The Holy Land and the Bible; . d were not confined to water, vinegar, andparched corn, for we read that Boaz had eaten and di-unk, and hisheart was merry, before he went to lie down at the end of the moundof threshed grain ;^ and in the storj^ of the churlish Nabal we have aninstance of a harvest-feast on a very liberal scale; while Abigail car-ried to David, as his share of tlie bounties dispensed at the harvest-home, not only parched corn, but loaves of bread, skins of wine, roastedsheep, clusters of raisins, and cakes of figs.^ It is not, indeed, to besupposed that this was the everyday far
The Holy Land and the Bible; . d were not confined to water, vinegar, andparched corn, for we read that Boaz had eaten and di-unk, and hisheart was merry, before he went to lie down at the end of the moundof threshed grain ;^ and in the storj^ of the churlish Nabal we have aninstance of a harvest-feast on a very liberal scale; while Abigail car-ried to David, as his share of tlie bounties dispensed at the harvest-home, not only parched corn, but loaves of bread, skins of wine, roastedsheep, clusters of raisins, and cakes of figs.^ It is not, indeed, to besupposed that this was the everyday fare of either reapers or master, 1 Ruth ii. 17. 2 Rutli ii. 17. 3 See ante, p. 177. 4 Ruth ii. 9. 5 Ruth iii. 7. 6 Sam. xxv. 18—36. And David was tlun in an hold, and thegarrison of tlie Philistines was then in Beth-ielieni. And David longed, and said, Olithat one would give nu- drink of the waterof tiie well of Beth-leliem, which is hy tliegate. And the three mighty men brake throughthe host of the Philistines, and drew water. out of the well of Beth-lehem, that was l)ythe gate, and took it, and brought it to Da-vid: nevei-theless he would not drink there-of, but poured it out unto the Lord. And he said. Be it far from me, O Lord,that I should do this : is not this the bloodof the men that went in jeopardy of theirlives? therefore he would not drink it.—2 Sum. xxiii. 14-17. DAVIDS WELL AT (See page 267.; XIX.] BETHLEHEM. 265 for the habits of the East are very simple; but it marked, at any rate,the finishing of tlic years work. Iloiners dcscrij)tion of the harvest-licld closes the labors of the day with a substantial repast:— A fieldCrowdcfl with corn, in wliicli llie reapers toilecl,Eacli witli a sliarp-tootliM sifklc in liis the furrow here, tlie harvest fellIn frciiuent liandfnls; there, they hound the hinders of the sheaves their sultry taskAll plied industrious, and, behind them, boysAttended, filling uiih the corn their
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