The Scripture Almanack FOR 1826: PURPORTING TO EXHIBIT SOME OF THE MEMORABLE EVENTS AND SACRED SEASONS OF THE BIBLE, TOGETHER WITH An Arrangement of the Scriptures, in Chronological Order, TO BE READ THROUGH THE YEAR, With the respective PORTIONS OF EACH DAY.1 THE portions of Scripture, for our fanily and private reading, during this month, conduct us forward through nearly two Periods. With the sojournings of Israel, now stationed in the plains of Moab, we begin and advance along with them to their ultimate restoration to Canaan. After the death of Joshua, their leader, we are rapidly brought to, and even through, the government of their Judges; for -though some centuries now elapsed, we have but partial and incidental notices of their history. With the commission and authority of Samuel, we close the present month. Of the Sacred Seasons, how interesting and important a solemnity was that of the Passover, during this month; -a month this, to ancient Israel, with undoubted propriety, "the beginning of months"! With what grateful emotions must they have ever celebrated it! Remarkable events indeed transpired, at this season, in the history of Israel, of the Church, and of the World! What Christian, or Jew, or Man, can think of them without "wonder, love, and praise!" May they be memorialized for the best of purposes ! The weather and productions, in the classic regions of Holy Scripture, also suggest a thousand delightful and profitable reflections. Let them be contemplated with spiritual improvement; and remind us of that blessed land before us, where " Everlasting spring abides, and never-withering flowers!" .MARCH ניסן. Days. Portions for Reading. Numb. xxii. xxiii. and xxiv. Numb. xxxiii. 49. xxv. and xxvi. Numb. xxvii. xxxvi. 1-12 : xxviii. xxix. Numb. xxx. xxxi. and xxxii. 1-42. Numb. xxxiii. 50—56 : xxxiv. and xxxv. Deut. i. ii. 1: x. 6–9: ii. 2, to end. W. Deut. vi. vii. viii. and ix. T. Deut. x. 1-5, 10–32: xi. and xii. Deut. xvii. xviii. xix. and xx. Deut. xxi. xxii. xxiii. and xxiv. Deut. xxix. xxx. Num. xxxvi. 13 : xxvii. 12-23: Deut. xxxi. 1-21, 23-29. Deut. xxxi. 22. 30: xxxii. and xxxiii. Deut. xxxiv. Jos. i. 1-9; ii. i. 10–18: iii. iv. Josh. v. 1-12 : vi. 1: v. 13–15: vi. 227: vii. viii. 1–29. Josh. ix. and x. 1, to the end. Josh. xi. viii. 30-35: xxii. xii. xiii. M. Josh. xiv. 1-5: xiii. 15-33: xiv. 6- 19 S. 20 21 T. 22 W. Sacred Seasons. Remarkable Events The solemnity of On the 1st (A.M.| the New Moon 2514), the Taberon the 1st, as nacle of Israel fibefore. nished and set up. Exod. xl. 17. On the 10th The Passover, (A. M. 2553), the instituted on people of Israel, the night be-under Joshua, pass fore Israel's through the Jordeparture dan. Josh. iv. 19. from Egypt, The entry of in commemo-Christ into Jeruration of the salem, Matt. xxi.; Angel's pass- and his Crucifixing over the ion, xxvii.; five houses of the days afterwards, Hebrews, are supposed to when he de-have now occurstroyed the red. first-born of On the 14th Egypt. Exod. (A. M. 2513), the first-born of Egypt xii. were slain; and the going forth of On the 10th, a Israel from that lamb was to land took place. be prepared, Exod. xii. verse 3; and In the reign of kept till the Hezekiah (A. C. 14th, on the 726), king of Juevening of dah, were repairs which it was done to the house to be killed of the Lord; and ver. 6. on the 16th of this month, they were completed: immeThen was un-diately after which leavened there was a sobread to be lemn and public eaten, and for re-opening of it, seven days in by the king, rucontinuance lers, priests, &c. 2 Chron. xxix. 1, to the end. On the 17th, the From the 16th Ark of Noah restof this month ed on the mounwere reckon-tains of Ararat ed the fifty (A. M. 1657). Gen. days to the viii. 4. 8. 15. festival of the Pentecost. Weather. In Palestine, this month is the forerunner of spring; but rains, with thunder and hail, are not yet over. Pococke's Travels, vol. ii. p. 11.—The weather is generally warm and temperate; and sometimes extremely hot, especially in the plain of Jericho. Thomson's Travels, vol. ii. p. 27.-In the middle of the month, the mercury stands at 52o; and towards the latter end, between 56o and 58o. Nat. Hist. of Aleppo, p. 149, 150.-Towards the end, the rivers are much swollen by rains and the thawing of snow upon the tops of mountains. Egmont and Heyman's Travels, vol. i. p. 335.-Earthquakes sometimes take place; and they are accounted for by Shaw, in his Travels, p. 136. Productions. While the wheat is scarcely in ear, the barley is now ripe in Jericho. Shaw's Travels, p. 290, 291.- Indian wheat, rice, and corn of Damascus, are now sown in Lower Egypt. Thomson's Travels, ii. p. 169.-Several kinds of pulse, as beans, lentils, and chickpease, become ripe. Itiner. B. Tudel. p. 103.- Every tree is, at this time, in full leaf. Russel's Nat. Hist. of Aleppo, p. 10.-The fig-tree, the palm, plum, &c. together with many shrubs and herbs, are interestingly noticed (from various travellers) in Buhle's Econom. Calend. of Palestine; for which see Fragments to Calmet, No. 458.-Interesting allusions to the time of barley harvest are made in Scripture; as Ruth i. 22. 2 Sam. xxi. 9. Jewish Calendar. 1. A fast, because of the death of Aaron's sons, Nadab and Abihu. Lev. x. 1. 3. Reading, Lev. vi. 1.-ix. 1.; and Jer. vii. 21—viii. 4. 10. A fast, for the death of Miriam. Numb. xx. i. Also, commemorating the scarcity of water which occurred after her death to the people of Israel, in the desert of Kadesh. Numb. xx. 2. On this day every one provided himself a lamb, or a kid, as preparatory to the following Passover. 12. Reading, Lev. ix. 1.—xii. 1.; and 2 Sam. vi. 1.—vii. 17. 14-21. The solemnity of the Passover celebrated; but see Almanack, p. 106. 19. Reading, Lev. xii. 1.—xiv. 1.; and 2 Sam. iv. 42.—v. 20. 26. A fast, in memory of Joshua's death. Josh. xxiv. 29. 27. Reading, Lev. xiv. 1.—xvi. 1.; and 2 Sam. vii. 3, to the end. 29. Supplications for the spring rain, or " the latter rain," seasonable for their, harvest. Zech. x. 1. Genebrard. This was called Melqush (), a kind of rain which makes the grain swell, and prepares it for the harvest; but there was no time appointed for asking it.-Lamy, p. 122. [APRIL in the next.] Biblical Antiquities. HARMONY OF THE MOSAIC LAW, Arranged under proper heads, with references to the several parts of the PENTATEUCH, where the respective laws occur. From a manuscript in the library of St. John Baptist's College, presented by Archbishop LAUD. The following HARMONY of the MOSAIC LAW is the best we have ever met with, and cannot fail to be useful to every Scriptural Reader. THE FIRST CLASS. THE MORAL LAW, WRITTEN ON THE TWO TABLES, CONTAINIng the ten The altar of incense... Exodus, chap. Leviticus, | Numbers, | Deuteron. chap. chap. chap. 30. 25. 25, 26. The candlestic of pure gold Of the priests and their vest- Of the manner of the burnt-offerings. Of the manner of the peace-offerings.... Of the manner of the sacrifices, according to their several kinds, viz. For sin committed through igno rance of the law For sin committed through ignorance of the fact 6. For sin committed wittingly, yet not through impiety The special law of sacrifices for sin Of things belonging to the sacrifices... Of the shew-bread Of the lamps...... several Of the sweet incense Of the use of ordinary oblations, whereof there were kinds observed by the priests: Of the consecration of the high priest, and other priests .... Of the consecration and office of the Levites...... Of the dwellings of the Levites.. Of the anointing of the altar, and all the instruments of the tabernacle ... Of the continual daily sacrifice Of the continual sabbath-day's sacrifice ... Of the solemn sacrifices for feastdays, which were divers, and had peculiar rites, distinguished into these chapters, viz. Of trumpets .... Of kalends, or beginnings of months 18.12.17.31 15. 17. 10. 28. 23. 34. |