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Identifier: dictionaryofbibl01scha (find matches)
Title: A dictionary of the Bible..
Year: 1887 (1880s)
Authors: Schaff, Philip, 1819-1893
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Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
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ke wolves than our dogs, andlive wild in the open air. Solomon puts a living dog in contrastwith a dead lion to show that the mean-est thing alive is of more importancethan the noblest that is dead. Eccl. 9:4. Abners exclamation, Am I a dogshead? 2 Sam. 3 : 8, has a significationof the same kind. Isaiah expresses thenecessity of repentance and sincerity tomake a sacrifice acceptable to God by de-claring that without them he that sac-236 rifices a lamb does nothing better than asif he cut off a dogs neck. Isa. 66 : 3.The only useful purpose to which dogsappear to have been put was to guardthe flocks, Job 30 : 1, and even in thatpassage they are spoken of with con-tempt. Isaiah may be understood to al-lude to this manner of employing them inhis description of the spiritual watchmenof Israel. Isa. 56:10, 11. Although dogs were numerous in theJewish cities, they were not kept inthe houses, but wandered through thestreets (as they do to this day in Con-stantinople), picking up whatever was
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Dog modelled in Clay. (From Kouyunjik. AfterRawlinson.) thrown out of the remains of the tableafler the family had eaten. So Davidspeaks of his wicked enemies. Ps. 59:6, 14, 15. The Mosaic law directed thepeople to throw to the dogs the fleshthat was torn by beast?. Ex. 22:31. This manner of living accounts forthe savageness of dogs in the East.They preyed upon human flesh, lickedthe blood of the slain, and sometimeswere wild enough to attack men asbloodhounds do. 1 Kgs. 14:11; 16:4;21 : 19, 23 ; 22 : 38 ; 2 Kgs. 9 : 10, 36 ;Ps. 22:16, 20; 68:23; Jer. 15:3.Their habits made them dangerous totouch. Prov. 26: 17. The Eastern people were in the prac-tice of applying the names of animalsto men who resemble them in their dis-position, as we call a cunning man afox, a brave man a lion, etc. So ourSaviour told his disciples, Give notthat which is holy unto the dogs, lestthey turn upon you and tear you afterthey have eaten it. Matt. 7 : 6, meaningthat they should not offer the sacredtruths of

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