The popular and critical Bible encyclopædia and Scriptural dictionary, fully defining and explaining all religious terms, including biographical, geographical, historical, archaeological and doctrinal themes . ce of the products grown. Theboundaries of lands were therefore marked bystones as landmarks, which, even in patriarchaltimes, it was deemed a heinous wrong to remove(Job xxiv:2), and the law pronounced a curseupon those, who, without authority, removed them(Dcut. xix:i4; xxvii:i7). The walls and hedgeswhich are occasionally mentioned in Scripture be-longed to orchards, gardens and viney
The popular and critical Bible encyclopædia and Scriptural dictionary, fully defining and explaining all religious terms, including biographical, geographical, historical, archaeological and doctrinal themes . ce of the products grown. Theboundaries of lands were therefore marked bystones as landmarks, which, even in patriarchaltimes, it was deemed a heinous wrong to remove(Job xxiv:2), and the law pronounced a curseupon those, who, without authority, removed them(Dcut. xix:i4; xxvii:i7). The walls and hedgeswhich are occasionally mentioned in Scripture be-longed to orchards, gardens and vineyards. Agricultural Operations. Of late years much light has been thrown uponthe agricultural operations and implements ofancient times, by the discovery of various repre-sentations on the sculptured monuments andpainted tombs of Egypt. As these agree sur-prisingly with the notices in the Bible, and in-deed differ little from what we find employed inSyria and Egypt, it is very safe to receive themas guides on the present subject. (1) Plowing. This has always been a lightand superficial operation in the East. At first,the ground was opened with pointed sticks;then a kind of hoe was employed; and this, in. Plowing with Oxen. many parts of the world, is still used as a substi-tute for the plow. But the plow was knownin Egypt and Syria before the Hebrews becamecultivators (Job i: 14). In the East, however, ithas always been a light and inartificial imple-ment. At first, it was a little more than a stoutbranch of a tree, from which projected anotherlimb, shortened and pointed. This, being turnedinto the ground, made the furrow; while at thefarther end of the larger branch was fastened atransverse yoke, to which the oxen were har-nessed. Afterwards a handle to guide the plowwas added. Thus the plow consisted of: 1, thepole; 2. the point or share; 3, the handle; 4, theyoke. The Syrian plow is, and doubtless enough for a man to carry in his hand(Russells Nat. Hist, of Aleppo,
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