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Deuteronomy 6:4-9; 11:18-21. They were then ?rolled up in a case of
black calfskin, which was attached to a stiffer piece of leather, having a
thong one finger broad and one cubit and a half long. Those worn on the
forehead were written on four strips of parchment, and put into four little
cells within a square case, which had on it the Hebrew letter called shin,
the three points of which were regarded as an emblem of God.? This case
tied around the forehead in a particular way was called ?the tephillah on
the head.? (See PHYLACTERY.)
Another Bible Timeline fact –>FROST (Hebrews kerah, from its smoothness) Job 37:10 (R.V., ?ice?);
Genesis 31:40; Jeremiah 36:30; rendered ?ice? in Job 6:16, 38:29; and
?crystal? in Ezekiel 1:22. ?At the present day frost is entirely unknown in
the lower portions of the valley of the Jordan, but slight frosts are
sometimes felt on the sea-coast and near Lebanon.? Throughout Western
Asia cold frosty nights are frequently succeeded by warm days.
?Hoar frost? (Hebrews kephor, so called from its covering the ground) is
mentioned in Exodus 16:14; Job 38:29; Psalm 147:16.
In Psalm 78:47 the word rendered ?frost? (R.V. marg., ?great hail-stones?),
hanamal, occurs only there. It is rendered by Gesenius, the Hebrew
lexicographer, ?ant,? and so also by others, but the usual interpretation
derived from the ancient versions may be maintained.
Another Bible Timeline fact –>FRUIT a word as used in Scripture denoting produce in general, whether
vegetable or animal. The Hebrews divided the fruits of the land into three
classes:,
(1.) The fruit of the field, ?corn-fruit? (Hebrews dagan); all kinds of grain
and pulse.
(2.) The fruit of the vine, ?vintage-fruit? (Hebrews tirosh); grapes, whether
moist or dried.
(3.) ?Orchard-fruits? (Hebrews yitshar), as dates, figs, citrons, etc.
Injunctions concerning offerings and tithes were expressed by these
Hebrew terms alone (Numbers 18:12; Deuteronomy 14:23). This word
?fruit? is also used of children or offspri
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