A dictionary of the . thistree. The bowls of the sacred candle-stick were made like unto almonds, : 33, by which name of almonds English workmen to this day call thepieces of glass used to ornament branch-candlesticks. Aarons rod that buddedyielded this fruit. Num. 17 : 8. In January, before flowers appear oeother trees, they adorn the naked twigsof the almond. Hence the allusion ofthe poet: The hope, in dreams of a happier hour,That alights on Miserys brow,Springs out of the silvery almond-flower,That blooms on a leafless beugh. The Hebrew name for this tree, doubt-less suggeste
A dictionary of the . thistree. The bowls of the sacred candle-stick were made like unto almonds, : 33, by which name of almonds English workmen to this day call thepieces of glass used to ornament branch-candlesticks. Aarons rod that buddedyielded this fruit. Num. 17 : 8. In January, before flowers appear oeother trees, they adorn the naked twigsof the almond. Hence the allusion ofthe poet: The hope, in dreams of a happier hour,That alights on Miserys brow,Springs out of the silvery almond-flower,That blooms on a leafless beugh. The Hebrew name for this tree, doubt-less suggested by its early blooming,means hasten, which explains Jer. 1:11,12: • The word of the Lord came untome, saying, Jeremiah, what seest thou ?And I said, I see a rod of an almond[hasten] tree. Then said the Lord untome, Thou hast well seen: for I willhasten my word to perform it. Theallusion in Eccl. 12 : 5 is by somethought to refer to the beautiful resem-blance of the almond tree when in blos-som to a hoary head. But as these. Almond. (Frovi Wm. Smith.) flowers, though white in contrast withpeach-bloom, are still pinkish, the opin-ion now prevails that as the almondushers in the spring, so do the signs re-ferred to in the context indicate thehastening of old age and death. ALM ALT ALMON- DIBLATHA IM (hiding of the two Jig-cakes), one of the halting-places of the Israelites nearthe river Arnon ; probably the same asBeth-diblathaim. Num.* 33 : 46, 47;Jer 48 • 22. ALMS, ALMS DEEDS. Theword is not found in the AuthorizedVersion of the Old Testament, but isfrequent in the New Testament. Theduty was, however, enjoined very strict-ly upon the Jews, who by law were re-quired always to leave gleanings in thefields that the poor might be fed. : 9, 10 ; 23 : 22 : Deut. 15 : 11; 24 :19; 26:2-13; Ruth 2 : 2. Every thirdyear the tithe of the produce of thefarmers was to be shared with the •Levite, the fatherless, the stranger, andthe widow. Deut. 14 : 23. Alms-givingis a subject o
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