The Bible hand-book: an introduction to the study of Sacred Scripture . hese facts explain the following passages and many others:Deut. xxii. 8: 1 Sam. ix. 25: 2 Sam. xi. 2: Isa. xxii. 1: Actsx. 9 : Mark xiii. 15 : Mark ii. 4. (c.) The doors of eastern houses were double, and moved onpivots : they were secured by bars (Deut. iii. 5: Judges ), of wood, or of metal, Isa. xlv. 2, Ancient locks weremerely wooden slides, secured by teeth or catches, Sol. Songv. 4. The street-doors, as well as the gates of towns, wereadorned with inscriptions taken from the Law (Deut. vi. 9).The windows had no
The Bible hand-book: an introduction to the study of Sacred Scripture . hese facts explain the following passages and many others:Deut. xxii. 8: 1 Sam. ix. 25: 2 Sam. xi. 2: Isa. xxii. 1: Actsx. 9 : Mark xiii. 15 : Mark ii. 4. (c.) The doors of eastern houses were double, and moved onpivots : they were secured by bars (Deut. iii. 5: Judges ), of wood, or of metal, Isa. xlv. 2, Ancient locks weremerely wooden slides, secured by teeth or catches, Sol. Songv. 4. The street-doors, as well as the gates of towns, wereadorned with inscriptions taken from the Law (Deut. vi. 9).The windows had no glass, but were latticed: in winter theywere covered with thin veils, or with shutters having holessufficient to admit light, 1 Kings vii. 17: Sol. Song ii. 9. (d.) No ancient houses had chimneys, though holes were netirnes made, through which the smoke escaped, Hos. .mi. 3. In the better class of houses, the rooms were warmedby charcoal, as is still the practice in the East (Jer. ): John xviii. 18. (e.) The articles of household furniture in use in the East,. MANNERS—DEESS. 277 have always been few and small. In sitting rooms, littlechairs or seats, and sometimes tables appear, Mark xiv. seat was either a rug or mat, on which the people satcross-legged, or with their knees bent under them, or a leggedseau, such as chairs and stools (1 Kings ii. 19: 1 Sam. i. ix. 14: Matt. xxi. 12). The beds consisted generallyof mattresses and quilted coverlets; sheets, blankets and bed-steads were not known, though on the house-tops a settee ofwood, or a legged frame of palm branches was used, onwhich to place the bed (Psa. cxxxii. 3 : Amos vi. 4.) (/.) The common domestic utensils were of earthenware,or of copper, and a few were of leather: they consisted of pots,kettles, leather bottles, plates, cups, etc.; lamps fed with oliveoil were used for giving light at night,and were of earth or ofmetal: in the houses of the rich they were placed uponstands, called candlestic
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