Animals of different kinds were to be always kept separate (Leviticus
19:19; Deuteronomy 22:10). Oxen when used in threshing were not to be
prevented from eating what was within their reach (Deuteronomy 25:4; 1
Corinthians 9:9).
This word is used figuratively of an infuriated multitude (1 Corinthians
15:32; Acts 19:29; comp. Psalm 22:12, 16; Ecclesiastes 3:18; Isaiah
11:6-8), and of wicked men (2 Peter 2:12). The four beasts of Daniel 7:3,
17, 23 represent four kingdoms or kings.
- BEATEN GOLD in Numbers 8:4, means “turned” or rounded work in
gold. The Greek Version, however, renders the word “solid gold;” the
Revised Version, “beaten work of gold.” In 1 Kings 10:16, 17, it probably
means “mixed” gold, as the word ought to be rendered, i.e., not pure gold.
Others render the word in these places “thin plates of gold.” - BEATEN OIL (Exodus 27:20; 29:40), obtained by pounding olives in a
mortar, not by crushing them in a mill. It was reckoned the best. (See
OLIVE.) - BEAUTIFUL GATE the name of one of the gates of the temple (Acts 3:2).
It is supposed to have been the door which led from the court of the
Gentiles to the court of the women. It was of massive structure, and
covered with plates of Corinthian brass. - BECHER first-born; a youth, the second son of Benjamin (Genesis
46:21), who came down to Egypt with Jacob. It is probable that he
married an Ephraimitish heiress, and that his descendants were
consequently reckoned among the tribe of Ephraim (Numbers 26:35; 1
Chronicles 7:20, 21). They are not reckoned among the descendants of
Benjamin (Numbers 26:38). - BED (Hebrews mittah), for rest at night (Exodus 8:3; 1 Samuel 19:13, 15,
16, etc.); during sickness (Genesis 47:31; 48:2; 49:33, etc.); as a sofa for
rest (1 Samuel 28:23; Amos 3:12). Another Hebrew word (er’es) so
rendered denotes a canopied bed, or a bed with curtains (Deuteronomy
3:11; Psalm 132:3), for sickness (Psalm 6:6; 41:3).
In the New Testament it denotes sometimes a litter with a coverlet
(Matthew 9:2, 6; Luke 5:18; Acts 5:15).