A dictionary of the . 7 not different fromthose used in Egypt and Western materials of which lamps were madewere baked clay, terra cotta, bronze, lamps of the Hebrews, it is prob-able, were suffered to burn all night, and[ this occasioned no great expense in aj country so rich in oil. We are told thati this was considered indispensable to the comfort of a family, and that the poorestpeople would rather deny themselves foodthan neglect it. The putting out of thelight denoted the ruin and extinction of507 LAN LAO the family and the desertion of the gives force
A dictionary of the . 7 not different fromthose used in Egypt and Western materials of which lamps were madewere baked clay, terra cotta, bronze, lamps of the Hebrews, it is prob-able, were suffered to burn all night, and[ this occasioned no great expense in aj country so rich in oil. We are told thati this was considered indispensable to the comfort of a family, and that the poorestpeople would rather deny themselves foodthan neglect it. The putting out of thelight denoted the ruin and extinction of507 LAN LAO the family and the desertion of the gives force to the words in Job 18 :5, 6 j 21 : 17 ; 29 : 3 : The light of thewicked shall be put out; * * * light shallbe dark in his tabernacle, and his candleshall be put out with him. How oft is. Assyrian Terra-Cotta and Glass Lamps. (FromBritish Museum.)
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