. A comprehensive dictionary of the Bible . 1. The outer garment, if taken in pledge,was to be returned before sunset. (Bed.) 2. Theprohibition was absolute in the case of (a) the wid-ows garment, and (h) a millstone of either kind(Deut. xxiv. 6, 17). 3. A creditor was forbidden toenter a house to reclaim a pledge, but was to standoutside till the borrower should come forth to returnit (10, 11). 4. The original Roman law of debtpermitted the debtor to be enslaved by his creditoruntil the debt was discharged; and he might evenbe put to death by him. The Jewish law, as it didnot forbid temporary
. A comprehensive dictionary of the Bible . 1. The outer garment, if taken in pledge,was to be returned before sunset. (Bed.) 2. Theprohibition was absolute in the case of (a) the wid-ows garment, and (h) a millstone of either kind(Deut. xxiv. 6, 17). 3. A creditor was forbidden toenter a house to reclaim a pledge, but was to standoutside till the borrower should come forth to returnit (10, 11). 4. The original Roman law of debtpermitted the debtor to be enslaved by his creditoruntil the debt was discharged; and he might evenbe put to death by him. The Jewish law, as it didnot forbid temporary bondage in the case of debt-ors, so it forbade a Hebrew debtor to be detainedas a bondman longer than the seventh year, or atfarthest the year of Jubilee (Ex. xxi. 2; Lev. , 42 ;■ Deut. xv. 9). The bill, in Lk. xvi. 6, 7, =the bond or note executed by a debtor or tenant asevidence of obligation (Robinson, N. T. Lexicon,Van Oosterzee [in Lange], &c). Loaves (plural of loaf). Bread. Lock (Heb. maniil). Where European locks have. Egyptian Wooden Lock and Key.—(From Lanes Modern Egyptians.)—(Fairbairn.) 1. Front view of lock, the bolt drawn back. 2, 3. Back views of the sepa-rate parts. 4. The key. 558 LOC LOC not been introduced, the locks of Eastern housesare usually of wood, and consist of a partly hollowbolt from fourteen inches to two feet long for ex-ternal doors or gates, or from seven to nine inchesfor interior doors. The bolt passes, through a groovein a piece attached to the door, into a socket in thedoor-post. In the groove-piece are from four tonine small iron or wooden sliding-pins or wires,which drop into corresponding holes in the bolt, andfix it in its place. Clay; Gate; Key ; Seal. Lo cust (fr. L.), a well-known insect, which com-mits terrible ravages on vegetation in the countrieswhich it visits. In the Bible there are frequent al-lusions to locusts; and there are nine or ten He-brew words supposed to denote different varietiesor species of this destr
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