Rest Days: A Study in Early Law and MoralityMacmillan, 1916 - 325 pagina's |
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Populaire passages
Pagina 252 - Amos rebukes the oppressors of his people "that would swallow up the needy, and cause the poor of the land to fail, saying 'When will the new moon be gone, that we may sell grain ? and the Sabbath, that we may set forth wheat, making the ephah small and the shekel great ?'
Pagina 252 - Elsewhere, in the same work appears the prophecy : "And it shall come to pass, that from one new moon to another, and from one Sabbath to another, shall all flesh come to worship before me, saith Jehovah.
Pagina 261 - a partial triumph of the utilitarian spirit. During the Jubilee, at the end of seven times seven years, "Ye shall not sow, neither reap that which groweth of itself in it, nor gather the grapes in it of the undressed vines,
Pagina 247 - He made the moon also to serve in her season for a declaration of times, and a sign of the world. From the moon is the sign of feasts, a light that decreaseth in her perfection. The month is called after her name, increasing wonderfully in her changing.
Pagina 257 - to remain indoors on the Sabbath : "Abide ye every man in his place, let no man go out of his place on the seventh day,
Pagina 261 - Every one that profaneth it shall surely be put to death ; for whosoever doeth any work therein, that soul shall be cut off from among his people.
Pagina 252 - Isaiah condemns the formalism of the ancient faith in striking words : "Bring no more vain oblations ; incense is an abomination unto me ; new moon and Sabbath, the calling of assemblies — I cannot bear iniquity with the solemn meeting.
Pagina 261 - Then I will command my blessing upon you in the sixth year, and it shall bring forth fruit for the three years.
Pagina 266 - as a day of rest and joy, of pleasure and delight, a day in which man enjoys some presentiment of the pure bliss and happiness which are stored up for the righteous in the world to come, and to which such tender names were applied as the 'Queen Sabbath,' the 'Bride Sabbath,' and the 'Holy, dear, beloved Sabbath.'"*
Pagina 251 - Elisha that the prophet might restore her son to life, her husband asks, "'Wherefore wilt thou go to him to-day? It is neither new moon nor Sabbath.'