earth; that they may breed abund- I jaws, and I will cause the fish off antly in the earth, and be fruitful, thy rivers to stick unto thy scales, and multiply upon the earth. and I will bring thee up out of the Every beast, every creeping thing, midst of thy rivers, and all the and every fowl, and whatsoever fish of thy rivers shall stick unto creepeth upon the earth, after thy scales. And I will leave thee their kinds, went forth out of the thrown into the wilderness, thee and all the fish of thy rivers: thcu shalt fall upon the open fields; thou shalt not be brought together, nor gathered: I have given thee for meat to the beasts of the field and to the fowls of the heaven. ark. Ezek. viii, 10. So I went in and saw; and behold every form of creeping things, and abominable beasts, and all the idols of the house of Israel, pourtrayed upon the wall round about. DRAGON. Deut. xxxil, 33. Their wine is the poison of dragons, and the cruel venom of asps. Mal. i, 3. And I hated Esau, and laid his mountains and his heritage waste for the dragons of the wil derness. Jonah iv, 7. But God prepared a worm when the morning rose the next day, and it smote the gourd that it withered. P3. xxii, 6. But I am a worm, and no man; a reproach of men, and despised of the people. Isa. xli, 14. Fear not, thou worm Jacob, and ye men of Israel; I will help thee, saith the LORD, and thy redeemer, the Holy One of Israel. Isa. Ixvi, 24. And they shall go forth, and look upon the carcases of the men that have transgressed against me: for their worm shall not die, neither shall their fire bo Rev. xii, 3, 4. And there appear-quenched; and they shall be an ed another wonder in heaven; and abhorring unto all flesh. P3. xliv, 19. Though thou hast behold a great red dragon, having sore broken us in the place of dra-seven heads and ten horns, and gons, and covered us with the shadow of death. P3. lxxiv, 13. Thou didst divide the sea by thy strength: thou brakest the heads of the dragons in the waters. P3. xci, 13. Thou shalt tread upon the lion and adder: the young lion and the dragon shalt thou trample under feet. Isa. xiii, 22. And the wild beasts of the islands shall cry in their desolate houses, and dragons in their pleasant palaces: and her time is near to come, and her days shall not be prolonged. Isa. XXXV, 7. *** In the habitation of dragons, where each lay, shall be grass with reeds and rushes. Isa. li, 9. Awake, awake, put on seven crowns upon his heads. born. FROGS. Exod. viii, 2. And if thou refuse to let them go, behold, I will smite all thy borders with frogs. Ps. lxxviii, 45. *** And frogs, which destroyed them. Ps. cv, 30. Their land brought forth frogs in abundance, in the chambers of their kings. Rev. xvi, 13. And I saw three unclean spirits like frogs come out Micah vii, 17. . They shall move out of their holes like worms of the earth: they shall be afraid of the LORD our God, and shall fear because of thee. Mark ix. 44. Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched. Num. xxi, 6-9. And the LORD sent fiery serpents among the peo thy strength, O arm of the LORD; out of the mouth of the false pro-ple, and they bit the people; and awake, as in the ancient days, in the generations of old. Art thou not it that hath cut Rahab, and wounded the dragon? Jer. ix, 11. And I will make Jerusalem heaps, and a den of dragons; and I will make the cities of Judah desolate, without an inhabitant. Jer. x, 22. Behold, the noise of the bruit is come, and a great commotion out of the north country, to make the cities of Judah desolate, and a den of dragons. Jer. xlix, 33. And Hazor shall be a dwelling for dragons, and a desolation for ever: there shall no man abide there, nor any son of man dwell in it. Jer. li. 37. And Babylon shall become heaps, a dwellingplace for dragons, an astonishment, and an hissing, without an inhabitant. Ezek. xxix, 3-5. Speak, and say, Thus saith the Lord Gon; Behold, I am against thee, Pharaoh king of Egypt, the great dragon that lieth in the midst of his rivers, which hath said, My river is mine own, and I have made it for myself. But I will put hooks in thy Job xvii, 14. I have said to corruption, Thou art my father: to the worm, Thou art my mother, and my sister. Job xxiv, 20. The womb shall forget him; the worm shall feed sweetly on him; he shall be no more remembered; and wickedness shall be broken as a tree. died. much people of Israel Therefore the people came to Moses, and said, We have sinned, for we have spoken against the LORD, and against thee; pray unto the LORD, that he take away the serpents from us. And Moses prayed for the people. And the LORD said unto Moses, Make thee a fiery serpent, and set it upon a pole: and it shall come to pass, that every one that is bitten, when he looketh upon it, shall live. And Moses made a serpent of brass, and put it upon a pole, and it came to pass, that if a serpent had bitten any man, when he beheld the serpent of brass, he lived. Deut. viii, 15. Who led theo through that great and terrible wilderness, wherein were fiery serpents, and scorpions, and drought. Isa. xi, 8. And the sucking child shall play on the hole of the asp, and the weaned child shall put his hand on the cockatrice' den. Amos v, 19. As if a man did flee from a lion, and a bear met him; or went into the house, and leaned his hand on the wall, and a serpent bit him. Amos ix, 3. And though they hide themselves in the top of Carmel, I will search and take them out thence; and though they be hid from my sight in the bottom of the sea, thence will I command the serpent, and he shall bite them. Micah vil, 17. They shall lick the dust like a serpent. Mark xvi, 18. They shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover. Luke x, 19. Behold, I give unto you power to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy; and nothing shall by any means hurt you. THEIR POISON. I Deut. xxxii, 24, 30. will also send the teeth of beasts upon them, with the poison of serpents of the dust. How should one chase a thousand, and two put ten thousand to flight, except their Rock had sold them, and the LORD had shut them up? Job xx, 16. He shall suck the poison of asps: the viper's tongue shall slay him. Ps. Iviil, 4. Their poison is like the poison of a serpent: they are like the deaf adder that stoppeth her ear. Ps. cxl, 3. They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent; adders' poison is under their lips. Selah. CHARMING OF THEM. Ps. lviii, 4, 5. Their poison is like the poison of a serpent: they are like the deaf adder that stoppeth her ear; Which will not hearken to the voice of charmers, charming never so wisely. Eccles. x, 11. Surely the serpent will bite without enchantment; and a babbler is no better. Jer. viii, 17. For, behold, I will send serpents, cockatrices, among you, which will not be charmed, and they shall bite you, saith the LORD. Deut. i, 44. And the Amorites, which dwelt in that mountain, came out against you, and chased you, as bees do, and destroyed you in Seir, even unto Hormah. Ps. cxviii, 12. They compassed quenched as the fire of thorns: for me about like bees; they are in the name of the LORD I will destroy them. Isa. vil, 18. And it shall come to pass in that day, that the LORD shall hiss for the bee that is in the land of Assyria. HONEY VERY ABUNDANT. Gen. xliii, 11. And their father Israel said unto them, If it must be so now, do this; take of the best fruits in the land in your vessels, and carry down the man a present, a little balm, and a little honey. Exod. iil, 8. And I am come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to Lev, xx, 24. But I have said unto you, Ye shall inherit their land, and I will give it unto you to possess it, á land that floweth with milk and honey: I am the LORD your God, which have separated you from other people. Num. xvi, 12-14. And Moses sent to call Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab: which said, We will not come up: Is it a small thing that thou hast brought us up out of a land that floweth with milk and honey, to kill us in the wilderness, except thou make thyself altogether a prince over us? Moreover thou hast not brought us into a land that floweth with milk and honey, or given us inheritance of fields and vineyards: wilt thou put out the eyes of these men? we will not come up. Deut. xxxii, 13. And he made him to suck honey out of the rock, and oil out of the flinty rock. 1 Sam. xiv, 25, 26. And all they of the land came to a wood; and there was honey upon the ground. And when the people were come into the wood, behold, the honey dropped; but no man put his hand to his mouth: for the people feared the oath. 2 Sam. xvii, 29. And honey, and butter for David. 1 Kin. xiv, 3. And take with thee ten loaves, and cracknels, and a cruse of honey, and go to him: he shall tell thee what shall become of the child. 2 Chron. xxxi, 5. And as soon as the commandment came abroad, the children of Israel brought in abundance the first firuits of corn, wine, and oil, and honey. Job xx, 17. He shall not see the rivers, the floods, the brooks of honey and butter. And with honey out of the rock should I Ps. lxxxi, 16. have satisfied thee. found among them that said unto Jer. xli, 8. But ten men were Ishmael, Slay us not: for we have treasures in the field, of wheat, and of barley, and of oil, and of honey. So he forbare, and slew them not among their brethren. Ezek. xxvii, 17. Judah, and the land of Israel, they were thy merchants: they traded in thy market wheat of Minnith, and Pannag, and honey, and oil, and balm. USED AS FOOD. the last it biteth like a serpent, bring them up out of that land unto it was like wafers made with and stingeth like an adder. Isa. lix, 5. They hatch cockatrice' eggs, and weave the spider's web: he that eateth of their eggs dieth, and that which is crushed breaketh out into a viper. a good land and a large, unto a land flowing with milk and honey; unto the place of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites. honey. Jud. xiv, 9. And he took there of in his hands, and went on eating, and came to his father and mother, and he gave them, and they did eat; but he told not them that he had taken the honey out of the carcase of the lion. 1 Sam. xiv, 27, 29, 43. But Jonathan heard not when his father charged the people with the oath: wherefore he put forth the end of the rod that was in his hand, and dipped it in an honeycomb, and put his hand to his mouth; and his eyes were enlightened. Then said Jonathan, My father hath troubled the land: see, I pray you, how mine eyes have been enlightened, because I tasted a little of this honey. Then Saul said to Jonathan, Tell me what thou hast done. And Jonathan told him, and said, I did but taste a little honey with the end of the rod that was in mine hand, and lo, I must die. Prov. xxiv, 13, 14. My son, eat thou honey, because it is good; and the honeycomb, which is sweet to thy taste: So shall the knowledge of wisdom be unto thy soul: when thou hast found it, then there shall be a reward, and thy expectation shall not be cut off. Prov. xxv, 16, 27. Hast thou found honey? eat so much as is sufficient for thee, lest thou be filled therewith, and vomit it. It is not good to cat much honey: so for men to search their own glory is not glory. Prov. xxvii, 7. The full soul loatheth an honeycomb; but to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet. strange woman drop as an honey- Prov. xvi, 24. Pleasant words Çant. iv, 11. Thy lips, O my spouse, drop as the honeycomb: honey and milk are under thy ments is like the smell of Letongue; and the smell of thy garbanon. Ezek. iii, 3. And he said unto me, Son of man, cause thy belly to eat, and fill thy bowels with this roll that I give thee. Then did I eat it; and it was in my mouth as honey for sweetness. Rev. x, 9, 10. And I went unto the angel, and said unto him, Give me the little book. And he said unto me, Take it, and eat it up; and it shall make thy belly bitter, but it shall be in thy mouth Sweet as honey. And I took the and ate it up; and it was in my little book out of the angel's hand, mouth sweet as honey; and as soon as I had eaten it, my belly was bitter. CATERPILLAR AND LOCUST. their increase unto the cater- locust. locusts came, and caterpillers, and Isa. xxxiii, 4. And your spoil Çant. v, 1. I am come into my garden, my sister, my spouse: I have gathered my myrrh with my spice; I have eaten my honey-run upon them. comb with my honey; I have drunk my wine with my milk: eat, O friends; drink, yea, drink abun dantly, O beloved. Isa. vii, 15, 22. Butter and honey shall he eat, that he may know to refuse the evil, and choose the good. And it shall come to pass. for the abundance of milk that they shall give that he shall eat butter: for butter and honey shall every one eat that is left in the land. Matth. iii, 4. And the same John had his raiment of camel's hair, and a leathern girdle about his loins; and his meat was locusts and wild honey. Luke xxiv, 42. And they gave him a piece of a broiled fish, and of an honey-comb. ALLUSIONS TO ITS SWEETNESS. P8. xix, 10. More to be desired are they than gold, yea, than much fine gold: sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb. Ps. cxix, 103. How sweet are thy words unto my taste! yea, sweeter than honey to my mouth. Prov. v, 3. For the lips of a Jer. li, 14, 27. The LORD of hosts hath sworn by himself, saying, Cause the horses to come CANKER-WORM, AND THEIR VORACITY. Joel 1, 4. That which the pal- locnst eaten; and that which the you the years that the locust hath among you. Nahum iii, 15, 16. There shall the fire devour thee; the sword shall cut thee off, it shall eat thee up like the cankerworm: make thyself many as the cankerworm, make thyself many as Exod. viii, 21, 22. Else, if thou wilt not let my people go, behold, I will send swarms of flies upon thee, and upon thy servants, and upon thy people, and into thy houses: and the houses of the Egyptians shall be full of swarms of flies, they are. and also the ground whereon that day the land of Goshen, in which my people dwell, that no swarms of flies shall be there; to am the LORD in the midst of the the end thou mayest know that I earth. And I will sever in sorts of flies among, which de Ps. Ixxviii, 45. He sent divers voured them. came divers sorts of flies, and lice Ps. cv, 31. He spake, and there in all their coasts. ointment of the apothecary to Eccles. x, 1. Dead flies cause the send forth a stinking savour: 80 doth a little folly him that is in reputation for wisdom and honour. Isa. vil, 18, 19. And it shall come to pass in that day, that the LORD shall hiss for the fly that is in the uttermost part of the rivers of Egypt, . And they shall come, and shall rest all of them in the desolate valley, and in the holes of the rocks, and upon all thorns, and upon all bushes. GNAT. which strain at a gnat, and swal Matth. xxiii, 24. Ye blind guides, low a camel. GRASSHOPPER. Amos vii, 1. Thus hath the behold, he formed grasshoppers Lord Gop shewed unto me; and, in the beginning of the shooting up of the latter growth; and, lo, it was the latter growth after the king's mowings. NUMBER. Jud. vi, 5. For they came up with their cattle and their tents, and they came as grasshoppers for multitude. Exod, vill, 16. And the LORD said unto Moses, Say unto Aaron, Stretch out thy rod, and smite shall eat every tree which grow-| Prov. xxx, 27. The locusts have Ps. cix, 23. . I am tossed up and down as the locust. Mark 1, 6. And he did eat locusts and wild honey. Rev. ix, 3, 7-10. And there came out of the smoke locusts upon the earth; and unto them was given power, as the scorpions of the earth have power. And the shapes of the locusts were like unto horses prepared unto battle; and on their heads were as it were crowns like gold, and their faces were as the faces of men. And they had hair as the hair of women, and their teeth were as the teeth of lions. And they had breastplates, as it were breastplates of iron; and the sound of their wings was as the sound of chariots of many horses running to battle. And they had tails like unto scorpions, and there were stings in their tails: and their power was to hurt men five months. MOTH. SPIDER. be cut off, and whose trust shall Job viii. 14. Whose hope shall be a spider's web. hold with her hands, and is in Prov. xxx, 28. The spider taketh kings' palaces. ANIMALS FOR LABOUR, ASS. Abram well for her sake: and he Gen. xii, 16. And he entreated had sheep, and oxen, and he asses, and menservants, and maidservants, and she asses, and camels. Gen. xxii, 3, 5. And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and saddled his ass, and took two of his young men with him, and Isaac his son, and clave the wood for the burnt offering, and rose up, and went unto the place of which God had told him. And Abraham said unto his young men, Abide ye here with the ass; and I and the lad will go yonder and worship, and come again to you. Gen. xlii, 26. And they laded their asses with the corn, and departed thence. foal unto the vine, and his ass's Gen. xlix, 11, 14. Binding his colt unto the choice vine, he washed his garments in wine, and Issachar is a strong ass couching his clothes in the blood of grapes: down between two burdens. Num. xvi, 15. And Moses was very wroth, and said unto the LORD, Respect not thou their offering: I have not taken one ass Job iv, 19. . . . Which are crush- from them, neither have I hurt ed before the moth? one of them. ITS SILENT DESTRUCTIVENESS. Job xiii, 28. And he, as a rotten thing, consumeth, as a garment that is motheaten. rebukes dost correct man for iniP3. xxxix, 11. When thou with quity, thou makest his beauty to consume away like a moth: surely eyery man is vanity. Selah. Isa. 1, 9. Behold, the Lord Gop will help me; who is he that shall Num. xxii, 25-33. And when the ass saw the angel of the LORD, she thrust herself unto the wall, and wall: and he smote her again. crushed Balaam's foot against the And the angel of the LORD went further, and stood in a narrow place, where was no way to turn either to the right hand or to the left. And when the ass saw the the dust of the land, that it may condemn me? lo, they all shall angel of the LORD, she fell down become lice throughout all the land of Egypt. LOCUST. Exod. x, 3-6. And Moses and Aaron came in unto Pharaoh, and said unto him, Thus saith the LORD God of the Hebrews, How long wilt thou refuse to humble thyself before me? let my people go, that they may serve me. Else, if thou refuse to let my people go, behold, to morrow will I bring the locusts into thy coast: And they shall cover the face of the earth, that one cannot be able to see the earth: and they shall eat the residue of that which is escaped, which remaineth unto you from the hail, and wax old as a garment; the moth shall eat them up. Isa. li, 8. For the moth shall eat them up like a garment, and the worm shall eat them like wool: but my righteousness shall be for ever, and my salvation from generation to generation. Hosea v, 12. Therefore will I be unto Ephraim as a moth, and to the house of Judah as rottenness. Matth. vi, 19. Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal. James v, 2. Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are motheaten. under Balaam: and Balaam's anger was kindled, and he smote the ass with a staff. And the LORD opened the mouth of the ass, and she said unto Balaam, What have I done unto thee, that thou has smitten me these three times? And Balaam said unto the ass, Because thou hast mocked me: I would there were a sword in mine hand, for now would I kill thee. And the ass said unto Ba. laam, Am not I thine ass, upon which thou hast ridden ever since I was thine unto this day? was I ever wont to do so unto thee? And he said, Nay. Then the LORD opened the eyes of Balaam, and he saw the angel of the LORD standing in the way, and his sword drawn in his hand: and he bowed down his head, and fell flat on his face. And the angel of the LORD said unto him, Wherefore hast thou smitten thine ass these three times? behold, I went out to withstand thee, because thy way is perverse before me. And the ass saw me, and turned from me these three times: unless she had turned from me, surely now also I had slain thee, and saved her alive. Judges xv, 16. And Samson said, With the jawbone of an ass, heaps upon heaps, with the jaw of an ass have I slain a thousand men. Judges xix, 10. But the man would not tarry that night, but he rose up and departed, and came over against Jebus, which is Jerusalem; and there were with him two asses saddled, his concubine also was with him. 1 Sam. ix, 3-5. And the asses of Kish Saul's father were lost. And Kish said to Saul his son, Tako now one of the servants with thee, and arise, go seek the asses. And he passed through mount Ephraim, and passed through the land of Shalisha, but they found them not: then they passed through the land of Shalim, and there they were not: and he passed through the land of the Benjamites, but they found them not. And when they were come to the land of Zuph, Saul said to his servant that was with him, Come, and let us return; lest my father leave caring for the asses, and take thought for us. 1 Sam. x, 2. When thou art departed from me to day, then thou shalt find two men by Rachel's sepulchre in the border of Benjamin at Zelzah; and they will say unto thee, The asses which thou wentest to seek are found: and, lo, thy father hath left the care of the asses, and sorroweth for you, saying, What shall I do for my son? 2 Sam. xvi, 1, 2. And when David was a little past the top of the hill, behold, Ziba the servant of Mephibosheth met him, with a couple of asses saddled. And the king said unto Ziba, What meanest thou by these? And Ziba said, The asses be for the king's household to ride on. 2 Sam. xvii, 23. And when Ahithophel saw that his counsel was not followed, he saddled his ass, and arose, and gat him home to his house. 1 Kings il, 40. And Shimei arose, and saddled his ass. 1 Chron. xxvii, 30.. And over the asses was Jehdeiah the Meronothite. Ezra, ii, 67.... Their asses, six thousand seven hundred and twenty. Neh. vil, 69 ... Six thousand seven hundred and twenty asses. Jer. xxii, 19. He shall be buried | pitcher from her shoulder, and with the burial of an ass, drawn said, Drink, and I will give thy and cast forth beyond the gates camels drink also: so I drank, and of Jerusalem. she made the camels drink also. Zech. ix, 9. Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion; shout, O daughter of Jerusalem: behold, thy King cometh unto thee: he is just, and having salvation; lowly, and riding upon an ass, and upon a colt the foal of an ass. 2 Pet. ii, 16. But was rebuked for his iniquity: the dumb ass speaking with man's voice forbad the madness of the prophet. WILD ASS. IRRECLAIMABLE. Job xi, 12. For vain man would be wise, though man be born like a wild ass's colt. Job xxiv, 5. Behold, as wild asses in the desert, go they forth to their work; rising betimes for a prey: the wilderness yieldeth food for them and for their children. Job xxxix, 5-8. Who hath sent out the wild ass free? or who hath loosed the bands of the wild ass? Whose house I have made the wilderness, and the barren land his dwellings. He scorneth the multitude of the city, neither regardeth he the crying of the driver. The range of the mountains is his pasture, and he searcheth after every green thing. Isa. xxxii, 14.***The forts and towers shall be for dens for ever, a joy of wild asses, a pasture of flocks. the wilderness, that snuffeth up Jer. ii, 24. A wild ass used to the wind at her pleasure; in her occasion who can turn her away? all they that seek her will not weary themselves; in her month they shall find her. Hosea viii, 9. For they are gone up to Assyria, a wild ass alone by Ephraim hath hired himself: lovers. CAMEL. USED ON LONG JOURNEYS. Gen. xxiv, 11, 19, 20, 31, 46. And he made his camels to kneel down without the city by a well of water at the time of the evening, even the time that women go out to draw water. And when she had done giving him drink, she said, I will draw water for thy camels also, until they have done drinking. And she hasted, and emptied her pitcher into the well to draw water, and drew for trough, and ran again unto the all his camels. And he said, Come in, thou blessed of the LORD; wherefore standest thou without? for I have prepared the house, and room for the camels. And she made haste, and let down her Gen. xxxi, 34. Now Rachel had taken the images, and put them in the camel's furniture, and sat upon them. And Laban searched all the tent, but found them not. Gen. xxxvii, 25. And they sat down to eat bread: and they lifted up their eyes and looked, and, behold, a company of Ishmeelites came from Gilead with their camels bearing spicery and balm and myrrh, going to carry it down to Egypt. Judges vi, 5. . . . For both they and their camels were without number: and they entered into the land to destroy it. 1 Sam xxx, 17. And David smote them from the twilight even unto the evening of the next day: and there escaped not a man of them, save four hundred young men which rode upon camels, and fled. 2 Kings viii, 9. So Hazael went to meet him, and took a present with him, even of every good thing of Damascus, forty camels' burden, and came and stood before him, and said, Thy son Benhadad king of Syria hath sent me to thee, saying, Shall I recover of this disease? 1 Chron. v, 21. And they took away their cattle; of their camels fifty thousand, and of sheep two hundred and fifty thousand, and of asses two thousand, and of men an hundred thousand. 1 Chron. xxvii, 30. Over the camels also was Obil the Ishmael . ito. Ezra ii, 67. Their camels, four hundred thirty and five. Neh. vii, 69. Their camels, four hundred thirty and five. . . . . Isa. xxx, 6. The burden of the beasts of the south: into the land of trouble and anguish, from whence come the young and old lion, the viper and fiery flying serpent, they will carry their riches upon the shoulders of young asses, and their treasures upon the bunches of camels, to a people that shall not profit them. Isa. lx, 6. The multitude of camels shall cover thee, the dro medaries of Midian and Ephab; all they from Sheba shall come they shall bring gold and incense; and they shall shew forth the praises of the LORD. Ezek. xxv, 5. And I will make Rabbah a stable for camels, and the Ainmonites a couching place for flocks: and ye shall know that I am the LORD. Matth. xix, 24. And again I say unto you, It is easier for a camel |