THE RELIGIOUS TRACT SOCIETY; SOLD AT THE DEPOSITORY, 56, PATERNOSTER ROW, AND 65, ST. PAUL'S CHURCHYARD; AND BY THE BOOKSELLERS. 1848. III. Dress, clothing, and ornaments IV. Salutations.—Visiting.—Early rising V. Food.-Fuel.-Water and other drink.-Manner of eating VII. Cattle.—Agriculture.—Cultivation of the land.-Sewing and harvest.-Vineyards.-Wine and fruits XII. The art of writing.-Books, and substances written upon VI. The sabbatical year.-The jubilee.-The new moons Table of the Jewish moral and political laws . VIII. The first, second, third, and fourth Commandments IX. Duties to fellow creatures, or the fifth, sixth, and seventh . 427 435 443 THE SEVEN-BRANCHED CANDLESTICK AND OTHER ARTICLES USED IN THE JEWISH TEMPLE WORSHIP. INTRODUCTION. THE MANNERS and CUSTOMS of the ancient Jews and other nations mentioned in the Bible, differed very much from those of Europe at the present time. On this account it is not easy for an English reader to understand some passages of Scripture; so that many things in the Bible seem very strange to those who do not know the manner in which people in the east lived in former times. Nor do the beauty and importance of many texts appear, unless what is alluded to in them is known. We may suppose that New Zealanders, or Hottentots, give very incorrect accounts of the manners and customs of England when they return B |