he that kindled the fire shall surely make restitution. Ex. 34:21. Six days shalt thou work, but on the seventh day thou shalt rest: in earing time and in harvest thou shalt rest. Ex. 20:9; 23:12; Deut. 5:13,14. 22. And thou shalt observe the feast of weeks, of the firstfruits of wheat harvest, and the feast of ingathering at the year's end. Lev. 19:9. And when ye reap the harvest of your land, thou shalt not wholly reap the corners of thy field, neither shalt thou gather the gleanings of thy harvest. 10. And thou shalt not glean thy vineyard, neither shalt thou gather every grape of thy vineyard; thou shalt leave them for the poor and stranger: I am the LORD your God. 19. Ye shall keep my statutes. Thou shalt not let thy cattle gender with a diverse kind: thou shalt not sow thy field with mingled seed: neither shall a garment mingled of linen and woollen come upon thee. 23. And when ye shall come into the land, and shall have planted all manner of trees for food, then ye shall count the fruit thereof as uncircumcised: three years shall it be as uncircumcised unto you: it shall not be eaten of. 24. But in the fourth year all the fruit thereof shall be holy to praise the LORD withal. 25. And in the fifth year shall ye eat of the fruit thereof, that it may yield unto you the increase thereof: I am the LORD your God. Lev. 25:2. Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye come into the land which I give you, then shall the land keep a sabbath unto the LORD. 3. Six years thou shalt sow thy field, and six years thou shalt prune thy vineyard, and gather in the fruit thereof; 4. 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. [Ex. 23:10,11.] 5. 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. 6. 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 sojourn eth with thee, 7. And for thy cattle, and for the beast that are in thy land, shall all the increase thereof be meat. possession, and ye shall return every man unto his family. 11. 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. 12. For it is the jubilee; it shall be holy unto you: ye shall eat the increase thereof out of the field. 15. According to the number of years after the jubilee thou shalt buy of thy neighbour, and according unto the number of years of the fruits he shall sell unto thee: 16. According to the multitude of years thou shalt increase the price thereof, and according to the fewness of years thou shalt diminish the price of it: for according to the number of the years of the fruits doth he sell unto thee. 19. And the land shall yield her fruit, and ye shall eat your fill, and dwell therein in safety. 20. And if ye shall say, What shall we eat the seventh year? behold, we shall not sow, nor gather in our increase: 21. Then I will command my blessing upon you in the sixth year, and it shall bring forth fruit for three years. 22. And ye shall sow the eighth year, and eat yet of old fruit until the ninth year; until her fruits come in ye shall eat of the old store. 23. The land shall not be sold for ever: for the land is mine; for ye are strangers and sojourners with me. 24. And in all the land of your possession ye shall grant a redemption for the land. 25. If thy brother be waxen poor, and hath sold away some of his possession, and if any of his kin come to redeem it, then shall he redeem that which his brother sold. 26. And if the man have none to redeem it, and himself be able to redeem it; 27. Then let him count the years of the sale thereof, and restore the overplus unto the man to whom he sold it; that he may return unto his possession. 28. But if he be not able to restore it to him, then that which is sold shall remain in the hand of him that hath bought it until the year of jubilee: and in the jubilee it shall go out, and he shall return unto his possession. Deut. 22:9. Thou shalt not sow thy vineyard with divers seeds: lest the fruit of thy seed which thou hast sown, and the fruit of thy vineyard, be defiled. 10. Thou shalt not plow with an ox and an ass together. Deut. 23:24. When thou comest into thy 8. And thou shalt number seven sabbaths neighbour's vineyard, then thou mayest eat of years unto thee, seven times seven years; grapes thy fill at thine own pleasure; but and the space of the seven sabbaths of years thou shalt not put any in thy vessel. 25. shall be unto thee forty and nine years. 9. When thou comest into the standing corn Then shalt thou cause the trumpet of the of thy neighbour, then thou mayest pluck jubilee to sound on the tenth day of the the ears with thine hand: but thou shalt not seventh month, in the day of atonement move a sickle unto thy neighbour's standing shall ye make the trumpet sound through-corn. Matt. 12:1. out all your land. 10. And ye shall hallow Deut. 24:19. When thou cuttest down the fiftieth year, and proclaim liberty thine harvest in thy field, and hast forgot throughout all the land unto all the inhabit- a sheaf in the field, thou shalt not go again ants thereof: it shall be a jubilee unto you; to fetch it: it shall be for the stranger, for and ye shall return every man unto his the fatherless, and for the widow: that the AGRICULTURE. LORD thy God may bless thee in all the work of thine hands. 20. When thou beatest thine olive tree, thou shalt not go over the boughs again: it shall be for the stranger, for the fatherless, and for the widow. 21. When thou gatherest the grapes of thy vinevard, thou shalt not glean it afterward: it shall be for the stranger, for the fatherless, and for the widow. Prov. 3:9. Honor the LORD with thy substance, and with the firstfruits of all thine increase: 10. So shall thy barns be filled with plenty, and thy presses shall burst out with new wine. Eccl. 5:9. Moreover the profit of the earth is for all: the king himself is served by the field. Prov. 27:23. Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, and look well to thy herds: 24. For riches are not for ever: and doth the crown endure to every generation? 25. The hay appeareth, and the tender grass sheweth itself, and herbs of the mountains are gathered. 26. The lambs are for thy clothing, and the goats are the price of the field. 27. And thou shalt have goats' milk enough for thy food, for the food of thy household, and for the maintenance for thy maidens. FACTS ABOUT: Gen. 8:22. While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease. 1 Sam. 13:19. Now there was no smith found throughout all the land of Israel: for the Philistines said, Lest the Hebrews make them swords or spears: 20. But all the Israelites went down to the Philistines, to sharpen every man his share, and his coulter, and his ax, and his mattock: 21. Yet they had a file for the mattocks, and for the coulters, and for the forks, and for the axes, and to sharpen the goads. Isa. 28:24. Doth the plowman plow all day to sow? doth he open and break the clods of his ground? 25. When he hath made plain the face thereof, doth he not cast abroad the fitches, and scatter the cummin, and cast in the principal wheat and the appointed barley and the rie in their place? 26. For his God doth instruct him to discretion, and doth teach him. 27. For the fitches are not threshed with a threshing instrument, neither is a cart wheel turned about upon the cummin; but the fitches are beaten out with a staff, and the cummin with a rod. 28. Bread corn is bruised; because he will not ever be threshing it, nor break it with the wheel of his cart, nor bruise it with his horse men. Matt. 13:3. And he spake many things unto them in parables, saying, Behold, a sower went forth to sow; 4. And when he sowed, some seeds fell by the wayside, and the fowls came and devoured them up: 5. Some fell upon stony places, where they had not much earth and forthwith they sprung up, because they had no deepness of earth 6. And 51 when the sun was up, they were scorched; and because they had no root, they withered away. 7. And some fell among thorns; and the thorns sprung up, and choked them: 8. But other fell into good ground, and brought forth fruit, some an hundred fold, some sixtyfold, some thirtyfold. 2 Cor. 9:6. But this I say, He which soweth sparingly shall reap also sparingly; and he which soweth bountifully shall reap also bountifully. Gal. 6:7. Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap. See HUSBANDMAN. FIGURATIVE: Fallow ground, Jer. 4:3. IMPLEMENTS OF. See AX; CART; FAN; PRODUCTS OF. See APPLE; BARLEY; BUT- ANIMALS OF. See Ass; CAMEL; GOATS; AGRIPPA, king, Acts 25:26. AGUR, son of Jakeh, Prov. 30:1. AHAB. 1. King of Israel, 1 Kin. 16:29. Marries Jezebel, 1 Kin. 16:31. Idolatry of, 1 Kin. 16:30-33; 18:18,19; 21:25,26; other wickedness of, 2 Kin. 3:2; 2 Chr. 21:6; 22:3,4; Mic. 6:16. Reproved by Elijah. Assembles the prophets of Baal, 1 Kin. 18:17-46. Fraudulently confiscates Naboth's vineyard, 1 Kin. 21. Defeats Ben-hadad, 1 Kin. 20. Closing history and death of, 1 Kin. 22: 2 Chr. 18. Succeeded by his son, Ahaziah, 1 Kin. 22:40. Prophecies against, 1 Kin. 20:42; 21:19-24; 22:19-28; 2 Kin. 9:8,25,26. Sons of, murdered, 2 Kin. 10:1-8. 2. A false prophet, Jer. 29:21,22. AHARAH, called also EHI, and AHIRAM, and AHER, son of Benjamin, Gen. 46:21; Num. 26:38: 1 Chr. 7:12; 8:1. AHARHEL, son of Harum, 1 Chr. 4:8. 11:13. AHASBAI, father of Eliphelet, 2 Sam. 23:34. See UR, 1 Chr. 11:35. AHASUERUS. 1. King of Persia, his- 3. Father of Darius, Dan. 9:1. 21,31. AHAZ. 1. King of Judah, son and successor of Jotham, 2 Kin. 15:38; 16:1; 2 Chr. 27:9; 28:1. Idolatrous abominations of, 2 Kin. 16: 3,4; 2 Chr. 28:2-4,22-25. Kingdom of, invaded by the kings of Syria and Samaria, 2 Kin. 16:5,6; 2 Chr. 28:5-8. Robs the temple to purchase aid from the king of Assyria, 2 Kin. 16:7-9, 17, 18; 2 Chr. 28:21. Visits Damascus, obtains a novel pattern of an altar, which he substitutes for the altar in the temple in Jerusalem, and otherwise perverts the forms of worship, 2 Kin. 16:10-16. Sundial of, 2 Kin. 20:11; Isa. 38:8. Prophets in the reign of, Isa. 1:1; Hos. 1:1; Mic. 1:1. Prophecies concerning, Isa. 7:13-25. Succeeded by Hezekiah, 2 Kin. 16:20. 2. Son of Micah, 1 Chr. 8:35; 9:41,42. AHAZIAH. 1. King of Judah. Called AZARIAH and JEHOAHAZ, 2 Chr. 21:17; 25:23. History of, 2 Kin. 8:25-29; 9:16-29. Gifts of, to the temple, 2 Kin. 12:18. Brethren of, slain, 2 Kin. 10:13,14. Succeeded by Athaliah, 2 Chr. 22:10-12. 2. King of Israel. History of, 1 Kin. 22:40, 49,51-53; 2 Chr. 20:35-37; 2 Kin. 1. ceeded by Jehoram, 2 Kin. 3:1. Suc AHBAN, son of Abishur, 1 Chr. 2:29. AHI. 1. Son of Shamer, 1 Chr. 7:34. AHIAH. 1. Grandson of Phinehas, 1 2. One of Solomon's scribes, 1 Kin. 4:3. 3. A Benjamite, 1 Chr. 8:7. AHIAM, one of David's heroes, 2 Sam. 23:33. Called also SACAR, 1 Chr. 11:35. AHIAN, son of Shemidah, 1 Chr. 7:19. AHIEZER. 1. Captain of the tribe of Dan, Num. 1:12; 2:25,26. Contributes to the tabernacle, Num. 7:66-71. 2. One of David's valiant men, 1 Chr. 12:3. AHIHUD. 1. A prince of Asher, assists in allotting the land of Canaan among the tribes, Num. 34:27. and of Jehoshaphat, 2 Sam.8:16; 20 4:3; 1 Chr. 18:15. AHIMAAZ. 1. Father in la Saul, 1 Sam. 14:50. 2. Son of Zadok, the high prie to David, 2 Sam. 15:36; 17:17-20; Chr. 6:8,9,53. 3. Solomon's son in law, 1 Kin. AHIMAN. 1. A giant of Heb 13:22; Josh. 15:14. 2. A Levite, 1 AHIMELECH. 1. Called also high priest, during the reign Gives shewbread and the sword ath to David, 1 Sam. 21; Mark 2 by command of Saul, 1 Sam. 22:92. A Hittite, and friend of Dav 26:6. AHIMOTH, a Levite, 1 Chr. AHINADAB, son of Iddo, 11 AHINOAM. 1. Wife of kin Sam. 14:50. 2. Wife of king David, 1 Sam. 30:5,18; 2 Sam. 3:2. AHIO. 1. A Levite, who drov bearing the ark, 2 Sam. 6:3,4; 1 C 2. A Benjamite, 1 Chr. 8:14. 3. Son of Jehiel, 1 Chr. 8:31; 9:3 AHIRA, captain of the tribe of Num. 1:15; 2:29; 7:78-83; 10:27. AHIRAM. See AHARAH. AHISAMACH, father of Ah 31:6; 35:34; 38:23. AHISHAHAR, son of Bilhan, AHISHAR, one of Solomon's officers, 1 Kin. 4:6. AHITHOPHEL. One of Day sellors, 2 Sam. 15:12; 1 Chr. 27: Absalom, 2 Sam. 15:31,34; 16:15,20 23. Probably referred to by Dav 55:12-14. Suicide of, 2 Sam. 17:1AHITUB. 1. High priest, Ahiah, 1 Sam. 14:3; 22:9,11,12,20. 2. Father of Zadok, 2 Sam. 8:1 18:16. 3. Ruler of the house of God, 1 Neh. 11:11. 4. The Ahitub mentioned in 1 C 2. A son of Bela, 1 Chr. 8:7. AHIJAH, called also AHIAH. 1. Son of 12, is probably identical with th Bela, 1 Chr. 8:7. 2. Son of Jerahmeel, 1 Chr. 2:25. 3. A priest in Shiloh, probably identical with Ahimelech, mentioned in 1 Sam. 22:11. Was priest in Saul's reign, 1 Sam. 14:3,18. Slain, 1 Sam. 22:11-19. 4. One of David's heroes, 1 Chr. 11:36. Called also ELIAM, 2 Sam. 23:34. 5. A Levite who was treasurer in the tabernacle, 1 Chr. 26:20. 6. Son of Shisha, 1 Kin. 4:3. 7. A prophet in Shiloh, 1 Kin. 11:31-39. 8. Father of Baasha, 1 Kin. 15:27,33; 2 Kin. 9:9. 9. An Israelite, who subscribed to the covenant of Nehemiah, Neh. 10:26. scribed above, or else he is conf Azariah, 2 Chr. 31:10. AHLAB, a city of Asher, the of habitants of which were not expel 1:31. AHLAI. 1. Daughter of Shesha 2:31,34,35. 2. Father of Zabad, 1 Chr. 11:41 AHOAH, son of Bela, 1 Chr. 8 also AHIAH, 1 Chr. 8:7, and IRA, 1 AHOLAH, name of an imagin an, typical of idolatry, Ezek. 23:4, AHOLIAB, an artificer of t nacle, Ex. 31:6; 35:34; 36:1,2; 38:23. AHOLIBAH, an imaginary typical of idolatry, Ezek. 23:4,5,36 AHOLIBAMAH. 1. Wife of E AHIKAM, Son of Shaphan, 2 Kin. 22:12– 14; 25:22; 2 Chr. 34:20; Jer. 26:24; 39:14; 40:5-36:3,14,25. She is probably ident 16; 41:1-18; 43:6. AHILUD, father of Baana, 1 Kin. 4:12; Judith, of Gen. 26:34. 2. An Edomitish prince, Gen. 30 AHUMAI. AHUMAI, son of Jahath, 1 Chr. 4:2. AHUZAM, son of Ashur, 1 Chr. 4:6. AHUZZATH, a friend of Abimelech, Gen. 26:26. AI. 1. A royal city of the Canaanites. Conquest and destruction of, Josh. 7:8. Rebuilt, Ezra 2:28. Called also AIJA, Neh. 11: 31: and AIATH, Isa. 10:28. Population of, Josh. 8:25. 2. A city of the Ammonites, Jer. 49:3. AIAH. See AJAH. AIATH. See AI. AIJA. See AI. AIJALON. See AJALON. AIJELETH SHAHAR, a musical term which probably indicated the sprightly movement of the music set to Psa. 22. See TITLE. AIN. 1. A city of Simeon, Josh. 19:7; 15:32; 21:16; 1 Chr. 4:32. Called also ASHAN, 1 Chr. 659. Possibly identical with En-Rimmon, Neh. 11:29. 2. A landmark on the northern boundary of Palestine, Num. 34:11. AJAH, called also AIAH. 1. A Horite, Gen. 36:24; 1 Chr. 1:40. 2. Father of Rizpah, 2 Sam. 3:7; 21:8–11. AJALON. 1. A city of Dan, Josh. 19:42. Assigned to the Levites. A city of refuge, Josh. 21:24; 1 Sam. 14:31; 1 Chr. 6:69. Amorites of, not exterminated, Judg. 1:35. 2. A city of Zebulun, Judg. 12:12. 3. A city of Judah, 2 Chr. 28:18; 11:10. 4. A valley, Josh. 10:12. AKAN, a Horite, Gen. 36:27. Called also JAAKAN, Deut. 10:6; and JAKAN, 1 Chr. 1:42. AKKUB. 1. One of the Nethinim, Ezra 2:45. 2. A returned exile, 1 Chr. 9:17; Ezra 2:42; Neh. 7:45; 8:7; 12:25. 3. A son of Elioenai, 1 Chr. 3:24. AKRABBIM, a chain of hills in the South of Palestine, Num. 34:4; Josh. 15:3; Judg. 1:36. ALABASTER. A white stone. Vessels made of, Matt. 26:7; Mark 14:3; Luke 7:37. ALAMETH, son of Becher, 1 Chr. 7:8. ALAMMELECH, a town of Asher, Josh. 19:26. ALAMOTH. A musical term, 1 Chr. 15:20. Inscription to Psa. 46. See MUSIC. ALEMETH. 1. A Levitical city, 1 Chr. 660. See ALMON. 2. Son of Jehoadah, 1 Chr. 8:36; or of Jarah, 1 Chr. 9:42. ALEXANDER. 1. Son of Simon who bore the cross of Jesus, Mark 15:21. 2. A relative of the high priest, present at the defense of Peter and John, Acts 4:6. 3. A Jew of Ephesus, Acts 19:33. 4. A copper-smith, 1 Tim. 1:20; 2 Tim. 4:14. ALEXANDRIA. A city of Egypt, Acts 69. Ships of, Acts 27:6; 28:11. Apollos born in. Acts 18:24. ALGUM, called also ALMUG, trees of Ophir and Lebanon, 1 Kin. 10:11,12; 2 Chr. 2:8: 9:10.11. ALIAH. See ALVAH. ALIENS, strangers, heathen. To be treated with justice, Ex. 22:21; 23:9; Lev. 19:33,34; Deut. 1:16; 10:19; 24:14,17; 27:19; Jer. 7:6; 22:3; Ezek. 22:29; Mal. 3:5. Religious privileges of, Ex. 12:48,49; Num. 9:14; 15:14,15. Kindness to Edomites, enjoined, Deut. 23:7. Jews authorized to purchase, as slaves, Lev. 25:44,45; and to take usury from, Deut. 15:3; 23:20; not permitted to make kings of, Deut. 17:15. Forbidden to eat the passover, Ex. 12:45. Partially exempt from Jewish law, Deut. 14:21. Numerous in times of David and Solomon, 2 Sam. 22:45,46; 2. Chr. 2:17; 15:9. Oppressed, Ezek. 22:29. Rights of, Num. 35:15; Josh. 20:9; Ezek. 47:22,23. David's kindness to, 2 Sam. 15:19, 20. Hospitality to, required by Jesus, Matt. 25:35,38,43. See GLEANING; HEATHEN; HOSPITALITY; INHOSPITABLENESS; PROSELYTE; STRANGERS. ALLEGORY. Of the trees seeking a king, Judg. 9:8-15. Messiah's kingdom represented under, of the wolf and the lamb dwelling together, Isa. 11:6-8. Wilderness to blossom as the rose, Isa. 35. The two covenants, Gal. 4:24. See PARABLE; SYMBOL. ALLIANCES. POLITICAL: With idolaters forbidden, Ex. 23:32,33; 34:12-15; Deut. 7:2; Judg. 2:2; 2 Chr. 19:2; 20:37; Isa. 8:11, 12; 30:2; 31:1; Hos. 4:17; 12:1. Ratification of: By oaths, Gen. 21:23; 26:28-31; Josh. 9:15-20; 1 Sam. 20:16, 17; by giving the hand, Lam. 5:6. See COVENANTS; TREATY. INSTANCES OF: Between Abraham and Mamre, Eshcol, and Aner, Gen. 14:13. Abraham and Abimelech, Gen. 21:22-32. Isaac and Abimelech, Gen. 26:26-31. Canaanitish nations against Israel, Josh, 9:1,2. Joshua and the Gibeonites, Josh. 9. Moabites, Amalekites, and Ammonites, Judg. 3:12,13, Solomon and Hiram, 1 Kin. 5:12; Amos, 1:9. Asa and Benhadad, 1 Kin. 15:18,19; 2 Chr. 16:3. Jehoshaphat and Ahab, 1 Kin. 22; 2 Chr. 18:1. Jehoshaphat and Ahaziah, 2 Chr. 20:35. Ahaz and Tiglath, 2 Kin. 16:7,8; 2 Chr. 28:16, 21. Rezin and Pekah, 2 Kin. 16:5. Zedekiah and Pharaoh, Jer. 37:1-8; Ezek. 17:15-17. ALLON. 1. Son of Jedaiah, 1 Chr. 4:37. 2. A city of Naphtali, Josh. 19:33. ALLON-BACHUTH, place where Rebekah was buried, Gen. 35:8. ALLOY, OF METALS: Isa. 1:25. ALMODAD, son of Joktan, Gen. 10:26; 1 Chr. 1:20. ALMON, Levitical city of refuge, Josh, 21:18. Called ALEMETH, 1 Chr. 6:60, ALMOND, a tree. Fruit of, Gen. 43:11. Aaron's rod of the, Num. 17:8. Bowls of candlestick in the tabernacle fashioned after the nuts of the. Ex. 25:33,34; 37:19,20. FIGURATIVE USE OF: Eccl. 12:5; Jer. 1:11. ALMON-DIBLATHAIM. Camping place of Israelites, Num. 33:46,47. Probably identical with Beth-diblathaim, Jer. 48:22, and with Diblath, Ezek. 6:14. ALMS. Asking, John 9:8; Acts 3:2. COMMANDMENTS AND PRACTICES CONCERNING: Lev. 25:35. And if thy brother be waxen poor, and fallen in decay with thee; then thou shalt relieve him: yea, though he be a stranger, or a sojourner: that he may live with thee. Deut. 14:28. At the end of three years thou shalt bring forth all the tithe of thine increase the same year, and shalt lay it up within thy gates: 29. And the Levite, (because he hath no part nor inheritance with thee,) and the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, which are within thy gates, shall come, and shall eat and be satisfied; that the LORD thy God may bless thee in all the work of thine hand which thou doest. Deut. 15:7. If there be among you a poor man of one of thy brethren within any of thy gates in thy land which the LORD thy God giveth thee, thou shalt not harden thine heart, nor shut thine hand from thy poor brother: 8. But thou shalt open thine hand wide unto him, and shalt surely lend him sufficient for his need, in that which he wanteth. 9. Beware that there be not a thought in thy wicked heart, saying, The seventh year, the year of release, is at hand; and thine eye be evil against thy poor brother, and thou givest him nought; and he cry unto the LORD against thee, and it be sin unto thee. 10. Thou shalt surely give him, and thine heart shall not be grieved when thou givest unto him: because that for this thing the LORD thy God shall bless thee in all thy works, and in all that thou puttest thine hand unto. 11. For the poor shall never cease out of the land: therefore I command thee, saying, Thou shalt open thine hand wide unto thy brother, to thy poor, and to thy needy, in thy land. Isa. 58:6. Is not this the fast that I have chosen? to loose the bands of wickedness, to undo the heavy burdens, and to let the oppressed go free, and that ye break every yoke? 7. Is it not to deal thy bread to the hungry, and that thou bring the poor that are cast out to thy house? when thou seest the naked, that thou cover him; and that thou hide not thyself from thine own flesh? Matt. 5:42. Give to him that asketh thee, and from him that would borrow of thee turn not thou away. Matt. 6:1. Take heed that ye do not your alms before men, to be seen of them: otherwise ye have no reward of your Father which is in heaven. 2. Therefore when thou doest thine alms, do not sound a trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may have glory of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward. 3. But when thou doest alms, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doeth: 4. That thine alms may be in secret: and thy Father which seeth in secret himself shall reward thee openly. Matt. 19:21. Jesus said unto him, If thou wilt be perfect, go and sell that thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come and follow me. Luke 11:41. But rather give alms of such things as ye have. Luke 12:33. Sell that ye have, and givealms; provide yourselves bags which wax not old, a treasure in the heavens that faileth not, where no thief approacheth, neither moth corrupteth. Rom. 12:8. He that giveth, let him do it with simplicity. 2 Cor. 9:5. Therefore I thought it necessary to exhort the brethren, that they would go before unto you, and make up beforehand your bounty, whereof ye had notice before that the same might be ready, as a matter of bounty, and not as of covetousness. 6. But this I say, He which soweth sparingly shall reap also sparingly; and he which soweth bountifully shall reap also bountifully. 7. Every man according as he purposeth in his heart, so let him give; not grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loveth a cheerful giver. Gal. 2:10. Only they would that we should remember the poor; 1 Tim. 6:18. That they do good, that they be rich in good works, ready to distribute, willing to communicate; Heb. 13:16. To do good and to communicate forget not: for with such sacrifices God is well pleased. 1 John 3:17. But whoso hath this world's good, and seeth his brother have need, and shutteth up his bowels of compassion from him, how dwelleth the love of God in him? See BENEFICENCE; GIFTS; GIVING; LIBERALITY; POOR. INSTANCES OF GIVING: Zaccheus, Luke 19:8. Dorcas, Acts 9:36. Cornelius, Acts 10:2. The early Christians, Acts 2:44,45; 4:34-37; 6:1-3; 11:29,30; 24:17; Rom. 15:25-28; 1 Cor. 16:1-4; 2 Cor. 8:1-4; 9:1; Heb. 6:10. ALOES. Used as perfume, Psa. 45:8; Prov. 7:17; Song 4:14; In embalming the dead, John 19:39. Lign-aloes, Num. 24:6. ALPHA, a title of Christ, Rev. 1:8,11; 21: 6; 22:13. Compare Isa. 41:4; 44:6; 48:12. ALPHEUS. 1. Father of James, Matt. 10:3; Mark 3:18. 2. Father of Levi, Mark 2:14. ALTAR. Built by Noah, Gen. 8:20; Abraham, Gen. 12:7,8; 13:18; 22:9; Isaac, Gen. 26:25; Jacob, Gen. 33:20; 35:1-7; Moses, Ex. 17:15; 24:4; Balaam, Num. 23:1,14,29; Joshua, Deut. 27:4-7; Josh. 8:30-32; Reubenites and Gadites, Josh. 22:10,34; Gideon, Judg. 6:26, 27; Samuel, 1 Sam. 7:17; Saul, 1 Sam. 14:37; David, 2 Sam. 24:18, 19; Elijah,1 Kin. 18:31,32. Mosaic commandments prescribing the construction of, Ex. 20:24-26; Deut. 27:5-7; Josh. 8:30,31. See Ezek. 43:13. Used in idolatrous worship, Judg. 6:25. 1 Kin. 12:32; 16:32; 18:26; 2 Kin. 16:10; 23:12,15; Isa. 27:9; 65:3; Hos. 8:11; Acts 17:23. OF BURNT OFFERINGS: called BRAZEN ALTAR, EX. 39:39; 1 Kin. 8:64; ALTAR OF GOD, Psa. 43:4; ALTAR OF THE LORD, Mal. 2:13. |