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On Masonic Number.
gothic deities , commensurate with the hebdomadal division of time ; the seven worlds of the Indians arid Chaldeans , and the seven virtues , cardinal and theological * . In a word , seven was always considered as a number possessed of many mysterious properties , and divine sacrifices were considered most efficacious when composed of this number :
" 'Seven bullocks yet unyoked for Phoebus choose , And for Diana , seven unspotted ewes f . " And even our own Scriptures abound with innumerable instances of the authorized use of this number . Enoch , the seventh after Adam , was translated to heaven . At the deluge Noah received seven days' notice of its
commencement ; and was commanded to select clean beasts and fowls by sevens , while the unclean were only admitted by pairs . On the seventh month the ark rested on Ararat , and Noah despatched his dove at the distance of seven days each time . The seven years of plenty and seven years of famine were denoted b y Pharaoh ' s dream of seven fat and seven lean
beasts , and seven ears of good and seven ears of bli g hted corn . In the Jewish economy , the seventh year was directed to be a sabbath of rest , and a grand jubilee commenced at the end of seven times seven years . Job and Balaam each offered sacrifices , by the express command of God , consisting of seven bullocks and seven rams ; and this was ,
undoubtedly , conformable with the usual practice of Jewish antiquity . Bishop Horsley says , that " much of the Jewish ritual was governed by the number seven . The golden candlestick had seven branches , supporting seven burning lamps . When atonement was to be made for the sin of a priest , or of the congregation , the veil was to be sprinkled with the blood of the offering ; and the mercy-seat was to be sprinkled seven times on the great day of annual expiation . The festivals of the Jews were celebrated each for seven
days successively ; and-among the extraordinary sacrifices were seven or twice seven lambs . When the ark of the covenant was brought from the house of Obed-Edom to Jerusalem , the sacrifice on that great occasion was seven bullocks and seven rams . " The destruction of Jericho was miraculously effected by the use of this number ; for seven priests , bearing seven rams' horns for trumpets , were directed
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On Masonic Number.
gothic deities , commensurate with the hebdomadal division of time ; the seven worlds of the Indians arid Chaldeans , and the seven virtues , cardinal and theological * . In a word , seven was always considered as a number possessed of many mysterious properties , and divine sacrifices were considered most efficacious when composed of this number :
" 'Seven bullocks yet unyoked for Phoebus choose , And for Diana , seven unspotted ewes f . " And even our own Scriptures abound with innumerable instances of the authorized use of this number . Enoch , the seventh after Adam , was translated to heaven . At the deluge Noah received seven days' notice of its
commencement ; and was commanded to select clean beasts and fowls by sevens , while the unclean were only admitted by pairs . On the seventh month the ark rested on Ararat , and Noah despatched his dove at the distance of seven days each time . The seven years of plenty and seven years of famine were denoted b y Pharaoh ' s dream of seven fat and seven lean
beasts , and seven ears of good and seven ears of bli g hted corn . In the Jewish economy , the seventh year was directed to be a sabbath of rest , and a grand jubilee commenced at the end of seven times seven years . Job and Balaam each offered sacrifices , by the express command of God , consisting of seven bullocks and seven rams ; and this was ,
undoubtedly , conformable with the usual practice of Jewish antiquity . Bishop Horsley says , that " much of the Jewish ritual was governed by the number seven . The golden candlestick had seven branches , supporting seven burning lamps . When atonement was to be made for the sin of a priest , or of the congregation , the veil was to be sprinkled with the blood of the offering ; and the mercy-seat was to be sprinkled seven times on the great day of annual expiation . The festivals of the Jews were celebrated each for seven
days successively ; and-among the extraordinary sacrifices were seven or twice seven lambs . When the ark of the covenant was brought from the house of Obed-Edom to Jerusalem , the sacrifice on that great occasion was seven bullocks and seven rams . " The destruction of Jericho was miraculously effected by the use of this number ; for seven priests , bearing seven rams' horns for trumpets , were directed