. Sacred geography, and antiquities . A ANCIENT BOOKS» PENS, AND INKSTAND. I PEEPARATION OF FOOD AND MEALS. 415 with me in the dish (Matt. 26: 23), to indicate one recUning atthe same table. There is an allusion to the same way of takingfood when the wise man says of the sluggard that he hideth hishand in the dish, that is, buries it in the food of the dish beforehim (not in his bosom, as in our version), and will not so muchas bring it to his mouth again (Prov. 19:24; 26:15). Thecustom prevailed anciently, as now, of passing a morsel of breaddipped in the grav}^ to a friend at the
. Sacred geography, and antiquities . A ANCIENT BOOKS» PENS, AND INKSTAND. I PEEPARATION OF FOOD AND MEALS. 415 with me in the dish (Matt. 26: 23), to indicate one recUning atthe same table. There is an allusion to the same way of takingfood when the wise man says of the sluggard that he hideth hishand in the dish, that is, buries it in the food of the dish beforehim (not in his bosom, as in our version), and will not so muchas bring it to his mouth again (Prov. 19:24; 26:15). Thecustom prevailed anciently, as now, of passing a morsel of breaddipped in the grav}^ to a friend at the same table. John 13 : 26. The very polite a la mode oriental will tear up the best bits, andeither lay them next you, or insist on putting them into yourmouth. I have had this done for me by digits not particularlyfair, or even clean. Thomson, vol. 1, pp. 181, 182. Where this mode of taking food prevails, the hands will, in ordinary-circumstances, be washed before meals as a matter of cleanliness. But thePharisees had exalted this usage, so pro^
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