Bible Dictionary: Water: Libation of

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1 Samuel 7:6
And they gathered together to Mizpeh, and drew water, and poured it out before the LORD, and fasted on that day, and said there, We have sinned against the LORD. And Samuel judged the children of Israel in Mizpeh.
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A Libation to Jehovah
... sentiment in himself. The sparkling water was too sacred to be taken for
any baser use than as a libation to Jehovah. And who can ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture f/a libation to jehovah.htm

The Rock and the Water
... a golden vase drew water from the spring, chanting, as they ascended and re-entered
the Temple gates where they poured out the water as a libation, the words ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture i/the rock and the water.htm

The Story of a Cup of Water
... Suppose we were to ask, Who acted in the noblest way"the three strong men who
got the water, or David, who made a sacrifice or libation of it? ...
/.../wells/bible stories and religious classics/the story of a cup.htm

Epistle cxxii. To Rechared, King of the visigoths .
... And, because he poured it out and would not drink it, it is written, He offered
it a libation to the Lord. If, then, water was scorned by the armed king, and ...
/.../the epistles of saint gregory the great/epistle cxxii to rechared king.htm

The Use of the Symbolic Style by Poets and Philosophers.
... "And bright water is poured down ... Thespis the tragic poet says that something else
was signified by these, writing thus: "Lo, I offer to thee a libation of white ...
/.../clement/the stromata or miscellanies/chapter viii the use of the.htm

In the Temple at the Feast of Tabernacles.
... is so, it is likely that the words of Jesus have some reference to this libation,
and are designed to draw a contrast between the earthly water which ceases ...
/.../mcgarvey/the four-fold gospel/lxxviii in the temple at.htm

Of Bodily Patience.
... in making a libation to the Lord of sordid [9154] raiment, together with scantiness
of food, content with simple diet and the pure drink of water [9155] in ...
/.../tertullian/of patience/chapter xiii of bodily patience.htm

The Burning Æsculapius; Tricks with Fire.
... it in water; for it contains in itself abundance of oil. The hearth, however, is
spontaneously kindled, while the magician pours out [252] a libation, by ...
/.../chapter xxxiii the burning aesculapius tricks.htm

Book iv. --Of Marcion's Antitheses.
... Why, then,. Bids God libation to be poured to Him. With blood of sheep? ... With calf's
blood. With water mixt the seer [1566] (thus from on high. ...
/.../book iv of marcions antitheses.htm

The Deputation from Jerusalem - the Three Sects of the Pharisees ...
... The Sadducean objection to pouring the water of libation upon the altar on the Feast
of Tabernacles, led to riot and bloody reprisals on the only occasion on ...
/.../the life and times of jesus the messiah/chapter ii the deputation from.htm