* as soon.
24:10,11 Ex 35:5,20-29 36:5,6 2Co 8:2-5
* came abroad. Heb. brake forth. the first fruits.
Ex 22:29 23:19 34:22,26 Nu 18:12 Ne 10:35-39 12:44 13:12,31
Pr 3:9 1Co 15:20 Jas 1:18 Re 14:4
* honey. or, dates.
The word {devash} generally denotes the honey produced by
bees; but as we have already observed (on Ge 43:11,) the
Jewish doctors are of opinion that it here signifies dates, of
the fruit of the palm tree; which the Arabians call {daboos,}
and the honey produced from them, {dibs.} "This liquor," says
Dr. Shaw, "which has a more luscious sweetness than honey, is
of the consistence of a thin syrup, but quickly grows tart and
ropy, acquiring an intoxicating quality, and giving by
distillation an agreeable spirit, or ar(836b)y, according to the
general name of these people for all hot liquors, extracted by
the alembic." Though Jehovah forbad any {devash,} or honey,
to offered to him upon the altar, yet it appears it might be
presented as first-fruits, or in the way of tithes, which were
designed for the sustenance of the priests.
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