{"query": "Easton: Poor", "count": 20, "results": [{"id": "card_n_9810cd0e8219", "title": "Easton: Poor", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "The Mosaic legislation regarding the poor is specially important. (1.) They had the right of gleaning the fields (Lev. 19:9, 10; Deut. 24:19, 21). (2.) In the sabbatical year they were to have their s"}, {"id": "card_n_75e704df6306", "title": "Easton: Beg", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "That the poor existed among the Hebrews we have abundant evidence (Ex. 23:11; Deut. 15:11), but there is no mention of beggars properly so called in the Old Testament. The poor were provided for by th"}, {"id": "card_n_c3ca1cb7e6ce", "title": "Easton: First-born", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Sons enjoyed certain special privileges (Deut. 21:17; Gen. 25:23, 31, 34; 49:3; 1 Chr. 5:1; Heb. 12:16; Ps. 89:27). (See BIRTHRIGHT.) The “first-born of the poor” signifies the most miserable of the p"}, {"id": "card_n_20db105b14a4", "title": "Easton: Alms", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Not found in the Old Testament, but repeatedly in the New. The Mosaic legislation (Lev. 25:35; Deut. 15:7) tended to promote a spirit of charity, and to prevent the occurrence of destitution among the"}, {"id": "card_c_5a649a2a7a8f", "title": "Easton: Poor references Matthew", "shelf": "connections", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Card references Matthew. Auto-detected via book-name match."}, {"id": "card_c_87c4a3b2c566", "title": "Easton: Poor cites Acts", "shelf": "connections", "surface": null, "snippet": "Cites Acts 6:1 — a chapter:verse reference found in the card text."}, {"id": "card_n_438522c97d38", "title": "Easton: Helps", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "(1 Cor. 12:28) may refer to help (i.e., by interpretation) given to him who speaks with tongues, or more probably simply help which Christians can render to one another, such as caring for the poor an"}, {"id": "card_c_76535223c7ee", "title": "Easton: Poor cites James", "shelf": "connections", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Cites James 2:15 — a chapter:verse reference found in the card text."}, {"id": "card_c_5ca92cf78e8b", "title": "Easton: Poor cites Luke", "shelf": "connections", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Cites Luke 3:11; Luke 16:20; Luke 6:20 — a chapter:verse reference found in the card text."}, {"id": "card_n_7713f406390a", "title": "Easton: Glean", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "The corners of fields were not to be reaped, and the sheaf accidentally left behind was not to be fetched away, according to the law of Moses (Lev. 19:9; 23:22; Deut. 24:21). They were to be left for "}, {"id": "card_n_81f62c3581d8", "title": "Easton: Grind", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "(Ex. 32:20; Deut. 9:21; Judg. 16:21), to crush small (Heb. tahan); to oppress the poor (Isa. 3:5). The hand-mill was early used by the Hebrews (Num. 11:8). It consisted of two stones, the upper (Deut."}, {"id": "card_n_c579d6ee4c5a", "title": "Easton: Sparrow", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Mentioned among the offerings made by the very poor. Two sparrows were sold for a farthing (Matt. 10:29), and five for two farthings (Luke 12:6). The Hebrew word thus rendered is tsippor, which proper"}, {"id": "card_n_0777592512bd", "title": "Easton: Zarephath", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Smelting-shop, “a workshop for the refining and smelting of metals”, a small Phoenician town, now Surafend, about a mile from the coast, almost midway on the road between Tyre and Sidon. Here Elijah s"}, {"id": "card_n_640f58e888b2", "title": "Easton: Mallows", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Occurs only in Job 30:4 (R.V., “saltwort”). The word so rendered (malluah, from melah, “salt”) most probably denotes the Atriplex halimus of Linnaeus, a species of sea purslane found on the shores of "}, {"id": "card_n_b83f131ff564", "title": "Easton: Sabbatical year", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Every seventh year, during which the land, according to the law of Moses, had to remain uncultivated (Lev. 25:2-7; comp. Ex. 23:10, 11, 12; Lev. 26:34, 35). Whatever grew of itself during that year wa"}, {"id": "card_n_d75a13ab5686", "title": "Easton: Flea", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "David at the cave of Adullam thus addressed his persecutor Saul (1 Sam. 24:14): “After whom is the king of Israel come out? after whom dost thou pursue? after a dead dog, after a flea?” He thus speaks"}, {"id": "card_n_536d071b9bb5", "title": "Easton: Flour", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Grain reduced to the form of meal is spoken of in the time of Abraham (Gen. 18:6). As baking was a daily necessity, grain was also ground daily at the mills (Jer. 25:10). The flour mingled with water "}, {"id": "card_n_e57ccb63eb48", "title": "Easton: Grave", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Among the ancient Hebrews graves were outside of cities in the open field (Luke 7:12; John 11:30). Kings (1 Kings 2:10) and prophets (1 Sam. 25:1) were generally buried within cities. Graves were gene"}, {"id": "card_n_cd6da3d389e4", "title": "Easton: Famine", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "The first mentioned in Scripture was so grievous as to compel Abraham to go down to the land of Egypt (Gen. 26:1). Another is mentioned as having occurred in the days of Isaac, causing him to go to Ge"}, {"id": "card_n_e89b44dd68dc", "title": "Easton: Anathoth", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "The name of one of the cities of refuge, in the tribe of Benjamin (Josh. 21:18). The Jews, as a rule, did not change the names of the towns they found in Palestine; hence this town may be regarded as "}]}