Jerusalem, BURNT OFFERING TO GOD CATTLE SHEEP ~ 1846 Bible Art Print Engraving

Description: “YE SHALL BRING YOUR OFFERING OF THE CATTLE, EVEN OF THE HERD, AND OF THE FLOCK” Artist: H. Melville _____ Engraver: R. Staines PRINT DATE: This engraving was printed in 1846; it is not a modern reproduction in any way. PRINT SIZE: Overall print size is 7 x 10 inches including borders. Actual image size is 4 1/2 inches by 6 5/8 inches. PRINT CONDITION: Clean, no foxing, tears or blemishes. Nothing on reverse. High quality, thick rag stock paper. SHIPPING: Buyer to pay shipping, domestic orders receive priority mail, international orders receive regular air mail unless otherwise asked for. We take a variety of payment options. Full payment details will be in our email after auction close. We pack properly to protect your item! PRINT DESCRIPTION : LEVITICUS 1. 1-14. The traveller who lingers in the vallies of Sinai, or who traverses the lone plains of that" great and terrible wilderness " which extends between them and the Land of Promise, cannot but mark the strong contrast of the utter solitude which hangs over those vallies and plains, with the idea, present to his mind, of the orderly scenes of active life and abundant population which the same region once offered, when the Israelites formed their vast encampment therein. It may require some knowledge of the scenery, some of costume, and more of sacred history, to fill up correctly the outlines of such a picture. But it requires no great effort of mind, or grasp of knowledge, to apprehend the general features which would then be presented to the view of one who might discover unaware," from the top of some overlooking hill, the prospect set forth in beautiful and equal order around the great central sanctuary, covered by the mysterious pillar of cloud. How lovely that order was, with th long lines of tents extending in continuous streets within each other, may be gathered from the description of the encampment which is given in the book of Numbers, and from the impressions which, as recorded in the same book, the survey of the scene made upon the mind of a stranger from beyond the Euphrates. It was Balaam who exclaimed—"How goodly are thy tents, O Jacob! thy tabernacles, O Israel! As the vallies are they spread forth, as gardens by the river's side, as the trees of lign aloes which the Lord hath planted, and as cedar trees beside the waters." The light and cheerful tents of each tribe, reposing in due order under its great tribal standard; while the pillar of cloud, which formed the great central standard of the whole body, was visible from even the remotest parts of the camp, and served to guide the course of those who repaired through these many streets of tents to the great central square, in the midst of which—as in the place of a king among his encamped armies—stood the renowned fabric—resplendent with embroidery and gold—in which every true Israelite rejoiced, to feel that his Divine King dwelt among his people, to rule, to guide, and to protect them, in the form—manifest even to their material conceptions—of that glory which rested upon the mercy-seat, between the wings of the cherubim. If it were the time of morning or evening sacrifice, the ministering priests and attendant Levites might be seen at the great altar in front of the tabernacle, engaged in the greatest act of the Hebrew worship, the congregation giving their devout attention to the act, when the time was marked by the blowing of the silver trumpets, whose sound rang sweet and clear over the stillness of the camp—a stillness habitually unbroken by the noises which the pursuits of men create in crowded cities—free from even the clanging sounds of military array, so common to large camps—and broken only by the glad shouts of children, the noise of pounding the manna in mortars, and the lowing of flocks and herds. Now and then men might be seen, emerging from among the tents into the open square, bringing to the tabernacle a steer, a sheep, a goat, or turtle doves, as burnt offerings to make atonement for the sin of their souls, or as free-will offerings, to testify their thankfulness to God for all his mercies, and in glad recognition of the covenant which had been established between Him and them. The burnt offerings, or holocausts, were so called from being wholly consumed by fire upon the altar—excepting only the skin—which was not the case with the free-will offerings, of which part only was consumed on the altar, the rest being allowed for the offerer and his friends, with the poor, the stranger, and the Levite, to feast upon. The holocaust being thus devoted wholly to God, in being consumed by the fire of His altar, was more carefully considered, and. determined by stricter rules, than any other offering. The proper victims for the burnt offering, and. indeed for other animal sacrifices, were the ox, the sheep, and the goat, for although turtle doves and young pigeons were accepted from those who were too poor to bring the costlier offerings, yet in public sacrifices these birds were not allowed, but only those three kinds of animals. These were doubtless chosen from their superior qualities of usefulness, from the simplicity and purity of their diet, from their use as the principal food of man, and on account of the facility with which they could in consequence be procured; for it was the benevolent object of the law, to impose upon the people no heavier burden, in the ritual service of God, than the principles of that form of worship indispensably required. Hence no wild animals were demanded in sacrifice, not only for the above reasons, but because the Lord would not impose upon his people so great a burden as to bring him that which could only be procured with difficulty: and on the same ground, doves seem to have been chosen as a substitute-offering for the poor, since these birds were, of all others, the commonest and most easy to be- procured in that country which the Israelites were destined to inhabit. GREAT GIFT FOR A MILITARY HISTORIAN, ARMED FORCES VETERAN, CIVIL WAR OR REVOLUTIONARY WAR BUFF! HANG IN YOUR DEN, OFFICE, OR BASEMENT.

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