9:7

bawa ................. dibawa(TB)/persembahkan .................... persembahkan(TL) <0935> [what shall.]

bekas .... habis(TB)/habis dimakan(TL) <0235 03627> [spent in. Heb. gone out of, etc. there is not.]

We are not to suppose from this that the prophets took money to predict future events: Saul only refers to an invariable custom, that no man approached a superior without some present or another, however small in value. Dr. Pococke tells us of a present of fifty radishes! Other authors mention a flower, an orange, or similar trifles; and Mr. Bruce says, that one who wished to solicit a favour from him, presented him with about a score of dates! "I mention this trifling circumstance," says Mr. B. "to shew how essential to human and civil intercourse presents are considered to be in the East; whether it be dates, or whether it be diamonds, they are so much a part of their manners, that without them, an inferior will never be at peace in his own mind, or think that he has hold of his superior for protection. But superiors give no presents to their inferiors." Presents then are tokens of honour; not intended as offers of payment or enrichment.

[have we. Heb. is with us.]

9:7

ada pemberian

Kej 32:20; [Lihat FULL. Kej 32:20]; 1Raj 13:7; 14:3; 2Raj 4:42; 5:5,15; Yer 40:5 [Semua]

11:7

Diambilnyalah(TB)/diambilnya(TL) <03947> [he took.]

The sending the pieces of the oxen was an act similar to that of the Levite, Jud 19:29, where see the Note. An eminent Scotch writer describes the rites, incantations, and imprecations used prior to the fiery cross being circulated, to summon the rough warriors of ancient times to the service of their chief; and he alludes to this ancient custom, which in comparatively modern times, has been practised in Scotland; and proves that a similar punishment of death, or destruction of their houses, for disobeying the summons, was inflicted by the ancient Scandinavians, as recorded by Olaus Magnus, in his History of the Goths. This bears a striking similarity to the ancient custom of the Israelites. With the Highlanders, a goat was slain; with the Israelites, an ox. The exhibition of a cross, stained with the blood of the sacrificed animal, was the summons of the former, while part of the animal, was the mandate of the latter. Disobedience in one nation was punished with the death of themselves or oxen, and burning of their dwellings in the other.

dipotong-potongnya(TB)/dipenggal-penggalnya(TL) <05408> [hewed.]

maju .................... majulah(TB)/keluar ........................... keluarlah(TL) <03318> [Whosoever.]

ketakutan(TB/TL) <06343> [the fear.]

mereka serentak ............. orang(TB)/orang satu(TL) <0259 0376> [with one consent. Heb. as one man.]

11:7

sepasang lembu,

1Sam 6:14; [Lihat FULL. 1Sam 6:14]

daerah Israel

Hak 19:29; [Lihat FULL. Hak 19:29]

Siapa

Hak 21:5

mereka serentak.

Hak 20:1; [Lihat FULL. Hak 20:1]

27:11

mengabarkan(TB)/kabar(TL) <05046> [Lest.]