A dictionary of the . estowed. Gen. £j[ ^ iTff41 : 42: Esth. 3 : sealing the sepul-chre, Matt. 27 : 66, itis probable that thefastening of the stonewhich seaured the en-trance was coveredwith clay or wax, and so impressed witha public or private seal that any viola-tion of it could be discovered at once, jSee RrxGS, Letters. Modern travellers describe the seal jused in the East, at the present day, asmade of cornelian, or agate, with thename or title of the writer, or some verseof the Koran or other motto, engravedupon it. 2 Tim. 2:19. It is fastenedinto a ring and worn on the ha
A dictionary of the . estowed. Gen. £j[ ^ iTff41 : 42: Esth. 3 : sealing the sepul-chre, Matt. 27 : 66, itis probable that thefastening of the stonewhich seaured the en-trance was coveredwith clay or wax, and so impressed witha public or private seal that any viola-tion of it could be discovered at once, jSee RrxGS, Letters. Modern travellers describe the seal jused in the East, at the present day, asmade of cornelian, or agate, with thename or title of the writer, or some verseof the Koran or other motto, engravedupon it. 2 Tim. 2:19. It is fastenedinto a ring and worn on the hand. : 6. When u?ed it is either applied tothe wax, or is covered with some sub-stance which, being stamped on thepaper, leaves the desired impression. The word seal is used figurativelyin the Bible to denote an act or token orprocess of confirmation. Rom. 4:11:Eph. 4 : 30. SEASONS. In Palestine the yearis very nearly divided by the equinoxesinto two seasons—the dry and the the promise made to Noah, Gen. 8 :. Phoenician Seal. 22, this division seems to be indicated,and the two portions of the year aredesignated as seed-time and harvest,cold and heat, summer and winter. More particularly, grain-harvest con-tinues from the middle of April untilnear the middle of June. During thisperiod the sky is clear, the air warm, andeven hot in the valleys and on the coast,very much like the beginning of summerwith us. As it proceeds the heat in theplains is great. For the next twomonths the heat increases, and thenights are so warm that the peoplesleep in the open air upon the roofs oftheir houses. The Arabs call this thevernal summer. The season of fruits lasts from aboutthe middle of August to the middle ofNovember. The intensity of the heatis greater by day, but toward the endof summer the nights begin to be cool. During these three periods, up to thebeginning or middle of September, thereare no showers, rain being as scarce insummer as snow. 1 Sam. 12:17. Hencethe prove
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