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spake unto the children of Israel, after they came forth out of Egypt.

Deut. xxxii, 48. And the LORD spake unto Moses that self-same day, saying.

TO MOSES AND AARON.
Exod. vii, 8.

be right; and I hate every false way. Thy testimonies that thou hast commanded are righteous and very faithful. Thy word is very pure: therefore thy servant loveth it. Thy righteousness is an everlasting righteousness, and thy law is the truth. Thou art near, O LORD; and all thy com

unto you throughout your generations in all your dwellings.

Deut. xxxi, 21. And it shall come to pass, when many evils and troubles are befalien them, that this song shall testify against them as a witness.

Deut. xxxii, 2, 47. My doctrine

shall distil as the dew...

For

And the LORD mandments are truth. Thy word shall drop as the rain, my speech
is true from the beginning: and
every one of thy righteous judg-
ments endureth for ever.

spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying.

Exod. xil, 1. And the LORD spake unto Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt, saying.

Lev. xi, 1. And the LORD spake unto Moses and to Aaron, saying unto them.

Lev. xiii, 1; xiv, 33; xv, 1. And the LORD spake unto Moses and Aaron, saying.

Num. ii, 1; iv, 1, 17; xiv, 26; xvi, 20; xix. 1. And the LORD spake unto Moses and Aaron, saying.

Num. xx, 23. And the LORD spake unto Moses and Aaron in mount Hor, by the coast of the land of Edom, saying.

TO MOSES AND ELEAZAR.

Prov. xxx, 5. Every word of God is pure: he is a shield unto them that put their trust in him.

Eccles. xii. 10. The Preacher sought to find out acceptable words: and that which was written was upright, even words of

truth.

Luke i, 1-4. Forasmuch as many have taken in hand to set forth in order a declaration of those things which are most surely believed among us, Even as they delivered them unto us, which from the beginning were eyewitnesses, and ministers of the word; It seemed good to me also,

it is not a vain thing for you; because it is your life: and through this thing ye shall prolong your days in the land whether ye go over Jordan to possess it.

Ps. xix, 7. The law of the LORD is perfect, converting the soul: the testimony of the LORD is sure, making wise the simple.

Ps. cxix, 96, 144, 152. I have seen an end of all perfection: but thy commandinent is exceeding broad. The righteousness of thy testimonies is everlasting: give me understanding, and I shall live. Concerning thy testimonies, I have known of old that thou hast founded them for ever.

Isa. xl, 8. The grass withereth, the flower fadeth; but the word

Num. xxvi, 1. And it came to having had perfect understanding of our God shall stand for ever.

pass after the plague, that the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest, saying.

To AARON.

of all things from the very first, to write unto thee in order, most excellent Theophilus, That thou mightest know the certainty of those things wherein thou hast been instructed.

Lev. x, 8. And the LORD spake to them, These are the words Luke xxiv, 44. And he said ununto Aaron saying.

To JOSHUA. Josh. iv. 15; xx, 1. And the LORD spake unto Joshua. saying.

TO JOB.

Job xxxviii. 1. Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said.

Job x1, 1, 6. Moreover, the LORD answered Job, and said. Then answered the LORD unto Job out of the whirlwind, and said. (For other instances, see under PROPHETS.)

TRUTH OF SCRIPTURE. 2 Sam. xxii, 31. As for God, his way is perfect; the word of the LORD is tried: he is a buckler to all them that trust in him.

Ps. xil, 6. The words of the LORD are pure words, as silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times

Ps. xix, 9. The fear of the LORD is clean, enduring for ever: the Judgments of the LORD are true and righteous altogether.

Ps. cxix, 128, 138, 140, 142, 151, 160. Therefore I esteem all thy precepts concerning all things to

which I spake unto you, while I was yet with you, that all things must be fulfilled which were written in the law of Moses, and in the Prophets, and in the Psalms, concerning me.

John xvii, 17. Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is

truth.

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Isa. lv, 10, 11. For as the rain cometh down, and the snow from heaven, and returneth not thither, but watereth the earth, and maketh it bring forth and bud, that it may give seed to the sower, and word be that goeth forth out of my bread to the eater: So shall my mouth; it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall sent it prosper in the thing whereto I

Jer. xxiii, 29. Is not my word like as a fire? saith the LORD; and like a hammer that breaketh the rock in pieces?

Matth. v, 17, 18. Think not that I am come to destroy the law or destroy, but to fulfil. For verily the prophets: I am not come to I say unto you, Till heaven and shall in no wise pass from the earth pass, one jot or one tittle law, till all be fulfilled.

Mark iv, 14, 20. The sower soweth the word. And these are they which are sown on good ground; such as hear the word, and receive it, and bring forth fruit, some thirtyfold, some sixty, and some an hundred.

Luke xvi, 16, 17. The law and the prophets were until John: since that time the kingdom of God is preached, and every man presseth into it. And it is easier for heaven and earth to pass, than one tittle of the law to fail.

Luke xxi, 33. Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.

John v, 46, 47. For had ye belleved Moses, ye would have believed me: for he wrote of me. But if ye believe not his writings, how shall ye believe my words? 3. Now ye are clean John XV, through the word which I have spoken unto you.

John xx, 31. But these are written, that ye might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that believing ye might have life through his name.

Acts xviii, 23. For he mightily Convinced the Jews, and that publickly, shewing by the scriptures that Jesus was Christ.

Rom. x. 17. So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.

2 Cor. vil. 8. For though I made you sorry with a letter, I do not repent, though I did repent: for I perceive that the epistle hath made you sorry, though it were but for a season)

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2 Tim. ill, 15-17. And that from a child thou hast known the holy scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus. All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: That the man of God may be perfect, thoroughly furnished unto all good works.

Heb. iv, 12. For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.

Ps. xix, 11. Moreover by them is thy servant warned: and in keeping of them there is great reward.

Ps. cxix, 9, 98-100, 104, 130. Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way? By taking heed thereto according to thy word. Thou, through thy commandments, hast made me wiser than mine enemies: for they are ever with me. I have more understanding than all my teachers: for thy testimonies are my meditation. I understand more than the ancients, because I keep thy precepts. Through thy precepts I get understanding: therefore I hate every false way. The entrance of thy words giveth light; it giveth understanding unto the simple.

Prov. i, 2--4. To know wisdom and instruction; to perceive the words of understanding; To receive the instruction of wisdom, justice, and judgment, and equity; To give subtilty to the simple, to the young man knowledge and

discretion.

Isa. xxvill, 10, 13. For precept must be upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little: but the word of the LORD was unto them precept upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little; that they might go, aud fall backward, and be broken, and shared, and taken.

their understanding, that they Luke xxiv, 45. Then opened he might understand the scriptures. 2 Pet. iii, 16, 17. As also in all his

hath quickened me. My soul fainteth for thy salvation; but I hope in thy word. Unless thy law had been my delights, I should then have perished in mine affliction. I will never forget thy pre Cepts: for with them thou hast quickened me. Thy testimonies have I taken as an heritage for ever: for they are the rejoicing of my heart. Trouble and anguish have taken hold on me: yet thy commandments are my delights. I prevented the dawning of the morning, and cried: I hoped in thy word. I rejoice at thy word, as one that findeth great spoil.

Prov. xxii, 19, 21. That thy trust may be in the LORD, I have made known to thee this day, even to thee. That I might make thee know the certainty of the words of the words of truth to them that truth; that thou mightest answer,

send unto thee?

Jer. xv, 16. And thy word was unto me the joy and rejoicing of mine heart, for I am called by thy name, O LORD God of hosts.

Acts xv, 30, 31. So when they were dismissed, they came to Antioch: and when they had gathered the multitude together, they delivered the epistle: Which when they had read, they rejoiced for the consulation.

Rom. xv, 4. For whatsoever were written aforetime things were written for our learning; that we through patience and comfort of the Scriptures might have hope.

write we unto you, that your joy 1 John i, 4. And these things may be full.

SCRIPTURE ABOVE TRADITIONS.

Matt. xv, 1-3. Then came to Jesus scribes and Pharisees, which tradition of the elders? for they were of Jerusalem, saying, Why do thy disciples transgress the wash not their hands when they eat bread. But he answered and

epistles, speaking in them of these
things; in which are some things
that are unlearned and unstable
hard to be understood, which they
wrest, as they do also the other
struction. Ye therefore, beloved,
scriptures, unto their own de-
seeing ye know these things be-
fore, beware lest ye also, being led
away with the error of the wick- said unto them, Why do ye also
ed, fall from your own stedfast-
ness.
transgress the commandment of
God by your tradition?

AND OF SPIRITUAL BLESS

INGS.

Ps. xix, 8. The statutes of the James i, 21. Wherefore, lay LORD are right, rejoicing the apart all filthiness, and super-heart: the commandinent of the fluity of naughtiness, and receive LORD is pure, enlightening the with meekness the ingrafted eyes. word, which is able to save your souls.

THE SOURCE OF INSTRUC

ΤΙΟΝ ΤΟ ΜΑΝ. Ps. xvii, 4. Concerning the works of men, by the word of thy lipa I have kept me from the paths of the destroyer.

Ps. cxix, 14, 16, 24, 50, 81, 92, 93, 111, 143, 147, 162 I have rejoiced in the way of thy testimonies, as much as in all riches. I will delight myself in thy statutes: I will not forget thy word. Thy testimonies also are my delight, and my counsellors. This is my comfort in my affliction: for thy word

Mark vii, 1-5, 7--9, 13. Then came together unto him the Phawhich came from Jerusalem. And risees, and certain of the scribes, when they saw some of his disciples eat bread with defiled (that is to say, with unwashen) hands, they found fault. (For the Pharisees, and all the Jews, except they wash their hands oft, eat not, holding the tradition of the elders. And when they come from the market, except they wash, they eat not. And many other things there be which they have received to hold, as the washing of cups, and pois, brazen vessels, and of

tables.) Then the Pharisees and scribes asked him, Why walk not thy disciples according to the tradition of the elders, but eat bread with unwashen hands? Howbeit, in vain do they worship me, teach ing for doctrines the commandments of men. For, laying aside the commandment of God, ye hold the tradition of men, as the washing of pots and cups: and many other such like things ye do. And he said unto them, Full well ye reject the commandment of God, that ye may keep your own tradiMaking the word of God of none effect through your tradition, which ye have delivered: and many such like things do ye. Gal. i, 14. And profited in the Jews' religion above many my equals in mine own nation, being more exceedingly zealous of the traditions of my fathers

tion.

phets also find no vision from the
LORD.

Ezek. vil, 26. Mischief shall
come upon mischief, and rumour
shall be upon rumour; then shall
they seek a vision of the prophet:
but the law shall perish from the
priest, and counsel from
ancients.
the

Isa. xxx, 8. Now go, write it before them in a table, and note it in a book, that it may be for the time to come for ever and ever

LORD God of Israel, saying, Write Jer. xxx, 2. Thus speaketh the thee all the words that I have spoken unto thee in a book.

days come, saith the Lord GOD, write therein all the words that I
Amos vill, 11-13. Behold, the Take thee a roll of a book, and
Jer. xxxvi, 2, 4, 17, 18 27--29, 32.
that I will send a famine in the have spoken unto thee against
land, not a famine of bread, nor a Israel, and against Judah, and
thirst for water, but of hearing against all the nations, from the
the words of the Lord: And they day I spake unto thee, from the
shall wander from sea to sea, and days of Josiah, even unto this
from the north even to the east day. Then Jeremiah called Baruch
they shall run to and fro to seek the son of Neriah: and Baruch
the word of the LORD, and shali wrote from the month of Jeremiah
not find it. In that day shall the all the words of the LORD, which
fair virgins aud young men faint he had spoken unto him, upon a
for thirst.
roll of a book. And they asked
Baruch, saying, Tell us now, How
didst thou write all these words
at his mouth? Then Baruch an-
swered them, He pronounced all
these words unto me with his
mouth, and I wrote them with ink
in the book. Then the word of
the LORD came to Jeremiah. (after
that the king had burut the roll,
and the words which Baruch
wrote at the mouth of Jeremiah,)
saying, Take thee again another
roll and write in it all the former
words that were in the first roll,
which Jehoiakim the king of
Judah hath burnt. And thou shalt
say to Jehoiakim king of Judah,

Rom. iil, 1, 2. What advantage then hath the Jew? or what profit is there of circumcision? Much 2 Thess. ii, 15. Therefore, breth-every way: chiefly, because that ren, stand fast, and hold the tradi- unto them were committed the tions which ye have been taught, oracles of God. whether by word, or our epistle.

PRIVILEGE OF POSSESSING
SCRIPTURE.

Deut. iv, 6, 8. Keep therefore, and do them; for this is your wisdom and your understanding in the sight of the nations, which

shall hear all these statutes, and Bay. Surely this great nation is a wise and understanling people.

And what nation is there so great,

so righteous as all this law, which I set before you this day?

II.

MODE OF RECORD. PRINCIPALLY BY WRITING. Deut. vi, 9. And thou shalt write them upon the posts of thy house, and on thy gates.

Deut. xi, 20. And thou shalt write them upon the door-posts of thine house. and upon thy gates.

Thus saith the LORD, Thou hast burnt this roll, saying, Why hast

that hath statutes and judgments, Deut. xxvii, 2, 3, 8. And it shall thou written therein, saying, The be, on the day when ye shall pass king of Babylon shall certainly over Jordan unto the land which come and destroy this land, and the LORD thy God giveth thee shall cause to cease from thence Deut. xxx, 11-14. For this commandment, which I command that thou shalt set thee up great man and beast? Then took Jerethee this day, it is not hidden stones, and plaster them with miah another roll, and gave it to from thee, neither is it far off. It plaster: And thou shalt write Baruch the scribe, the son of Neis not in heaven, that thou should-upon them all the words of this riah; who wrote therein, from the est say, Who shall go up for us to law, when thou art passed over; mouth of Jeremiah all the words heaven, and bring it unto us, that that thou mayest go in unto the of the book which Jehoiakim king we may hear it, and do it? Neither land which the LORD thy God of Judah had burnt in the fire: is it beyond the sea, that thou giveth thee, a land that floweth and there were added besides shouldest say, Who shall go over with milk and honey; as the LORD unto them many like words. the sea for us, and bring it unto God of thy fathers hath promised Jer. xlv, 1. The word that Jereus, that we may hear it, and do it? thee. And thou shalt write upon But the word is very nigh unto the stones all the words of this miah the prophet spake unto thee, in thy mouth, and in thy law very plainly. Baruch the son of Neriah, when he had written these words in a heart, that thou mayest do it. Deut. xxxi, 19, 22. Now there-book at the mouth of Jeremiah, fore write ye this song for you in the fourth year of Jehoiakim and teach it the children of Israel: the son of Josiah king of Judah, put it in their mouths, that this saying. song may be a witness for me against the children of Israel. Moses therefore wrote this song the same day, and taught it the

2 Chr. xv, 3. Now for a long season Israel hath been without the true God, and without a teaching priest, and without law.

Ps. cxlvii, 19. 20. He showeth his word unto Jacob, his statutes and his judgments unto Israel. He hath not dealt so with any nation: and as for his judgments. they have not known them. Praise ye the LORD.

children of Israel.

Josh. viii, 32. And he wrote there, upon the stones, a copy of the law of Moses, which he wrote in the presence of the children of Israel.

Lam. 11, 9. Her gates are sunk Into the ground; he hath destroyed and broken her bars; her king and Isa. viii, 16. Bind up the testiher princes are among the Gen-mony, seal the law among my tiles the law is no more; her pro-disciples.

Jer. 11, 60. So Jeremiah wrote in a book all the evil that should come upon Babylon, even all these words that are written against Babylon.

the evening and the morning Dan. viii, 26. And the vision of which was told is true: wherefore Shut thou up the vision: for it shall be for many days.

Dun. xn, 4,9. But tnou, O Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book, even to the time of the end:

many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall be increased. And he said, Go thy way, Daniel: for the words are closed up and sealed till the time of the end.

Hab. ii, 2. And the LORD answered me, and said, Write the Vision, and make it plain upon tables, that he may run that readeth it.

John xx, 30. And many other signs truly did Jesus in the presence of his disciples, which are

not written in this book.

John xxi, 25. And there are also many other things which Jesus did, the which, if they should be written every one, I suppose that even the world itself could not contain the books that should be

written. Amen.

Gal. vi, 11. Ye see how large a letter I have written unto you with mine own hand.

Eph. iii, 3. How that by revelation he made known unto me the mystery; as I wrote afore in tew words.

Heb. xiii, 22. And I beseech yon, brethren, suffer the word of exhortation; for I have written a letter unto you in few words.

prophecy of this book; for the Horeb, when the LORD made a time is at hand

ILLUSTRIOUS EXAMPLE.

THE DECALOGUE.

Exod. xx, 1-17. And God spake all these words, saying, I am the LORD thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. Thou shalt have no other Gods before me. Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth: Thou shalt not bowdown thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me; And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments. Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain: for the LORD will not hold in vain. Remember the sabbathhim guiltless that taketh his name day, to keep it holy. Six days shalt thon labour, and do all thy work: But the seventh day is the 1 Pet. v, 12. By Sylvanus, a faith-sabbath of the LORD thy God: in ful brother unto you, (as I sup- it thou shalt not do any work, pose.) I have written briefly, ex- thou, nor thy son, nor thy daugh horting and testifying that this is ter, thy man servant, nor the true grace of God wherein ye maid-servant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates: For in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the sabbath-day, and hallowed it. Honour thy father and thy mother; that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee. Thou shalt not kill. Thou shalt not commit adultery. Thou shalt not steal. Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour. Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's wife, nor his man-servant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbour's.

stand.

Rev. i, 11, 19. Saying, I am Alpha and Omega, the first and the last: and, What thou seest, write in a book, and send it unto the seven churches which are in Asia. Write the things which thou hast seen, and the things which are, and the things which shall be hereafter.

Rev. v, 1-4, 7. And I saw in the right hand of him that sat on the throne a book written within and on the backside, sealed with seven seals. And I saw a strong angel proclaiming with a loud voice, Who is worthy to open the book, and to loose the seals thereof? And no man in heaven, nor in earth, neither under the earth, was able to open the book, neither to look thereon. And I wept much, because no man was found worthy to open and to read the book, neither to look thereon. And he came and took the book out of the right hand of him that sat upon the throne.

Rev x, 4. And when the seven thunders had uttered their voices, I was about to write: and I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, Seal up those things which the seven thunders uttered, and write them not.

Rev. xxii, 10. And he saith unto me Seal not the sayings of the

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Deut. x, 5. And I turned myself, and came down from the mount, and put the tables in the ark which I had made; and there they be, as the LORD commanded me.

1 Kings vili, 9. There was nothing in the ark save the two tables of stone, which Moses put there at Horeb, when the LORD made a covenant with the children of Israel, when they came out of the land of Egypt.

2 Chron. v, 10. There was nothing in the ark save the two tables which Moses put therein at

Covenant with the children of Israel, when they came out of Egypt.

Neh. ix, 13 Thou camest down also upon mount Sinai, and spakest with them from heaven, and gavest them right judgments and true laws, good statutes and commandments.

Luke xvili, 20. Thou knowest the commandments, Do not commit adultery, Do not kill, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Honour thy father and thy mother.

2 Cor. ill, 3. Forasmuch as ye are manifestly declared to be the epistle of Christ ministered by us, written not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God; not in tables of stone, but in fleshly

tables of the heart.

DECALOGUE WRITTEN BY

GOD.

Exod. xxiv, 12. And the LORD said unto Moses, Come up to me I will give thee tables of stone, into the mount, and be there: and and a law, and commandments which I have written; that thou mayest teach them.

Exod. xxxi, 18. And he gave unto Moses, when he had made an end of communing with him testimony, tables of stone, written upon mount Sinai, two tables of with the finger of God.

Exod. xxxil, 15, 16, 19. And Moses turned, and went down from the mount, and the two tables of the testimony were in his hand; the tables were written on both their sides; on the one side and on the other were they written. And the tables were the work of God, and the writing was the writing of God, graven upon the tables. And it came to pass, as soon as he came nigh unto the camp, that he saw the calf, and the dancing: and Moses' anger waxed hot, and he cast the tables out of his hands, and brake them beneath the mount.

Exod. xxxiv. 4. 28. And he hewed two tables of stone, like unto the the morning, and went up unto first; and Moses rose up early in mount Sinai, as the LORD had commanded him, and took in his hand the two tables of stone. And he was there with the LORD forty days and forty nights; he did neither eat bread, nor drink water. And He wrote upon the tables the words of the covenant, the ten commandments.

Deut. iv, 13. And he declared unto you his covenant, which he commanded you to perform, even ten commandments; and he wrote them upon two tables of stone.

Deut. v, 22. These words the LORD spake unto all your assembly in the mount, out of the midst of the fire, of the cloud, and of the thick darkness, with a great voice; and he added no more: and he wrote them in the two tables of stone, and delivered them unto

me.

Deut. ix, 10, 11, 17. And the LORD delivered unto me two tables of stone, written with the finger of God; and on them was written according to all the words which the LORD spake with you in the mount, out of the midst of the fire, in the day of the assembly. And it came to pass, at the end of forty days and forty nights, that

the LORD gave me the two tables of stone, even the tables of the Covenant. And I took the two tables, and cast them out of my two hands, and brake them before

your eyes.

Deut. x, 1--4. At that time the

LORD said unto me. Hew thee two

tables of stone like unto the first, and come up unto me into the mount, and make thee an ark of wood. And I will write on the

tables the words that were in the first tables, which thou brakest, and thou shalt put them in the ark. And I made an ark of shittimwood, and hewed two tables of stone like unto the first, and went up into the mount, having the two tables in mine hand. And he wrote on the tables, according to the first writing, the ten commandments, which the LORD spake unto you in the mount, out of the midst of the fire, in the day of the assembly: and the LORD gave them unto me.

III.

THE BIBLE.

IN EARLY TIMES.

Deut. xvii, 18. 19. And it shali be, when he sitteth upon the throne of his kingdom, that he shall write him a copy of this law in a book, out of that which is before the priests the Levites: And it shall be with him, and he shall read therein all the days of his life; that he may learn to fear the LORD his God, to keep all the words of this law, and these statutes, to do them.

Deut. xxxi, 9, 24--26. And Moses wrote this law and delivered it unto the priests the sons of Levi, which bare the ark of the covenaut of the LORD, and unto all the elders of Israel. And it came to pass, when Moses had made an end of writing the words of this Jaw in a book, uniil they were finished, That Moses commanded the Levites, which bare the ark of the covenant of the LORD, saying, Take this book of the

law, and put it in the side of the ark of the covenant of the LORD your God, that it may be there for a witness against thee.

2 Kings xxii, 8. 10. And Hilkiah the high priest said unto Shaphan the scribe, I have found the book of the law in the house of the LORD: and Hilkiah gave the book to Shaphan, and he read it. And Shaphan the scribe shewed the king, saying, Hilkiah the priest hath delivered me a book: and Shaphan read it before the king.

taught in Judah, and had the 2 Chron. xvii, 9. And they book of the law of the LORD with them, and went about throughout all the cities of Judah, and taught the people.

2 Chron. xxxiv, 14-16. And when they brought the money that was brought into the house of the LORD, Hilkiah the priest found a book of the law of the

LORD given by Moses. And Hilkiah answered and said to Shaphan the scribe, I have found the book of the law in the house of the LORD. And Hilkiah delivered phan carried the book to the king, the book to Shaphan. And Shaand brought the king word back again, saying; All that was committed to thy servants, they do it.

Neh. viii, 1, 2, 5. And all the people gathered themselves together as one man into the street that was before the water-gate; and they spake unto Ezra the Scribe to bring the book of the law of Moses, which the LORD had commanded to Israel. And Ezra the priest brought the law before the congregation, both of men and women, and all that could hear with understanding, upon the first day of the seventh month. And Ezra opened the book in the sight of all the people; (for he was above all the people;) and when he opened it, all the people stood up.

(See under PROPHET.)

SOME BOOKS IN THE OLD TESTAMENT.

Deut. 1, 1. These be the words which Moses spake unto all Israel on this side Jordan in the wilderness, in the plain over against the Red sea, between Paran, and Tophel, and Laban, and Hazeroth, and Dizahab.

Neh. i, 1. The words of Nehemial, the son of Hachaliah.

lomon, the son of David, king of Prov. i, 1. The Proverbs of So

Israel.

Eccles. i, 1. The words of the Preacher, the son of David, king of Jerus lem.

Cant i, 1. The Song of songs, which is Solomon's.

Isa. 1, 1. The vision of Isaiah the Bun of Amoz,which he saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah.

Jer. i, 1-3. The words of Jeremiah the son of Hilkiab, of the priests that were in Anathoth, in the land of Benjamin: To whom the word of the LORD came in the days of Josiah the son of Amon king of Judah, in the thirteenth year of his reign. It came also in the days of Jehofakim the son end of the eleventh year of Zedeof Josiah king of Judah, unto the kiah the son of Josiah king of Judah, unto the carrying away of Jerusalem captive in the fifth

month.

Ezek. 1, 2, 3. In the fifth day of the month, (which was the fifth year of king Jehoiachin's captivty,) The word of the LORD came expressly unto Ezekiel the priest,

the son of Buzi, in the land of the Chaldeans, by the river Chebar; and the hand of the LORD was there upon him.

Dan. ix, 2. In the first year of books the number of the years, his reign, I Daniel understood by whereof the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah the prophet, that he would accomplish seventy years in the desolations of Jerusalem.

Dan. xii, 9. And he said, Go thy way, Daniel: for the words are closed up and sealed till the time of the end.

Hos. i, 1. The words of the LORD that came unto Hosea the son of Beeri, in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash, king of Israel.

Joel 1, 1. The word of the Lord that came to Joel the son of Pethuel.

Amos 1, 1. The words of Amos, who was among the herdmen of Tekoa, which he saw concerning Israel in the days of Uzziah king of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash, king of Israel, two years before the earthquake.

Obadiah 1. The vision of Obadiah. Thus saith the Lord GOD concerning Edom; We have heard a rumour from the LORD, and an ambassador is sent among the heathen, Arise ye, ånd let us rise up against her in battle.

Jonah i, 1. Now the word of the LORD came unto Jonah the son of Amittai, saying.

Mic. 1, 1. The word of the LORD that came to Micah the Morasthite in the days of Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiab kings of Judah,

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