# The Evolution of Old Testament Religion

Author: Orchard, W. E. (William Edwin), 1877-1955

Genre: Category: History - Religious

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/45952

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## Summary

mentioned in Judges iii. 19 (R.V. margin) is to be identified with it. Among this class of sacred objects must be mentioned the obscure _Mazzebah_, translated in the margin of the Revised Version, "Obelisk." The use of the Mazzebah is strictly forbidden in Exod. xxxiv. 13, as one of the idolatrous customs of the former inhabitants of the land, but in the Eighth Century the Mazzebah is reckoned by Hosea as one of the essentials of Hebrew worship, as if he knew nothing of this proscription in the Law (Hosea iii. iv.). These pillars were evidently used to mark the place of worship, and they are said to have been found at Shechem, Bethel, Gilgal, Mizpeh, and elsewhere. From their usage in pri...

## Chapters

- [xiv. 7), "the spring of judgment," would seem to indicate that springs](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-evolution-of-old-testament-religion-45952/chapters/3/index.md)
- [vi. 33-38 shows that Kohathite and Korahite are the same), have common](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-evolution-of-old-testament-religion-45952/chapters/4/index.md)
- [lxi. 1, 2); and the evangelist Matthew sees in the methods of Jesus a](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-evolution-of-old-testament-religion-45952/chapters/5/index.md)
- [iv. 9), and it is more than likely that the circle of graven images](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-evolution-of-old-testament-religion-45952/chapters/1/index.md)
- [v. 24; with which may be compared the practice of oracular decision](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-evolution-of-old-testament-religion-45952/chapters/2/index.md)