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Kumund, a sort of running loop among the Persians, for what purpose employed, Job 19:6.

Kurtuk Dumnik, Frazer’s account of the, Judges 9:56, in fine. Kupke, a great Biblical critic, General Preface, p. 12. L

Lachrymatories or Urnae Lachrymales, small vials so named, into which it was customary among the ancient Greeks and Romans to put the tears shed for the death of any person, and offer them upon the tomb of the deceased, Psalm 56:8. Of what materials these lachrymatories were constructed, ibid. Account of one in the author’s possession, ibid. Lad, a word supposed to be of Hebrew origin, Genesis 37:2. Ladder of Jacob, very probably an emblem of the providence of God, by which he watches over and regulates all terrestrial things, Genesis 28:12.

Lahatim, µychl, rendered enchantments, what the probable import of this term, Exodus 7:11.

Lake below the wine - press, what, Isaiah 5:2. Lambs, immense number of, annually slain in Jerusalem at the feast of the passover, in the time of Cestius, the Roman general, Numbers 29:12. Lamech’s speech to his wives, as it stands in the Hebrew original, probably the oldest piece of poetry in the world, Genesis 4:23. Inquiry into the cause of this remarkable speech, ibid.

Lamentations, very noisy among the Asiatics, Genesis 45:2. Lamentations of Jeremiah, Hebrew names of this portion of the sacred canon, Introduction to the Lamentations. {Lamentations 1:1} Its appellation in the Septuagint version, ibid. Singular opinion of Herman Van der Hardt, relative to this poem, ibid. Its very technical character, ibid. Observations of Drs. Lowth, Smith, and Blayney, on the peculiar style of this composition, ibid.

Lamp, to raise up a, to a person, what intended by this phrase both in sacred and profane history, 2 Samuel 14:7.

Lamps first introduced into the pagan temples by the Egyptians, Exodus 25:40, in fine.

Lampsacus, singular preservation of this city by Anaximenes, Ecclesiastes 9:14.

Lance, usual in Arab camps for every man to have his lance stuck in the ground beside him, that he may be ready for action in a moment, 1 Samuel 26:12.

Land, measurement of, by the ancients by lines or cords of a certain length, in a similar way to that by the chain among us, and the schaenus or cord among the Egyptians, Deuteronomy 3:4.

Land of promise, some account of the, Numbers 34:13. Landmarks of the ancients, in what they generally consisted, Deuteronomy 19:14; Job 24:2. Held very sacred among the Romans, and at last deified, Deuteronomy 19:14; Proverbs 22:28. A passage from Ovid in illustration of this circumstance, Proverbs 22:28.

Land - torrents, which make a sudden appearance, and as suddenly vanish, allusion to, Job 6:15.

Lapide, (Cornelius a) account of this voluminous commentator, General Preface, p. 5.

Lapis lazuli, its component parts, Job 38:38.

Lass, supposed to be a contraction of ladess, an old English word for a girl or young woman, Genesis 37:2.

Latter days, a phrase in Scripture generally importing the times of the Messiah, Isaiah 2:2; Daniel 2:28.

Leaping on or over the threshold, what probably meant by this expression, Zephaniah 1:9. Harmer’s conjecture, ibid.

Leasing, derivation and meaning of this old English word, Psalm 4:2; 55:6.

Leb, bl, and bbl, Lebab, what these words import when employed by the Jews as memorial symbols, Masoretic notes at the end of Numbers and Deuteronomy. {Numbers 36:13; Deuteronomy 34:12} Lebeid, quotation of several sentiments from the poem of, very similar to some in the book of Job, Job 31:21. This poem contained in the Moallakat, Psalm 60:1, in principio.

Lecha, Ël, import of this Jewish memorial symbol, Masoretic notes at the end of Genesis. {Genesis 50:26}

Lectisternium, Jerome’s account of this pagan festival of antiquity, Isaiah 65:11.

Leech, the ancient English word for a physician, Isaiah 3:7. Lemuel’s description of a virtuous wife. Proverbs 31:10 - 31. Lentulus, the augur, the immense wealth this man is said to have possessed, Esther 3:9.

Leopard, proverbial among the ancients for its swiftness, Habakkuk 1:8.

Leper, an emblem of the wretched state of man by the fall, according to Dr. Lightfoot, as contradistinguished from the NAZARITE, an emblem of man in his state of innocence, Numbers 6:2.

Leprosy, Maundrell’s account of the appearance of several persons whom he saw infected with this disorder in Palestine, Leviticus 13:2. This malady a most expressive emblem of the pollution of the soul of man by sin, Leviticus 13:58, in fine, Leviticus 14:53, in fine. Lethe, among the ancient mythologists, what, Psalm 88:12. Letters, alphabetic, when and by whom invented, Exodus 31:18, in fine.

Letters, sent to chiefs and governors in the East, always carefully folded up, and put in costly silken bags, and these carefully sealed, Nehemiah 6:5. An open letter sent by Sanballat to Nehemiah a mark of contempt, ibid.

Levi, import of the name, Genesis 29:34. Conjectures why the posterity of this patriarch were appointed to the service of the sanctuary, Numbers 3:12. Very beautiful paronomasis on the name of Levi, Numbers 18:2.

Levi ben Gershom, (Rabbi) account of this commentator, General Preface, p. 3.

Leviathan, supposed to be the crocodile, Job 41:1; Isaiah 28:1. This hypothesis not without its difficulties, Job 41:34, in fine. Not impossible that the animal described in Scripture under this name is now wholly extinct, ibid.

Leviticus , the third book of the Pentateuch, why so named, Preface to Leviticus . {Leviticus 1:1}

Lex, derivation and import of the word, Exodus 12:49. Lex talionis, earliest account we have of the, Exodus 21:24. Constituted a part of the Twelve Tables so famous in antiquity, ibid. Libations of water, wine, milk, honey, and blood, frequent among the Greeks and Romans, 1 Samuel 7:6; 2 Samuel 23:16. The term libation sometimes synonymous with covenant, Isaiah 30:1. Libnah, the sixteenth station of the Israelites in the wilderness, uncertain where situated, Numbers 33:20.

Lick, supposed to be of Hebrew origin, Proverbs 2:16. Lie, definition of a, Genesis 20:12.

Life, unreasonable attachment to, strongly ridiculed by the heathen poets, Genesis 25:8. Probable origin of the phrase, “I put my life in my hands,” Judges 12:3. Its import, Psalm 119:109. Light, inquiry into its production on the first day of the creation, Genesis 1:3. Its immense diffusion and extreme velocity, ibid. 1 Kings 8:27; Job 38:26.

Lightfoot, (Dr. John) a very learned commentator on the whole Scriptures, General Preface, p. 7.

Lignum infelix, the tree on which criminals were hanged, so named among the Romans, Joshua 8:29.

Ligure, account of this precious stone, Exodus 28:17. Limercece, a species of food, how prepared, 2 Samuel 17:28. Linen yarn, the import of the Hebrew word thus rendered extremely uncertain, 1 Kings 10:28.

Lines in the writings of prose authors, as well as of poets, termed verses by the ancients, Introduction to Ezra. {Ezra 1:1} Lion, Homer’s beautiful description of the great courage and fierceness of this animal after a long abstinence from food, Isaiah 31:4. Five Hebrew words rendered lion in our version, with an inquiry into the particular import of each, Job 4:11.

Lion, the standard of Judah, Genesis 49:8.

Lion of God, an ancient appellation for a hero, a figure still employed in the same sense by the Arabians and Persians, Isaiah 33:7. Liverpool, great storm of hail near this town, Exodus 9:17. Living waters, what meant by this phrase among the ancients, Genesis 26:19; Leviticus 14:5; Psalm 36:9; Zechariah 14:9. Lo, al, the Hebrews had a peculiar way of joining this particle to a noun, to signify in a strong manner a total negation of the thing expressed by the noun, Isaiah 10:15. Several examples produced, ibid. Loadstone, probably known in the East long before its discovery by the Europeans, Job 28:18.

Lo - ammi, son of Hosea, meaning of the name, Hosea 1:9. Locke, account of this commentator, General Preface, p. 8. Locusts, description of the, Exodus 10:4. Volney’s account of their terrible devastations in Syria, Egypt, and Persia, ibid. Dr. Shaw’s relation of most formidable swarms of these insects in Barbary which came under his immediate observation, ibid. Joel 1:12; 3:2. Curious remark of an Arabic writer with respect to the similitude of the locust to ten different kinds of animals, Joel 2:4. Relation by Livy and Augustine of a pestilence occasioned by an immense swarm of locusts, Joel 2:20. Log, some account of this Hebrew measure of capacity, Exodus 16:16. Long, (Dr.) his ingenious experiment to ascertain the superficial proportion of land and water on the whole terraqueous globe, Genesis 1:10; 7:11; Job 28:25.

Longivity, some instances of, among the moderns, Psalm 90:17, in fine.

Longinus, (Dionysius) his remarkable criticism upon passages in the first chapter of Genesis, Genesis 1:3; Preface to Job. Lord, its derivation and import, Genesis 2:4.

Lord’s day, or Christian Sabbath, should be kept strictly holy, Amos 8:5.

Lord’s prayer, as it stands in the present authorized version, exhibits the best specimen of our ancient language now in use, Preface to Job. {Job 1:1}

Lo - ruhamah, import of the name, Hosea 1:6.

Lost property, laws relative to the finding of, among the Hebrews, Romans, and others, Leviticus 6:3.

Lot, meaning and use of the, Numbers 26:55. Manner of casting lots in the case of the scape - goat, Leviticus 16:8, 9. How the land of Canaan was divided to the Israelites by lot, Joshua 14:2; 18:11. Lo techsar, rsjt al, import of these words when used as a memorial symbol, Masoretic notes at the end of Deuteronomy. {Deuteronomy 34:12}

Louis de Dieu, account of this commentator, General Preface, p. 5 Louis XIV., motto on the brass ordnance of, Judges 14:3. Love of God, Deuteronomy 6:5; 10:12; 11:1.

Love of neighbour, Scripture precept concerning, Leviticus 19:18.