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Article THE BANNERS OR STANDARDS. ← Page 4 of 4 Article TO THE EDITOR. Page 1 of 2 →
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The Banners Or Standards.
wise and ingenious comparison drawn between the two extremes . This explication will clearly illustrate the figures as represented by the Prophet Ezekiel . Dan was also destined to rule in Israel ; this means that Israel shall have a judge of this tribe , which came to pass in Samson , who delivered Israel from the hands of the persecuting Philistines . This is in corroboration with the prophecy of Moses , who said , Dan is a Lion ' s whelp ,
signifying , be shall rule and have dominion . Asher and Naphtali being the sons of the handmaid were placed with Dan . We thus see the devices on the four Standards agreeing in uniformity with the figure described by Ezekiel ; and , in elucidation of this the Rabbins , in the section of the Talmud called Megilla , have pointed out the four most perfect animals in the Creation to be , the Lion , the most
noble among the wild beasts of the forest ; the Ox , the most patient among beasts of labour ; the Eagle , the swiftest and most expert among the feathered tribe ; and the Man , the most perfect of all , being endowed with reason and good sense , to govern and subdue all nature , and thus properly designated the Lord of the Creation . Thus it was that the allwise Creator led his favoured people Israel through an arid desert , infested with wild beasts , and void of any of the
refreshing powers of nature , save and except that which His divine Providence miraculously furnished them with . Yet , notwithstanding these difficulties , every care was taken to let them travel on their journey well organized and properly disciplined , carefully provided against the attacks of an enemy by the adjustment of each quarter for sucb purpose . And thus it was that the vast number of 603 , 550 were enabled to travel by the signal iven by Moses in the centre of the army , which was
img mediately communicated by the telegraph of the four principal Banners or Standards throughout the whole of the camp without the least delay or waste of time , accompanied by the pillar of cloud by day , and that of fire by night , as the miraculous guides throughout the whole of the journey till arrived in the promised land of Canaan .
To The Editor.
TO THE EDITOR .
DEAR Sin AND BROTHER , —I have for some time been convinced of the character of my antagonist , in the discussion arising out of " The Mystic Numbers 9 and 15 , " and have also felt my inability to terminate this argument successfully . I am but a young Hebraist , and when I first commented on Brother Aaron ' s paper , I considered that a mistake had been made , and accordingly endeavoured to have it corrected ; but—alas ! for my poor efforts with such weiht
and innocent intentions !—I have been overwhelmed a g of learning and research , that I am almost paralysed , and cannot but wonder how such a pigmy as I could have entered into combat with such a Goliath in Hebrew literature . It is in vain for me to contend longer , and occupy your valuable pages with what , on my part , I feel to be uninteresting to the great majority of your readers : but before I quit the field , I will merely submit the reason that prompted me to contend thus-far for the correctness of my first observations on this subject .
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The Banners Or Standards.
wise and ingenious comparison drawn between the two extremes . This explication will clearly illustrate the figures as represented by the Prophet Ezekiel . Dan was also destined to rule in Israel ; this means that Israel shall have a judge of this tribe , which came to pass in Samson , who delivered Israel from the hands of the persecuting Philistines . This is in corroboration with the prophecy of Moses , who said , Dan is a Lion ' s whelp ,
signifying , be shall rule and have dominion . Asher and Naphtali being the sons of the handmaid were placed with Dan . We thus see the devices on the four Standards agreeing in uniformity with the figure described by Ezekiel ; and , in elucidation of this the Rabbins , in the section of the Talmud called Megilla , have pointed out the four most perfect animals in the Creation to be , the Lion , the most
noble among the wild beasts of the forest ; the Ox , the most patient among beasts of labour ; the Eagle , the swiftest and most expert among the feathered tribe ; and the Man , the most perfect of all , being endowed with reason and good sense , to govern and subdue all nature , and thus properly designated the Lord of the Creation . Thus it was that the allwise Creator led his favoured people Israel through an arid desert , infested with wild beasts , and void of any of the
refreshing powers of nature , save and except that which His divine Providence miraculously furnished them with . Yet , notwithstanding these difficulties , every care was taken to let them travel on their journey well organized and properly disciplined , carefully provided against the attacks of an enemy by the adjustment of each quarter for sucb purpose . And thus it was that the vast number of 603 , 550 were enabled to travel by the signal iven by Moses in the centre of the army , which was
img mediately communicated by the telegraph of the four principal Banners or Standards throughout the whole of the camp without the least delay or waste of time , accompanied by the pillar of cloud by day , and that of fire by night , as the miraculous guides throughout the whole of the journey till arrived in the promised land of Canaan .
To The Editor.
TO THE EDITOR .
DEAR Sin AND BROTHER , —I have for some time been convinced of the character of my antagonist , in the discussion arising out of " The Mystic Numbers 9 and 15 , " and have also felt my inability to terminate this argument successfully . I am but a young Hebraist , and when I first commented on Brother Aaron ' s paper , I considered that a mistake had been made , and accordingly endeavoured to have it corrected ; but—alas ! for my poor efforts with such weiht
and innocent intentions !—I have been overwhelmed a g of learning and research , that I am almost paralysed , and cannot but wonder how such a pigmy as I could have entered into combat with such a Goliath in Hebrew literature . It is in vain for me to contend longer , and occupy your valuable pages with what , on my part , I feel to be uninteresting to the great majority of your readers : but before I quit the field , I will merely submit the reason that prompted me to contend thus-far for the correctness of my first observations on this subject .