The land and the Book; or, Biblical illustrations drawn from the manners and customs, the scenes and scenery of the Holy Land . because they did the work on the Sabbath. Theymade the -disturbed state of the country an excuse for vio-lating the law of God, which was clear and emphatic on thisvery point. In earing time and harvest thou shalt rest.^These people, as thousands still do, set aside this command,and maintained that during harvest and the vintage theymust work on the Sabbath-day—so they treaded their wine-presses, gathered grapes and figs, and brought in sheaves onthat day. If Nehemiah
The land and the Book; or, Biblical illustrations drawn from the manners and customs, the scenes and scenery of the Holy Land . because they did the work on the Sabbath. Theymade the -disturbed state of the country an excuse for vio-lating the law of God, which was clear and emphatic on thisvery point. In earing time and harvest thou shalt rest.^These people, as thousands still do, set aside this command,and maintained that during harvest and the vintage theymust work on the Sabbath-day—so they treaded their wine-presses, gathered grapes and figs, and brought in sheaves onthat day. If Nehemiah were here now, he would be grievedwith precisely the same violations, and might also find menof Tyre who bring fish ^ and all manner of ware, to sell on the Neh. xiiulS. 2 Sam. xxiv. 16, 18. Ex. xxxiv. 21. JEWS LAMENTING THE DESOLATION OF THEIR TEMPLE. 587 Sabbath ;* nor would he be able to break up these practices,and free Jerusalem from that sin on account of which Godbrought all this evil upon this citj.^ No traveler thinks of leaving Jerusalem without payinga visit to the Wailing-place of the Jews in the Tyropean,. JSWS WAILLNG-PLACE. at the base of the wall which supports the west side of theTemple area. Those stones, no doubt, formed part of th»- Ifi. Nell. xiii. 18. 588 THE LAND AND THE BOOK. foundations of the holy house, placed there certainly notlater than the time of Herod, perhaps long before. Theyare, however, not very large, and here, as every where elseabout Jerusalem, either the stones have been broken andensTnalkd, or the measure used by Josephus was much shorterthan has been assumed, or he greatly exaggerated. Thelatter is true, at any rate. There is not a specimen in anypart of the Temple area, or about the castle of David, whicheven approaches the size of those which he repeatedly affirmswere placed in these towers and walls. Still, those at theplace of wailing are large enough for all the purposes ofstrength and durability. No sight meets the
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