Identifier: bibleitsstory1316horn (find matches)
Title: The Bible and its story..
Year: 1908 (1900s)
Authors: Horne, Charles F. (Charles Francis), 1870-1942 Brewer, Julius August, 1877-1953, joint ed
Subjects: Bible
Publisher: New York, F. R. Niglutsch
Contributing Library: Princeton Theological Seminary Library
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f she be not able to bring a Iamb, then she shallbring two turtles, or two young pigeons.—Lev., 12, 8. THE sudden death of Aarons sons doubtless servedas sufficient warning to the Israehtes to be exactand punctilious in following the religious cere-monials laid down for them. There are in the Bible manychapters of directions concerning these; and all are plannedwith forethought and justice. Thus, for instance, oneimportant principle was that the value of an offering shouldbe proportioned to the wealth of the individual whopresented it. This is illustrated in the present picture. One of thelaws was that a mother, after her child was born, shouldcome with an offering of purification, when she returnedto the tabernacle to give thanks to the Lord. The chiefoffering was to be lamb; but if the woman was poor,two turtle doves or two young pigeons would suflBce instead.We are shown here a young mother approaching withher modest gift, eager to proclaim her gratitude to thegiver of all. 11-69
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ii-tJa ®f)e Scapegoat BY WILMAAI HOLMAN HUNT, A LEADER OF THE NINE-TEENTH CENTURY PRE-RAPHAELITES, NOTEDFOR THE ACCURACY OF HIS BIBLICALLANDSCAPES.+ And the goat shall bear upon him all their iniquitiesunto a land not inhabited: and he shall let go the goat in the wilderness.—Lev., 16, 22. AMONG the strangest and most memorable of theceremonies commanded for the Hebrews wasthat of the scapegoat. Once every year, asan everlasting statute, were they commanded to assembleso as to offer a sacrifice of atonement for all their sins. Twohe-goats were brought before the high priest and, selectingone by lot, he slew it upon the altar; then the other wasbrought forth, and the high priests direction was that heshall lay both his hands upon the head of the live goat,and confess over him all the iniquities of the children ofIsrael, and all their transgressions in all their sins, puttingthem upon the head of the goat, and shall send him awayby the hand of a fit man into the wilderness. The mysti

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