CHAP. XV. MODE OF SACRIFICE. S55 



and similar occasions, would tend materially to in- 

 crease the embarrassments of modern education. 



The same marked difference does not appear to 

 have existed in the sacrifices of an Egyptian temple, 

 though peculiar forms, as well as offerings, were 

 suited to some Deities, and at certain festivals.* 

 Even those presented at the same altar varied on 

 particular occasions. 



In slaying a victim, the Egyptians suffered the 

 blood to flow upon the ground, or over the altar, 

 if placed upon it ; with the Jews it was either 

 poured upon the ground, or purposely brought by 

 the priest to be sprinkled over the horns, and 

 poured out at *' the bottom t of the altar." t The 

 Egyptians were not so strict in regard to the use 

 of the blood on ordinary occasions, when animals 

 were slaughtered for the table, as the Jews and 

 modern Moslems; to both of whom it is forbidden 

 by the strictest ordinance of religion §; and we 

 even find them represented in the kitchen catching 

 the blood for the purposes of cooking. || 



The mode of cutting up the victim appears to 

 have been the same as when it was killed for the 

 table. The head was first taken off ; and after the 

 skin had been removed, they generally cut off the 



* Vide supra, p. 182. .300. 337. et seq. ; Vol. I. (2d Series) p. 300. 

 328. 335. 363. 380. 



f " Yesood," 1")D'- 



J Levit. iv. 7. and viii. 15. The Moslems slay the animal over the 

 altar stone. 



^ Levit. xvii. 13. Whoever "hunteth and catcheth any beast or fowl 

 that may be eaten, he shall even pour out the blood thereof, and cover 

 it with dust." The Moslems generally attend to the custom of covering 

 it with dust, and they are always scrupulous about its use. 



II Vide Vol. II. p. 383. Woodcut, No. 276. 



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