- DRINK-OFFERING consisted of wine (Numbers 15:5; Hos. 9:4) poured
around the altar (Exodus 30:9). Joined with meat-offerings (Numbers 6:15,
17; 2 Kings 16:13; Joel 1:9, 13; 2:14), presented daily (Exodus 29:40), on
the Sabbath (Numbers 28:9), and on feast-days (28:14). One-fourth of an
hin of wine was required for one lamb, one-third for a ram, and one-half for
a bullock (Numbers 15:5; 28:7, 14). “Drink offerings of blood” (Psalm
16:4) is used in allusion to the heathen practice of mingling the blood of
animals sacrificed with wine or water, and pouring out the mixture in the
worship of the gods, and the idea conveyed is that the psalmist would not
partake of the abominations of the heathen. - DRINK, STRONG (Hebrews shekar’), an intoxicating liquor (Judges
13:4; Luke 1:15; Isaiah 5:11; Micah 2:11) distilled from corn, honey, or
dates. The effects of the use of strong drink are referred to in Psalm
107:27; Isaiah 24:20; 49:26; 51:17-22. Its use prohibited, Proverbs 20:1.
(See WINE.) - DROMEDARY (Isaiah 60:6), an African or Arabian species of camel
having only one hump, while the Bactrian camel has two. It is
distinguished from the camel only as a trained saddle-horse is distinguished
from a cart-horse. It is remarkable for its speed (Jeremiah 2:23). Camels are
frequently spoken of in partriarchal times (Genesis 12:16; 24:10; 30:43;
31:17, etc.). They were used for carrying burdens (Genesis 37:25; Judges
6:5), and for riding (Genesis 24:64). The hair of the camel falls off of itself
in spring, and is woven into coarse cloths and garments (Matthew 3:4).
(See CAMEL.) - DROPSY mentioned only in Luke 14:2. The man afflicted with it was
cured by Christ on the Sabbath. - DROSS the impurities of silver separated from the one in the process of
melting (Proverbs 25:4; 26:23; Psalm 119:119). It is also used to denote
the base metal itself, probably before it is smelted, in Isaiah 1:22, 25. - DROUGHT From the middle of May to about the middle of August the
land of Palestine is dry. It is then the “drought of summer” (Genesis 31:40;
Psalm 32:4), and the land suffers (Deuteronomy 28:23: Psalm 102:4),
vegetation being preserved only by the dews (Hag. 1:11). (See DEW.)
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