Quotes About Symbolism

which the Sidonians call Sirion but the Amorites call Senir—

Tie them as reminders on your hands and bind them on your foreheads.

So I took the two tablets and threw them out of my hands, shattering them before your eyes.

the red kite, the falcon, any kind of kite,

the ostrich, the screech owl, the gull, any kind of hawk,

the little owl, the great owl, the white owl,

the desert owl, the osprey, the cormorant,

the stork, any kind of heron, the hoopoe, or the bat.

You are to make tassels on the four corners of the cloak you wear.

Concerning Dan he said: “Dan is a lionís cub, leaping out of Bashan.”

And as Gideon arrived, a man was telling his friend about a dream. “Behold, I had a dream,” he said, “and I saw a loaf of barley bread come tumbling into the Midianite camp. It struck the tent so hard that the tent overturned and collapsed.”

Then he added, “Let me make a request of you, that each of you give me an earring from his plunder.” (For the enemies had gold earrings because they were Ishmaelites.)

Then the trees said to the fig tree, ëCome and reign over us.í

Then the trees said to the grapevine, ëCome and reign over us.í

Finally all the trees said to the thornbush, ëCome and reign over us.í

carried it into the temple of Dagon, and set it beside his statue.

And when the messengers entered, there was the idol in the bed with the quilt of goatsí hair on its head.

Then David took hold of his own clothes and tore them, and all the men who were with him did the same.

And when he cut the hair of his head—he shaved it every year because his hair got so heavy—he would weigh it out to be two hundred shekels, according to the royal standard.

He also had narrow windows framed high in the temple.

The bottom floor was five cubits wide, the middle floor six cubits, and the third floor seven cubits. He also placed offset ledges around the outside of the temple, so that nothing would be inserted into its walls.

And the main hall in front of this room was forty cubits long.

The cedar paneling inside the temple was carved with gourds and open flowers. Everything was cedar; not a stone could be seen.

In the inner sanctuary he made two cherubim, each ten cubits high, out of olive wood.