CHAP. XII. VARIOUS OFFERINGS. 157 



not bring two turtle doves, or two young pigeons, 

 and had not wherewith to offer the appointed sin- 

 offerings. In the solemn offerings of the firstfruits 

 for the whole nation, they offered an entire sheaf of 

 corn, a lamb of a year old, two tenths of fine meal 

 mixed with oil, and a quarter of a liin of wine for 

 the libation.* In the sacrifice of jealousy, when a 

 husband accused his wife of infidelity, the husband 

 offered the tenth part of an ephah of barley meal, 

 without oil or incense, because it was an offering 

 of jealousy," " an offering of memorial t;" and the 

 priest pronounced a curse upon the woman, in the 

 event of her having committed a sin, making her 

 drink a cup of bitter water to prove her innocence, 

 or her guilt. 



In like manner, among the Egyptians, a peculiar 

 mode of addressing a })rayer, or of offering a sacri- 

 fice, was required for different occasions, as well as 

 for different Deities ; numerous instances of which 

 occur in the sculptured representations of sacrifices 

 in their temples. Nor do ancient authors fail to 

 inform us of this fact ; and it w^as forbidden, says 

 Herodotus t, to immolate the pig to any Deity ex- 

 cept the Moon and Bacchus. 



That different animals were chosen for sacrifice 

 in various parts of Egypt, is evident from the re- 

 corded customs of some of the nomes and cities, 

 where thev abstained from oficrino- such as were 

 sacred ; and consequently, the same animal which 

 was revered and forbidden to be slaughtered tor 



* Levit. xxiii. 10. ct seq. Xiunb. v. \5. 



f Niiinl). V. I.i. /'/V/c- Call net. J lleroilot. ii. 47. 



