Jer. vi, 30. Reprobate silver shall men call them, because the LORD hath rejected them. Jer. x, 9. Silver spread into plates is brought from Tarshish, and gold from Uphaz, the work of the workman, and of the hands of the founder. Ezek. xxil, 18. Son of man, the house of Israel is to me become dross: all they are brass, and tin, and iron, and lead, in the midst of the furnace; they are even the dross of silver. Ezek. xxvii, 12. Tarshish was thy merchant by reason of the multitude of all kind of riches; with silver...... Dan. v, 2. Belshazzar, whiles he tasted the wine, commanded to bring the golden and silver vessels which his father Nebuchadnezzar had taken out of the temple which was in Jerusalem.... Dan. xi, 8. And shall also carry captives into Egypt their gods, with their princes, and with their precious vessels of silver and of gold. .... Amos ii, 6. They sold the righteous for silver, and the poor for a pair of shoes. Zech. ix, 3. And Tyrus did build herself a strong hold, and heaped up silver as the dust, and fine gold as the mire of the streets. Zech. xiil, 9. And I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and try them as gold is tried..... Mal. ill, 3. And he shall sit as a refiner and purifier of silver: and he shall purify the sons of Levi, and purge them as gold and sil ver.... GOLD AND SILVER OFTEN CONNECTED TOGETHER AS A GENERAL EXPRESSION FOR MONEY. Gen. xiii, 2. And Abram was very rich in cattle, in silver, and in gold. Gen. xliv, 8. Behold, the money Deut. xvil, 17. Neither shall he greatly multiply to himself silver and gold. Josh. vi, 19. But all the silver, and gold, and vessels of brass and iron, are consecrated unto the LORD: they shall come into the treasury of the LORD. 2 Sam, vill, 11. Which also king David did dedicate unto the LORD, with the silver and gold that he had dedicated of all nations which he subdued. purses. Acts ill, 6. Then Peter sal Silver and gold have 1 none; b such as I have give I thee..... Acts xx, 33. 1 have coveted t man's silver, or gold, or appares. James v, 3. Your gold and silv is cankered. .... 1 Peter 1, 18. Forasmuch as y know that ye were not redeem with corruptible things, as sliv and gold, from your vain conve sation received by tradition fru your fathers. Deut. vill, 9. ... A land whe hills thou mayest dig brass. stones are iron, and out of wha Josh. vi, 24. And they burnt th city with fire, and all that therein: only the silver, and t 2 Sam. xxi, 4. And the Gibeon-of iron, they put into the treasu gold, and the vessels of brass E ites said unto him, We will have of the house of the LORD. no silver nor gold of Saul, nor of his house.... 1 Kings xv, 18, 19. Then Asa took all the silver and the gold that were left in the treasures of the house of the LORD, and the delivered them into the hand of treasures of the king's house, and his servants; and king Asa sent them to Ben-hadad, the son of Tabrimon, the son of Hezion, king of Syria, that dwelt at Dabetween me and thee, and between mascus, saying, There is a league my father and thy father: behold, I have sent unto thee a present of silver and gold; come and break thy league with Baasha king of Israel, that he may depart from me. 1 Kings xx, 3. Thy silver and thy gold is mine. Judges xvi, 21. But the Phi tines took him, and put out eyes, and brought him down Gaza, and bound him with fettst of brass... .... 2 Sam. viii, 8. And from Bets and from Berothai, cities of Had ezer, king David took exceedi much brass. 2 Kings xxv, 13, 14. And th pillars of brass that were in and the brasen sea that was in house of the LORD, and the bas house of the LORD, did the Cha dees break in pieces, and carr the brass of them to Baby And the pots, and the shovels, the snuffers, and the spoons, AB all the vessels of brass where they ministered, took they awa 1 Chron. xxi, 3. And David p made silver and gold at Jerusa-nails for the doors of the ga 2 Chron. i, 15. And the king pared iron in abundance for lem as plenteous as stones, and and for the joinings; and brass cedar-trees made he as the syca- abundance without weight. more-trees that are in the vale for abundance. P8. Cv, 37. He brought them forth also with silver and gold.. Ps. cxix, 72. The law of thy mouth is better unto me than thousands of gold and silver. Eccles. 11, 8. I gathered me also silver and gold, and the peculiar treasure of kings and of the pro vinces..... Isa. ii, 7. Their land also is full 2 Chron. vi, 18. For Solemu had made a brasen scaffold of fit cubits long, and five cubits bry and three cubits high, and bad it in the midst of the court.... Ezek. xxvii, 13. Javao. To' and Meshech, they were thy a chants: they traded the pers of men and vessels of brass in t market. Zech. vi, 1. And I turned, an lifted up mine eyes, and looked and, behold, there came four chariots out from between two Contains; and the mountains were mountains of brass, THE EMBLEM OF STRENGTH. Job vi, 12. Is my strength the ength of stones? or is my flesh Crass. P. evil, 16. For he hath broken se gates of brass, and cut the as of iron in sunder. J. xlv, 2. . . . . I will break pieces the gates of brass, and In sander the bars of iron. Jer. 1, 18. For, behold, I have sde thee this day a defenced and an iron pillar, and brasen against the whole land.... Ter. xv, 20. And I will make sunto this people a fenced sen wall: and they shall fight inst thee, but they shall not fail against thee.... xiv, 13. Arise and thresh, aghter of Zion: for I will thine horn iron, and I will te thy hoofs brass. IRON. of the earth, and brass is molten out of the stone. Ps. ii, 9. Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron. . . . . Prov. xxvii, 17. Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend. Eccles. x, 10. If the iron be blunt, and he do not whet the edge, then must he put to more strength: but wisdom is profitable to direct. Jer. xv, 12. Shall iron break the northern iron and the steel? Jer. xvii, 1. The sin of Judah is written with a pen of iron, and with the point of a diamond. ... Ezek. iv, 3. Moreover, take thou unto thee an iron pan, and set it for a wall of iron between thee and the city; and set thy face against it, and it shall be besieged, and thou shalt lay siege against it. This shall be a sign to the house of Israel. Ezek. xxvii, 19. Dan also and Javan, going to and fro, occupied in thy fairs; bright iron, cassia, and calamus, were in thy market. THE EMBLEM OF HARDNESS. fil, 11. For only Og king Deut. iv, 20. But the LORD hath kahan remained of the rem- taken you, and brought you forth of giants; behold, his bed-out of the iron furnace, even out as a bedstead of iron: is it of Egypt, to be unto him a people Rabbath of the children of of inheritance, as ye are this day. Bon? nine cubits was the th thereof, and four cubits the 4th of it, after the cubit of a vill, 9. ... A land whose es are iron, and out of whose thou mayest dig brass. A viii, 31. As Moses, the serof the LORD, commanded the Iren of Israel, as it is written book of the law of Moses, altar of whole stones, over t no man hath lift up any . xil, 31. And he brought the people that were therein, put them under saws, and ar harrows of iron, and under of iron, and made them pass ugh the brick-kiln.... Kings vi, 7. And the house, it was in building, was built she made ready before it was ght thither: so that there was ber hammer, nor axe, nor any of iron heard in the house it was in building. Chron. xxix, 2. Now, I have ared with all my might for ouse of my God, the gold for to be made of gold, and the for things of silver, and the for things of brass, the iron things of iron, and wood for gs of wood. 2 Sam. xxili, 7. But the man that shall touch them must be fenced with iron and the staff of a in my trouble I have prepared for 1 Chron. xxii, 14. Now, behold, the house of the LORD an hundred thousand talents of gold, and a thousand thousand talents of silver; and of brass and iron without weight; (for it is in abunJob xxviii, 2. Iron is taken out | dance.). ... 2 Chron. Hi, 7. Send me now therefore a man cunning to work in gold, and in silver, and in brass, and in iron.... Ezek. xxii, 20. As they gather silver, and brass, and iron, and lead, and tin, into the midst of the furnace, to blow the fire upon it, to melt it; so will I gather you in mine anger and in my fury, and I will leave you there, and melt you. the pride of your power; and I Lev. xxvi, 19. And I will break will make your heaven as iron, and your earth as brass. Deut. xxxiii, 25. Thy shoes shall be iron and brass; and as thy days, so shall thy strength be. that thou art obstinate, and thy Isa. xlviii, 4. Because I knew neck is an iron sinew, and thy brow brass. COPPER. of gold of a thousand drams, and Ezra vill, 27. Also twenty basons two vessels of fine copper, precious as gold. LEAD. Num. xxxi, 22. Only the gold, and the silver, the brass, the iron, the tin, and the lead. Job xix, 24. That they were graven with an iron pen, and lead in the rock for ever. Jer. vi, 29. The bellows are burnt, the lead is consumed of the fire, the founder melteth in vain; for the wicked are not plucked away. Ezek. xxii, 18. Son of man, the house of Israel is to me become dross: all they are brass, and tin, and iron, and lead, in the midst of the furnace; they are even the dross of silver. TIN. Isa. i, 25. And I will turn my hand upon thee, and purely purge away thy dross, and take away all thy tin. Ezek. xxvii, 12. Tarshish was thy merchant by reason of the multitude of all kind of riches; with silver, iron, tin, and lead, they traded in thy fairs. MINERALS. Deut. xxxiii, 15. And for the chief things of the ancient mountains, and for the precious things of the lasting hills. Judges iii, 26. And Ehud espassed beyond the quarries, and caped while they tarried, and escaped unto Seirath. Job xxviii, 5, 6. As for the earth out of it cometh bread: and under it is turned up as it were fire. The stones of it are the place of sapphires; and it hath dust of gold. Isa. xxxiii, 12. And the people shall be as the burnings of lime; as thorns cut up shall they be burned in the fire. SALT. Judges ix, 45. And Abimelech fought against the city all that day; and he took the city, and slew the people that was therein, and beat down the city, and sowed it with salt. Mark ix, 49, 50. For every one shall be salted with fire, and every sacrifice shall be salted with salt. Salt is good: but if the salt have lost his saltness, wherewith will ye season it? Have salt in yourselves, and have peace one with another. Exod. xxvii, 17-20. And thou shalt set in it settings of stones, even four rows of stones: the first row shall be a sardius, a topaz and a carbuncle: this shall be the first row. And the second row shall be an emerald, a sapphire, EMERALD AND SARDINE. Ezek. xxvii, 16. Syria as thy merchant by reason of the muintude of the wares of thy making they occupied in thy fairs with emeralds, purple, and broidered work, and fine linen, and coral, and agate. Rev. iv, 3. And he that sat was to look upon like a jasper and a Luke xiv, 34, 35. Salt is good: and a diamond. And the third row sardine stone. but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be seasoned? It is neither fit for the land, nor beryl, and an onyx, and a jasper; JACINTH. Jet for the dunghill; but men cast they shall be set in gold in their horses in the vision, and them it out. He that hath ears to hear, let him hear. inclosings. Rev. xxl, 19-21. And the foundations of the wall of the city were garnished with all manner of precious stones. The first foundaSee under DRESS, Page 160, 161. tion was jasper; the second, JEWELS. PRECIOUS STONES. 1 Kings x, 2, 11. And she came to Jerusalem with a very great train, with camels that bare spices, and very much gold, and precious stones..... And the navy also of Hiram, that brought gold from Ophir, brought in from Ophir great plenty of almug trees, and precious stones. 1 Chron. xxix, 2, 8. Now I have prepared with all my might for the house of my God, ....onyxstones, and stones to be set, glistering stones, and of divers colours, and all manner of precious stones, and marble stones in abundance. And they with whom precious stones were found gave them to the treasure of the house of the LORD, by the hand of Jehiel the Gershonite. 2 Chron. ill, 6. And he garnished the house with precious stones for beauty.. ... 2 Chron.xxxii, 27. And Hezekiah had exceeding much riches and honour: and he made himself treasuries for silver, and for gold, and for precious stones, and for spices, and for shields, and for all manner of pleasant jewels. Rev. xviii, 12. The merchandise of gold, and silver, and precious stones, and of pearls. . . . Rev. xxi, 19. And the foundations of the wall of the city were sapphire; the third, a chalcedony; the fourth, an emerald; The fifth, sardonyx; the sixth, sardius; the seventh, chrysolite; the eighth, beryl; the ninth, a topaz; the tenth, a chrysoprasus; the eleventh, a jacinth; the twelfth, an amethyst. And the twelve gates were twelve pearls; every several gate was of one pearl: and the street of the city was pure gold, as it were transparent glass. OTHER PRECIOUS STONES MENTIONED IN SCRIPTURE. AGATE AND CARBUNCLE. Isa. liv, 12. And I will make thy windows of agates, and thy gates of carbuncles, and all thy borders of pleasant stones. Lam. iv, 7. Her Nazarites we purer than snow, they w whiter than milk, they were d ruddy in body than rubies, tos polishing was of sapphire. SAPPHIRE. Exod. xxiv, 10. And they the God of Israel: and there under his feet as it were a pave work of a sapphire stone, and a it were the body of heaven in clearness. firmament that was over the Ezek. 1, 26. And above! heads was the likeness of a thru as the appearance of a sapphi stone: and upon the likeness of throne was the likeness as appearance of a man above up to MINISTERS OF RELIGION. UNDER THE OLD DISPENSATION. 1-PRIESTS. A PATRIARCHAL PRIEST. , 18, 19. And Melchizag of Salem brought read and wine: and he was Most of the most high God. le blessed him, and said, edle Abram of the most Gad, possessor of heaven , 1-3. For this MelchisKing of Salem, priest of Bost high God, who met returning from the ter of the kings, and blessed To whom also Abraham tenth part of all; first being, erpretation, King of right, and after that also King which is, King of peace; father, without mother, descent, having neither ng of days, nor end of life; de like unto the Son of deth a priest continually. JEWISH PRIESTS. xix, 22. And let the also, which come near to 33, sanctify themselves, LORD break forth upon xxviii, 1. And take thou Aaron thy brother, and a with him, from among ldren of Israel, that he may r unto me in the priest's eten Aaron, Nadab and Eleazar and Ithamar, And Moses brought Aaron and his sons, and washed them with water. And ye shall not go out of the door | of the tabernacle of the congregation in seven days, until the days of your consecration be at an end: for seven days shall he consecrate you. As he hath done this day, so the LORD hath commanded to do, to make an atonement for you. Therefore shall ye abide at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation day and night seven days, and keep the charge of the LORD, that ye die not: for so I am commanded. So Aaron and his sons did all things which the LORD commanded by the hand of Moses. Lev. xxi, 6. They shall be holy unto their God, and not profane the name of their God: for the offerings of the LORD made by fire, and the bread of their God, they do offer, therefore they shall be holy. Num. ill, 10, 38. And thou shalt appoint Aaron and his sons, and they shall wait on their priest's office: and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death. But those that encamp before the tabernacle toward the east, even before the tabernacle of the congregation eastward, shall be Moses, and Aaron and his sons, keeping the charge of the sanctuary, for the charge of the children of Israel; and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death. Num. xvii, 7. Therefore thou and thy sons with thee shall keep thee, Uzziah, to burn incense unto the LORD, but to the priests the sons of Aaron, that are consecrated to burn incense: go out of the sanctuary; for thou hast trespassed: neither shall it be for thine honour from the LORD God. 2 Chron. xxxv, 10. So the service was prepared, and the priests stood in their place, and the Levites in their courses, according to the king's commandment. Isa. lxvi, 21. And I will also take of them for priests, and for Levites, saith the LORD. THEIR VARIOUS DUTIES. Lev. x, 11. And that ye may teach the children of Israel all the statutes which the LORD hath spoken unto them by the hand of Moses. the generations of Aaron and Num. ill, 1-4, 32. These also are Moses, in the day that the LORD spake with Moses in mount Sinai. And these are the names of the sons of Aaron: Nadab the firstborn, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar. These are the names of the sons of Aaron, the priests which were anointed, whom he consecrated to minister in the priest's office. And Nadab and Abihu died before the LORD, when they offered strange fire before the LORD, in the wilderness of Sinai, and they had no children: and Eleazar and Ithamar ministered in the priest's office in the sight of Aaron their father. And Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, shall be chief over the chief of the Levites, and have the over (xxix, 35. And thus shalt your priest's office for every thing sight of them that keep the charge 9 unto Aaron, and to his ccording to all things which Commanded thee: seven as thou consecrate them. vili, 2-6, 33-36. Take Aaron le sons with him, and the of the altar, and within the vail; and ye shall serve: I have given your prieat's office unto you as a service of gift; and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death. , and the anointing oil, ballock for the sin-offering, 2 Chron. xxvi, 16-18. But when trams, and a basket of he [Uzziah] was strong, his heart hed bread; And gather was lifted up to his destruction: the congregation together for he transgressed against the e door of the tabernacle of LORD his God, and went into the gregation. And Moses temple of the LORD to burn inThe Loan commanded him; cense upon the altar of incense. assembly was gathered And Azariah the priest went in er unto the door of the after him, and with him fourscore acle of the congregation. priests of the LORD, that were valses said unto the congre- iant men; And they withstood This is the thing which Uzziah the king, and said unto to commanded to be done. I him, It appertaineth not unto I of the sanctuary. Num. iv, 5-16. And when the camp setteth forward, Aaron shall come, and his sons, and they shall take down the covering vail, and cover the ark of testimony with it; And shall put thereon the covering of badgers' skins, and shall spread over it a cloth wholly of blue, and shall put in the staves thereof. And upon the table of shew-bread they shall spread a cloth of blue, and put thereon the dishes, and the spoons, and the bowls, and covers to cover withal: and the continual bread shall be thereon. And they shall spread upon them a cloth of scarlet, and cover the same with a covering of badgers' skins, and shall put in the staves thereof. And they shall take a cloth of blue, and cover the candlestick of the light, and his lamps, and his tongs, and his snuff-dishes, and all the oil-, Vessels thereof, wherewith they minister unto it. And they shall they had carried away from Sa- 1 Chron. vi, 49. But Aaron and tar of incense, and were appointed the burnt-offering, and on the al commanded. 1 Chron. ix, 30. And some of the sons of the priests made the ointment of the spices. 1 Chron. xvi, 39, 40. And Zadok the priest, and his brethren the priests, before the tabernacle of the LORD, in the high place that was at Gibeon, To offer burnt-offerings unto the LORD upon the altar of the burnt-offering continually morning and evening, and to do according to all that is written in the law of the LORD, which he commanded Israel. put it, and all the vessels thereof; Num. xviii, 1. And the LORD said unto Aaron, Thou, and thy sons, and thy father's house with thee, shall bear the iniquity of the sanctuary: and thou and thy sons with thee shall bear the iniquity of your priesthood. Num. xxvii, 19, 22. And set him before Eleazar the priest, and before all the congregation; and gave him a charge in their sight. And Moses did as the LORD commanded him: and he took Joshua, and set him before Eleazar the priest, and before all the congregation. 2 Kings xvii, 27, 28. Then the king of Assyria commanded, saying, Carry thither one of the priests whom ye brought from thence; and let them go and dwell there, and let him teach them the manner of the God of the land. Then one of the priests, whom 1 Chron. xxiil, 13. The sons of Amram; Aaron and Moses: and Aaron was separated, that he should sanctify the most holy things, he and his sons for ever, to burn incense before the LORD, to minister unto him, and to bless in his name for ever. THE HIGH PRIEST. Acts vil, 1. Then said the high Heb. v, 1-4. For every high priest taken from among men is ordained for men in things pr taining to God, that he may offer Who can have compassion on t ignorant, and on them that are both gifts and sacrifices for sit self also is compassed with ind mity. And by reason hereof be ought, as for the people, so b for himself, to offer for sins. 42 no man taketh this honour himself, but he that is called d God, as was Aaron. out of the way; for that he him FIDELITY AND BLESSING. 2 Chron. xxix, 11. My sons, b not now negligent: for the Le hath chosen you to stand befor him, to serve him, and that! should minister unto him, burn incense. been mindful of us; he will b Ps. cxv, 12. The LORD ba us: he will bless the house Israel: he will bless the house Aaron. the Priests of the LORD; men s Isa. Ixi, 6. But ye shall be us call you the Ministers of our ye shall eat the riches of the tiles, and in their glory shall boast yourselves. Jer. xxxi, 14. And I will saf and my people shall be sa the soul of the priests with fa with LORD. my goodness, saith t the Levites, the sons of Zai Ezek. xliv, 15, 16. But the pri that kept the charge of my tuary when the children of 1 went astray from me, they come near to me to minister me, and they shall stand me to offer unto me the fals the blood, saith the Lord G They shall enter into my d my table, to minister unto a ary, and they shall come they shall keep my charge Mal. II, 4-6. And ye shall 1 that I have sent this car ment unto you, that my caF might be with Levi, sal), LORD of hosts. My covena with him of life and peac gave them to him for the wherewith he feared me, a afraid before my name. T of truth was in his meal, iniquity was not found in he walked with me in peste 1 equity, and did turn many from iniquity. SINS OF THE PRIESTHO REBELLION. spake unto Korah, and a Num. xvi, 5-11, 17-19. A his company, saying, Even morrow the Loss will she are his, and who is holy, and |