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Identifier: unionbibledictio01pack (find matches)
Title: The union Bible dictionary, for the use of Schools, Bible classes, and families ..
Year: 1837 (1830s)
Authors: Packard, Frederick A. (Frederick Adolphus), 1794-1867
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Publisher: Philadelphia, New York (etc.) American Sunday-school union
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
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ut onthe following page. The two upper corners werefastened to the ephod, fromwhich it was not to be loosed,(Ex. xxviii. 28,) and the twolower corners to the girdle.The rings, chains, and otherfastenings were of gold orrich lace. It was called thememorial, (Ex. xxviii. 12. 29,)inasmuch as it reminded thepriest of his representativecharacter in relation to thetwelve tribes; and it is alsocalled the breastplate of judg-ment, (Ex. xxviii. 15,) perhapsbecause it was worn by himwho was, instrumentallv, thefountain of justice and judg-ment to the Jewish church.Others think it is because theUrim and Thummim wereannexed to it. (See Urim andThummim.) 2. (Eph. vi. 14.) The breastplate was also that article ofancient armour which protected the breast. (See Ar-mour.) Its figurative use inthe passage above cited, andalso in Isa. lix. 17, is suffi-ciently obvious. BRICK (Gen. xi. 3) was abuilding material among theJews; but the size of theiibricks was much larger thanours. Bricks found among tha115
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ruins of Babylon are a footequare, and resemble tile ra-ther than brick. They wereusually hardened by the heat of the sun, although kilnwere not unknown. (2 Sam.xii. 31. Jer. xliii. 9. Nah. iii.14.) It is said that the mate116 BRO rials of brick and mode ofmanufacturing them havelately been discovered insome ancient monument, byan Italian traveller. BRIDE, BRIDEGROOM,BRIDE-CHAMBER. (SeeMarriage.) BRIDLE. (See Harness.) BRIGANDINE. (Jer. xlvi.4.) Supposed to be the samewith the habergeon and coatof mail. (See Armour.) BRIMSTONE. (Fs. xi. 6.)A well known mineral sub-stance, exceedingly inflamma-ble, and when burning emitsa suffocating smell, we aretold that the cities of the plainwere destroyed by a rain (orstorm) of fire and brimstone.There is nothing incrediolein this, even if we supposenatural agencies only were-employed in it. The soil inthat and in many other partsof the earth is such, that aviolent eruption might fill theair with inflamed substances,falling down in streams ofliqui
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