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sacrifice to Baalpeor , the god of the Moabit . es , which will ' sufficiently prove that adoration of Isis and Osiris , and of the ox or cow ,, was identical with the original mythology of Egypt . The same observation may be made relative to many of the false deities who are said to have led Israel to sin , only under other forms
and different names . Ashtaroth , or Astarte ( Judges x . 6 ) , the goddess of the Zidonians , whom Solomon went after ( 1 Kings xi . 5 ) , was painted with horns , or a crescent , on her forehead , and sometimes with the head of a cow . She was always sty led the Queen of Heaven , and the horns were supposed to represent the rays of the moon ( Jerem . vii . 18 , and xliv . 17 ) . The sacred writers generally join her name with . , that of Baal , as signifying the Supreme Deity , there being in the language no particular term to express a goddess .
Other idols , belonging to the inhabitants of Palestine , derived their origin from the same source . Thus Ohamos , or Chemosh ( Juclg , xi . 24 )—the root of which word signifies to make haste , in allusion probably to the course of the sun , —who was the god of the children of Amnion , and whose images were always exposed on high places ,
and surrounded with groves ( Levit . xxvi . 80 , and Isaiah xxvii . 9 ) is identified , as the name evidently proves , with Jupiter Ainmon , a deity worshipped in Egypt and Libya , who by the horns on his head represented the solar rays . In a similar manner Osiris had a cap with horns , and he sometimes appears with the head of a wolf , or of a hawk , as that bird , from its quick and piercing eye , was held a proper
emblem of the sun . In the prophecy of Isaiah ( Ixv . 11 . ) , the following passage occurs , both in the Vulgate and in the English translation : — "But ye are they that prepare a table for that troop , and that furnish the
drinkoffering unto that number . " In the original , the literal translation is as follows : — " Te are they that prepare a table for Gad , and that furnish a drink-offer in g unto Meni . " These are two deities who were worshipped by the Israelites , and supposed to represent the sun and the moon . In the Book of Joshua ( xi . 17 , and xii . 7 ) , mention is made of a city named Baal-Gad , probably the principal seat of this idolatry . Clad represents good fortune , and the word " table ''
is said to refer to casting nativities , or some process ot divination more particularly under the influence of the sun . Meni . was , without doubt , tho moon , and is mentioned in Jeremiah ( vii . IS , and xliv . 17 , 18 ) as tho queen of Heaven , and was Ashtaroth or Astarte . In the prophecy of Ezekicl ( viii . 14 and 16 ) . tho following passage occurs : — " And behold , there sat women weeping for Taiminr / , " In
tho Vulgate , in place of this last name , we imd Adonis , whom wo have before mentioned as identified with Osiris . A further ceremony , connected with the same religious rites , detailed in tho IGth verse , proves thai this worship was addressed to tho sun . " And behold , at the door of the temple were about Iiv (> aud 4 \ vonty men , with their backs towards tho temple of the Lord , and their faces towards the JCast , and they worshipped the sun toward ; - } the Hast" { I . e . at its rising ) . The word Tainmny , means " abstruso " or " concealed ; " j uuI
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sacrifice to Baalpeor , the god of the Moabit . es , which will ' sufficiently prove that adoration of Isis and Osiris , and of the ox or cow ,, was identical with the original mythology of Egypt . The same observation may be made relative to many of the false deities who are said to have led Israel to sin , only under other forms
and different names . Ashtaroth , or Astarte ( Judges x . 6 ) , the goddess of the Zidonians , whom Solomon went after ( 1 Kings xi . 5 ) , was painted with horns , or a crescent , on her forehead , and sometimes with the head of a cow . She was always sty led the Queen of Heaven , and the horns were supposed to represent the rays of the moon ( Jerem . vii . 18 , and xliv . 17 ) . The sacred writers generally join her name with . , that of Baal , as signifying the Supreme Deity , there being in the language no particular term to express a goddess .
Other idols , belonging to the inhabitants of Palestine , derived their origin from the same source . Thus Ohamos , or Chemosh ( Juclg , xi . 24 )—the root of which word signifies to make haste , in allusion probably to the course of the sun , —who was the god of the children of Amnion , and whose images were always exposed on high places ,
and surrounded with groves ( Levit . xxvi . 80 , and Isaiah xxvii . 9 ) is identified , as the name evidently proves , with Jupiter Ainmon , a deity worshipped in Egypt and Libya , who by the horns on his head represented the solar rays . In a similar manner Osiris had a cap with horns , and he sometimes appears with the head of a wolf , or of a hawk , as that bird , from its quick and piercing eye , was held a proper
emblem of the sun . In the prophecy of Isaiah ( Ixv . 11 . ) , the following passage occurs , both in the Vulgate and in the English translation : — "But ye are they that prepare a table for that troop , and that furnish the
drinkoffering unto that number . " In the original , the literal translation is as follows : — " Te are they that prepare a table for Gad , and that furnish a drink-offer in g unto Meni . " These are two deities who were worshipped by the Israelites , and supposed to represent the sun and the moon . In the Book of Joshua ( xi . 17 , and xii . 7 ) , mention is made of a city named Baal-Gad , probably the principal seat of this idolatry . Clad represents good fortune , and the word " table ''
is said to refer to casting nativities , or some process ot divination more particularly under the influence of the sun . Meni . was , without doubt , tho moon , and is mentioned in Jeremiah ( vii . IS , and xliv . 17 , 18 ) as tho queen of Heaven , and was Ashtaroth or Astarte . In the prophecy of Ezekicl ( viii . 14 and 16 ) . tho following passage occurs : — " And behold , there sat women weeping for Taiminr / , " In
tho Vulgate , in place of this last name , we imd Adonis , whom wo have before mentioned as identified with Osiris . A further ceremony , connected with the same religious rites , detailed in tho IGth verse , proves thai this worship was addressed to tho sun . " And behold , at the door of the temple were about Iiv (> aud 4 \ vonty men , with their backs towards tho temple of the Lord , and their faces towards the JCast , and they worshipped the sun toward ; - } the Hast" { I . e . at its rising ) . The word Tainmny , means " abstruso " or " concealed ; " j uuI