedicated without blood. For when Moses had spoken every precept to all the people according to the law, he took the blood of calves and of goats, with water. and scarlet wool, and hyssop, and sprinkled both the book and al the people, Saying, This is the blood of the testament which God hath enjoined unto you. Moreover he sprinkled likewise with blood both the tabernacle and all the vessels of the ministry. And most all things are by the law purged with blood; and with shedding of blood is no remissi It was therefore necessary the the patterns of things in the heavens should be purified w these; but the heavenly thi themselves with better sacrite than these. CEREMONIAL UNCLEAN NESSES. Lev. v, 2, 3. Or, if a soul to any unclean thing, whether # carcase of an unclean beast, or carcase, of unclean cattle, or carcase of unclean creeping thing and if it be hidden from bi also shall be unclean, and gui Or if he touch the uncleantes man, whatsoever uncleanness that a man shall be defiled with and it be hid from him; when knoweth of it, then he sha guilty. Lev. vii, 20, 21. But the soul" eateth of the flesh of the sact of peace-offerings that pers unto the LORD, having his nuced ness upon him, even that s shall be cut off from his pa Moreover, the soul that sta touch any unclean thing, es uncleanness of man, or any clean beast, or any abom unclean thing, and eat of the B of the sacrifice of peace-offer which pertain unto the Los A that soul shall be cut off irem b people. Lev. xv, 4-7, 9, 10, 12. E bed whereon be lieth that be the issue is unclean, and e thing whereon he sitteth sha unclean. And whosoever to eth his bed shall wash his c and bathe himself in water, az unclean until the even. AL that sitteth on any thing why" he sat that hath the issue *** wash his clothes,and bathe kn in water, and be unclean unde even. And he that touche flesh of him that hath the is shall wash his clothes, and bo himself in water, and be unce until the even. And what so soever he rideth upon that bisthe issue shall be uncles. A whosoever toucheth any that was under him shall be dean until the even: and he that areth any of those things shall h his clothes, and bathe himin water, and be unclean until eeven. And the vessel of earth the toucheth which hath the me shall be broken: and every el of wood shall be rinsed in Jer. xix, 23. And whatsoever unclean person toucheth shall unclean, and the soul that beth it shall be unclean until . xxi, 4. But he shall not himself, being a chief man his people, to profane him xxil, 2-7. Speak unto , and to his sons, that they rate themselves from the things of the children of el, and that they profane not holy name in those things they hallow unto me: I am LORD. Say unto them, Whorhe be of all your seed, ng your generations, that anto the holy things, which Children of Israel hallow unto Leno, having his uncleanness him, that soul shall be cut om my presence: I am the What man soever of the ef Aaron is a leper, or hath a issue, he shall not eat of ly things, until he be clean. Whoso toucheth any thing unclean by the dead, or a bose seed goeth from him; bosoever toucheth any ping thing, whereby he may de unclean, or a man of he may take uncleanness, toever uncleanness he hath; Soal which hath touched any hall be unclean until even, shall not eat of the holy unless he wash his flesh Water. And when the sun is be shall be clean, and shall ward eat of the holy things, se it is his food. xil, 15. And Miriam was eat from the camp seven and the people journeyed Miriam was brought in xix, 11-15. He that touchThe dead body of any man be unclean seven days. He parify himself with it on the day, and on the seventh day all be clean: but if he purify himself the third day, then seventh day he shall not be Whosoever toucheth the dbody of any man that is dead, Ipurifieth not himself, defileth * tabernacle of the LORD; and soul shall be cut off from aet: because the water of separen was not sprinkled upon m, be shall be unclean; his un uness is yet upon him. This the law, when a man dieth in a tent; All that come into the tent, and all that is in the tent, shall be unclean seven days. And every open vessel, which hath no covering bound upon it, is unclean. Num. xxxi, 19. And do ye abide without the camp seven days: whosoever hath killed any person, and whosoever hath touched any slain, purify both yourselves and your captives on the third day, and on the seventh day. Deut. xxiii, 10. If there be among you any man that is not clean, by reason of uncleanness that chanceth him by night, then shall he go abroad out of the camp; he shall not come within the camp. 1 Sam. xx, 26. Nevertheless, Saul spake not any thing that day: for he thought, Something hath befallen him, he is not clean; surely he is not clean. Haggai ii, 11-14. Thus saith the LORD of hosts, Ask now the priests concerning the law, saying, If one bear holy flesh in the skirt of his garment, and with his skirt do touch bread, or pottage, or wine, or oil, or any meat, shall it be holy? And the priests answered and said, No. Then said Haggai, If one that is unclean by a dead body touch any of these, shall it be unclean? And the priests answered and said, It shall be unclean. Then answered Haggai, and said, So is this people, and so is this nation before me, saith the LORD; and so is every work of their hands; and that which they offer there is unclean. John iii, 25. Then there arose a question between some of John's disciples and the Jews about purifying. Exod. xxix, 4. And Aaron and his sons thou shalt bring unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and shalt wash them with water. Exod. xxx, 18-21. Thou shalt also make a laver of brass, and his foot also of brass, to wash withal: and thou shalt put it between the tabernacle of the congregation and the altar, and thou shalt put water therein: For Aaron and his sons shall wash their hands and into the tabernacle of the congretheir feet thereat. When they go gation, they shall wash with water, that they die not; or when they come near to the altar to minister, to burn offering made by fire unto the LORD: So they shall wash their hands and their feet, that they die not: and it shall be a statute for ever to them, even to him and to his seed throughout their generations. Exod. x1, 12, 31, 32. And thou shalt bring Aaron and his sons unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and wash them with water. And Moses, and Aaron, and his sons, washed their hands and their feet thereat. When they went into the tent of the congregation, and when they came near unto the altar, they washed; as the Lord commanded Moses. Lev. vi, 27, 28. Whatsoever shall touch the flesh thereof shall be holy: and when there is sprinkled of the blood thereof upon any garment, thou shalt wash that whereon it was sprinkled in the holy place. But the earthen vessel wherein it is sodden shall be broken: and if it be sodden in a brasen pot, it shall be both scoured, and rinsed in water. Lev. viii, 6. And Moses brought Aaron and his sons and washed them with water. Lev. xiv, 2-7, 49-53. This shall be the law of the leper in the day of his cleansing: He shall be brought unto the priest. And the priest shall go forth out of the camp: and the priest shall look, and, behold, if the plague of leprosy be healed in the leper; Then shall the priest command to take for him that is to be cleansed two birds alive and clean, and cedar-wood, and scarlet, and hyssop. And the priest shall command that one of the birds be killed in an earthen vessel over As for the living running water. bird, he shall take it, and the cedar-wood, and the scarlet, and the hyssop, and shall dip them and the living bird in the blood of the bird that was killed over the runDing water; And he shall sprinkle upon him that is to he cleansed from the leprosy seven times, and shall pronounce him clean, and shall let the living bird loose into the open field. And he shall take to cleanse the house two birds, and cedar-wood, and scarlet, and byssop. And he shall kill the one of the birds in an earthen vessel over running water. And he shall take the cedar-wood, and the hyssop, and the scarlet, and the living bird, and dip them in the blood of the slain bird, and in the running water, and sprinkle the house seven times. And he shall cleanse the house with the blood of the bird, and with the running water, and with the living bird, and with the cedar-wood, and with the hyssop, and with the scarlet. But he shall let go the living bird out of the city into the open flelds, and make an atonement for the house: and it shall be clean. Lev. xv, 7, 13. And he that toucheth the flesh of him that hath the issue shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even. And when he that hath an issue is cleansed of his issue, then he shall number to himself seven days for his cleansing, and wash his clothes, and bathe his flesh in running water, and shall be clean Lev. xvi, 28. And he that burn heifer of purification for sin, and running water shall be put thereto in a vessel; And a clean person shall take hyssop, and dip it in the water, and sprinkle it upon the tent, and upon all the vessels, and upon the persons that were there, and upon him that touched a bone, or one slain, or one dead, or a grave: But the man that shall be unclean, and shall not purify himself, that soul shall be cut off from among the congregation, because he hath deflled the sanctuary of the LORD: the water of separation hath not been sprinkled upon him; he is unclean. And it shall be a perpetual statute unto them, that he that sprinkleth the water of separation shall wash his clothes; and he that toucheth the water of separation shall be unclean until even. And whatsoever the unclean person toucheth shall be unclean; and the soul that toucheth it shall be unclean until even. Num. xxxi, 21-24. And Eleazar eth them shall wash his clothes, the priest said unto the men of war which went to the battle, This is the ordinance of the law which the LORD commanded and bathe his flesh in water, and afterward shall he come into the camp. Num. xix, 2--10, 17, 18, 20-22. This is the ordinance of the law which the LORD hath commanded, saying, Speak unto the children of Israel, that they bring thee a red heifer without spot, wherein is no blemish, and upon which never came yoke. And ye shall give her unto Eleazar the priest, that he may bring her forth without the camp, and one shall slay her before his face. And Eleazar the priest shall take of her blood with Moses; Every thing that may Deut. xxiii, 11. But it shall be, wash himself with water; and when Neh. xii, 30. And the priests and his finger, and sprinkle of her John ii, 6. And there were set there six water-pots of stone after the manner of the purifying of the Jews, containing two or three firkins apiece. John xiii, 8, 9. Peter saith unto him, Thou shalt never wash my feet. Jesus answered him, If I wash thee not, thou hast no part with me. Simon Peter saith unto him, Lord, not my feet only, but also my hands and my head. Acts xxi, 23, 26. Do therefore this that we say to thee: We have four men which have a vow o them: Then Paul took the men, and the next day purifying b self with them entered into the temple, to signify the accompli ment of the days of purificat until that an offering should offered for every one of them. ANOINTING. THE OINTMENT. Exod. xxx, 23-25, 31-33. Take THE COMMAND. take the anointing oil, and poure Exod. xxx, 26-30. And th Aaron and his sons, and Exod. x1, 9-11. And thou sin Lev. vill, 10-12. And Mus |