A dictionary of the . e curse of 49 : 5-7. By the zeal, how-ever, of his descendants on occa-sion of the golden calf, Ex. 32 :26-29, the curse was transformedinto a blessing. He had threesons, Gershon, Kohath, and Me-rari, and died in Egypt 137years old. Ex. 6 : 16. 2. Two of the ancestors of ourLord. Luke 3 : 24, 29. 3. The oiiginal name of Mat-thew, the publican and after-ward the apostle, son of Al-phagus. Mark 2:14; Luke 5: 27, 29 : Matt. 9 : 9. LEVIATHAN, the Hebrew nameof an animal minutely described in Job41, the monster of the water, as behe-moth was of the land. Pro
A dictionary of the . e curse of 49 : 5-7. By the zeal, how-ever, of his descendants on occa-sion of the golden calf, Ex. 32 :26-29, the curse was transformedinto a blessing. He had threesons, Gershon, Kohath, and Me-rari, and died in Egypt 137years old. Ex. 6 : 16. 2. Two of the ancestors of ourLord. Luke 3 : 24, 29. 3. The oiiginal name of Mat-thew, the publican and after-ward the apostle, son of Al-phagus. Mark 2:14; Luke 5: 27, 29 : Matt. 9 : 9. LEVIATHAN, the Hebrew nameof an animal minutely described in Job41, the monster of the water, as behe-moth was of the land. Probably thecrocodile is here intended — a reptilewhich resembles the alligator, but islarger and more formidable, with nar-rower snout, and feet webbed to the endof the toes. The whole head, back,and tail are covered with quadrangularhorny plates or scales, which not onlyprotect the body—a rifle-ball glancingoff from them as from a rock—but alsoserve as ballast, enabling the creature tosink rapidly, on being disturbed, by. Leviathan. (Crocodilus Vulgaris. After Tristram.) merely expelling the air from its lungs.— Tristram. It is believed that the crocodile wasonce abundant in the lower Nile to its mouth, but it is now rarely seen withinthe confines of Egypt. This reptileonce abounded also in the Zerka orCrocodile River, which flows through517 LEV LEV the Plain of Sharon, and doubtless inthe Tigris. The crocodile seems to be meant bythe word leviathan in Ps. 74:14;Isa. 27 :1. But in Ps. 104 : 26 the wordis evidently used for some sea-monster,perhaps the whale. Several large ceta-ceous animals are found in the Mediter-ranean. LEVITES. In analogy with thenames of the other tribes of Israel, theterm should mean all the descendants ofLevi, the whole tribe of Levi, and in thissense it is used in Num. 35 : 2; : 3, 41; Ex. 6 : 25 ; Lev. 25 : 32, , however, the sons of Aaron weresepai-ated from the rest of the descend-ants of Levi and consecrated priests, theterm cam
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