A dictionary of important names, objects, and terms, found in the Holy ScripturesIntended principally for youth . THE ALTAR OF BUR^ THE ARK OF THE COVENANT. ALT 15 AMB useful drug prepared fromit. The drug called aloe,famed for its purgativequalities, is formed of thejuice of the leaves, harden-ed in the sun. That whichis most nicely prepared iscalled the succotri7ie, thenext is called hyyatic, andthe coarsest is the horseaioe. Aloes were ancientlyused for the embalming ofdead bodies, and as a per-fume. John six. 39. 17. ALPHA, the first letterof the Greek alphabet. Itis
A dictionary of important names, objects, and terms, found in the Holy ScripturesIntended principally for youth . THE ALTAR OF BUR^ THE ARK OF THE COVENANT. ALT 15 AMB useful drug prepared fromit. The drug called aloe,famed for its purgativequalities, is formed of thejuice of the leaves, harden-ed in the sun. That whichis most nicely prepared iscalled the succotri7ie, thenext is called hyyatic, andthe coarsest is the horseaioe. Aloes were ancientlyused for the embalming ofdead bodies, and as a per-fume. John six. 39. 17. ALPHA, the first letterof the Greek alphabet. Itis used in connexion withOmega, which is the lastletter, to express the eter-nity of Jesus Christ. 8, 11. ALTAR, among the Jews,the place where sacrificeswere laid and offered. Af-ter the erection of the tab-ernacle, two altars were ap-pointed, one for sacrifices,the other for incense, andon no others were offeringslawful. The annexed pic-ture represents the altarof burnt offering as madeby Solomon, which wasthirty feet square, and fif-teen feet high. It stoodnot in the tabernacle, butin the court. The • attarof incense was a table
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