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Identifier: dictionaryofbibl01scha (find matches)
Title: A dictionary of the Bible..
Year: 1887 (1880s)
Authors: Schaff, Philip, 1819-1893
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Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
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wing or Hoopoe. It is abundant in Palestine andwarmer parts of the Old World, ansometimes seen in England. 509 thed is LAS LAW LASiEA, a town of Crete, nearFair Haven, now in ruins, but identifiedwithout doubt. Acts 27 : 8. LASHA (fissure), a place on thesouth-eastern boundary of Canaan, Gen.10 : 19; identified by earlier Christianwriters as Callirhoe, situated near theeastern shore of the Dead Sea, and fa-mous for its hot springs. LASHARON (the plain), a districtwhose king was killed by Joshua. Josh.12: 18: now Sarona, near Tabor. LATCHET. Mark 1 : 7. SeeClothes. LATIN, Luke 23 : 38, LATINVER SIOIVS. See Bible. LATTICE. 2 Kgs. 1 : 2. SeeDwellings. LAUGH, LAUGHTER. Whenthese forms arc used concerning God, asin Prov. 1: 26; Ps. 2: 4; 37: 13, theysignify that he despises or pays no re-gard to the persons or subject. -LAVER, a brazen vessel belongingto the tabernacle, and standing in thecourt, between the altar and the sacredtent. Ex. 30: 18, 21. It contained
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A Brazen Laver on Wheels. water for the priests to wash their handsand feet before offering sacrifice, andprobably also for washing the thingsoffered. Its form is not described, butit was made from the brazen mirrors ofthe women who assembled at the door ofthe tabernacle court. Ex.38: 8. In thetemple of Solomon there were ten brazenlavers on feet, 1 Kgs. 7 : 27-39, five510 on each side of the court of priests which,wereusedfor washing the animals to be sac-rificed. 2 Chr. 4:6. See Sea, The Molten. LAW, THE. This term is appliedin the N. T. to the old dispensation, indistinction from the new ; the dispensa-tion under the law in distinction fromthe dispensation under the gospel; thedispensation by Moses in distinctionfrom the dispensation by Christ. John1:17; Acts 25 : 8; Heb. 10 : 1-18. Butbesides this its general sense, which isnever entirely lost sight of by the writersof the N. T., the term refers more spe-cially to the Mosaic legislation, includingthe moral, Matt. 5: 17, the ceremo

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