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95421 Easton’s Bible Dictionary, p. Migdol.2 (Matthew G. Easton)

… place 12 miles from Pelusium, in the north of Egypt ( Jeremiah 44:1; Jeremiah 46:14 ). This word is rendered “tower” in Ezekiel 29:10, but the margin correctly retains …

95422 Easton’s Bible Dictionary, p. Milaiai.2 (Matthew G. Easton)

Milaiai — eloquent, a Levitical musician ( Nehemiah 12:36 ) who took part in the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem.

95423 Easton’s Bible Dictionary, p. Milk.2 (Matthew G. Easton)

… 49:12; Ezekiel 25:4; Joel 3:18 ). It is also a symbol of the rudiments of doctrine ( 1 Corinthians 3:2; Hebrews 5:12, Hebrews 5:13 ), and of the unadulterated word of God ( 1 Peter …

95424 Easton’s Bible Dictionary, p. Miracle.2 (Matthew G. Easton)

… ; Matthew 12:38 ). It is an occurrence at once above nature and above man. It shows the intervention of a power that is not limited by the laws either of matter or …

95425 Easton’s Bible Dictionary, p. Miracle.4 (Matthew G. Easton)

… ( Matthew 12:38, Matthew 12:39; Matthew 16:1, Matthew 16:4; Mark 8:11; Luke 11:16; Luke 23:8; John 2:11, John 2:18, John 2:23; Acts 6:8, etc.); a token of the presence and working of God …

95426 Easton’s Bible Dictionary, p. Misgab.2 (Matthew G. Easton)

Misgab — height, a town of Moab, or simply, the height=the citadel, some fortress so called; or perhaps a general name for the highlands of Moab, as some think ( Jeremiah 48:1 ). In Isaiah 25:12, the word is rendered “high fort.”

95427 Easton’s Bible Dictionary, p. Misham.2 (Matthew G. Easton)

Misham — their cleansing or their beholding, a Benjamite, one of the sons of Elpaal ( 1 Chronicles 8:12 ).

95428 Easton’s Bible Dictionary, p. Mishmannah.2 (Matthew G. Easton)

Mishmannah — fatness, one of the Gadite heroes who gathered to David at Ziklag ( 1 Chronicles 12:10 ).

95429 Easton’s Bible Dictionary, p. Mite.2 (Matthew G. Easton)

… ( Luke 12:59; Luke 21:2 ). Two mites made one quadrans, i.e., the fourth part of a Roman as, which was in value nearly a halfpenny. (See FARTHING .)

95430 Easton’s Bible Dictionary, p. Mixed multitude.2 (Matthew G. Easton)

… — ( Exodus 12:38 ), a class who accompanied the Israelites as they journeyed from Rameses to Succoth, the first stage of the Exodus. These were probably miscellaneous …

95431 Easton’s Bible Dictionary, p. Moabite.4 (Matthew G. Easton)

… 3:12-30; 1 Samuel 14 ). The story of Ruth, however, shows the existence of friendly relations between Moab and Bethlehem. By his descent from Ruth, David may be said …

95432 Easton’s Bible Dictionary, p. Money-changer.2 (Matthew G. Easton)

… 21:12; Mark 11:15; John 2:15 ). Every Israelite from twenty years and upwards had to pay ( Exodus 30:13-15 ) into the sacred treasury half a shekel every year as an offering …

95433 Easton’s Bible Dictionary, p. Moon.2 (Matthew G. Easton)

… 10:12; Psalm 72:5, Psalm 72:7, Psalm 72:17; Psalm 89:36, Psalm 89:37; Ecclesiastes 12:2; Isaiah 24:23, etc.), and also by itself ( Psalm 8:3; Psalm 121:6 ).

95434 Easton’s Bible Dictionary, p. Moreh.2 (Matthew G. Easton)

… ( Genesis 12:7, Genesis 12:8 ).

95436 Easton’s Bible Dictionary, p. Moth.2 (Matthew G. Easton)

Moth — Heb. ‘ash, from a root meaning “to fall away,” as moth-eaten garments fall to pieces ( Job 4:19; Job 13:28; Isaiah 50:9; Isaiah 51:8; Hosea 5:12 ).

95437 Easton’s Bible Dictionary, p. Moth.3 (Matthew G. Easton)

Gr. ses, thus rendered in Matthew 6:19, Matthew 6:20; Luke 12:33. Allusion is thus made to the destruction of clothing by the larvae of the clothes-moth. This is the only lepidopterous insect referred to in Scripture.

95438 Easton’s Bible Dictionary, p. Mouldy.2 (Matthew G. Easton)

… 9:12 ). The Hebrew word here rendered “mouldy” (nikuddim) is rendered “cracknels” in 1 Kings 14:3, and denotes a kind of crisp cake. The meaning is that the bread of the …

95439 Easton’s Bible Dictionary, p. Mount of the Amalekites.2 (Matthew G. Easton)

Mount of the Amalekites — a place near Pirathon (q.v.), in the tribe of Ephraim ( Judges 12:15 ).

95440 Easton’s Bible Dictionary, p. Mourn.4 (Matthew G. Easton)

(3.) Penitential mourning, by the Israelites on the day of atonement ( Leviticus 23:27; Acts 27:9 ); under Samuel’s ministry ( 1 Samuel 7:6 ); predicted in Zechariah ( Zechariah 12:10, Zechariah 12:11 ); in many of the psalms ( Psalm 51, etc.).