enerally means in the Talmud the Dead Sea. It is now
called by the Arabs "Bahr-Lut," _i.e._, the Sea of Lot.

453 Deut. xiii. 17.

454 The modern Akka (Acre).

455 Deut. vii. 25.

456 Deut. vii. 26.

457 Lest the lettuce might derive profit from the shade of the
idolatrous grove.

458 These stones must be arranged as two on the ground, and one over
them, and not more than four ells distant from the image, to fulfil
the conditions of being an idolatrous offering. If the stones did
not fulfil these conditions, an Israelite might use them for
building purposes.

459 If the idol be disregarded in time of peace, the heathen have ceased
to esteem it as a god, and Israelites might use it for some purpose.
But if the heathen neglected it during the confusion of war, there
was no proof that they would not worship it at another time.

_ 460 I.e._, triumphal arches with statues upon them.

461 Because the idolater might have made an idolatrous libation from
both flasks.

462 Exod. xxi. 29.

463 Deut. xxi. 4.

464 Num. vi. 18.

465 This refers to the killing or slaughtering of cattle and fowls for
profane or domestic purposes. They were called profane to
distinguish them from the holy sacrifices.

466 Num. xxxi. 23.

467 The men of the great synagogue were the "Scribes" who flourished
from the return out of Babylon till the Graeco-Syrian persecution,
220 B.C. Their object was to preserve the sacred text with
scrupulous minuteness, and make a "fence" for the law. They added
numberless directions for the better observance of the old precepts.
The Scribes were succeeded by the "learners," the "repeaters," and
the "master builders," who continued from 220 B.C. till 220 A.D. In
their time fall the Maccabaean revolution, the birth of Christ, the
overthrow of the Temple by Titus, the rebellion of Barchochba, the
complete destruction of Jerusalem, and the dispersion of the Jews.

468 Supposed by some to be the Sameas and Pollio of Josephus. Though
others try to identify Sameas with Simon, son of Shetach.--"Antiq."
xiv. ix. 4, etc.

469 Ps. xxxvii. 21.

470 Deut. vi. 4, etc.

471 Joel ii. 13.

472 Ps. i. 1.

473 Mal. iii. 16.

474 Lam. iii. 28.

475 Isa. xxviii. 8.

476 Ezek. xli. 22.

477 Ps. lxxxii. 1.

478 Amos ix.