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Cutting the flesh for grief — Lev. xix. 28 ; xxi. 5 ; Deut. xiv. 1 ; 
Jer. xvi. 6 ; xli. 5 : xlvii. 5 ; xlviii. 37. 
Sorcery , witchcraft. — Lev. xix. 26 ; Deut. xviii. 10, 11 ; 2 Kings 
xvii. 17 ; xxi. 6. 
Tattooing. — Lev. xix. 28 ; Jer. iv. 30. 
Crying when friends meet. — Gen. xxix. 11 ; xxxiii. 4 ; xlv. 14, 15 ; 
xlvi. 29. 
Eating their enemies , a figurative term in Scripture, but evidently 
borrowed from ancient custom. — Ps. xiv. 4 ; xxvii. 2 ; Jer. x. 
25 ; Micah iii. 3 ; Zech. xi. 9. 
Burning the dead. — Amos vi. 10 ; 1 Sam. xxxi. 12. 
Putting meat and flesh into baskets. — Gen. xl. 17 ; Ex. xxix. 3 ; 
2 Kings x. 7. 
The bridegroom paying for his bride. — Gen. xxviv. 12 ; Ex. xxii. 
16 ; Deut. xxii. 29 ; 1 Sam. xviii. 25. 
Casting lots. — Josh. vii. 14, 16 ; 1 Sam. x. 20, 21 : xiv. 41, 42 ; 
Prov. xvi. 33 ; Acts i. 26. 
Regulations for cleanliness. — Deut. xxiii. 13 ; the natives formerly 
used the mere for a similar purpose. 
Cutting the hair for grief or as a sign of mourning. — Lev. xxi. 5 ; 
Deut. xiv. 1 ; Isaiah xv. 2 ; xxii. 12 ; Jer. xl. 5 ; xlvii. 37 ; 
Ezek. vii. 18 ; xxvii. 31. 
Eating of blood. — Gen. ix. 4 ; Lev. iii. 17 ; vii. 26 ; xvii. 10, 14 ; 
xix. 26 ; Deut. xii. 16 ; xv. 23 ; I Sam. xiv. 32, 33 ; Ezek. 
xxxiii. 25 ; xliv. 7, 15 ; Acts xv. 20, 29. 
Crying for the dead. — Gen. xxvii. 41 ; 1 . 3, 4, 10 ; Num. xx. 29 ; 
Deut. xxxiv. 8 ; 2 Sam. i. 12, 17 ; iii. 32 ; Acts viii. 2. 
The law of blood. — Gen. ix. 6 ; Ex. xxi. 12 ; Lev. xxiv. 17; 2 
Sam. iii. 30 ; 1 Kings ii. 32 ; Rev. xiii. 10. 
Hair used in sacrifice. — Ezek. v. I — 4. 
The younger brother taking the elder brother's wife after his death .- — 
Gen. xxxviii. 8 ; Deut. xxv. 5 ; Matt. xxii. 24. 
The nearest relative , if there be no brother , as in the case of Obed 
and Ruth. — Ruth iv. 10. 
The elder brother taking his sister as his birthright. — Gen. xx. 12. 
The touching of food. — Haggai ii. 12. 
Men dressing in female clothing. — Deut. xxii. 5. 
God present in the whirlwind. — 1 Kings xix. 11 ; Job xxxviii. 1 ; 
Ezek. i. 4 ; Nahum i. 3. 
Wives of a king the property of his successor. — 2 Sam. xvi. 22 ; 1 
Wives bought , — Gen. xxix. 18 ; 2 Sam. iii. 14. 
Ventriloquism , the Witch of Endor. — 1 Sam. xxviii. 7. 
Women unclean after childbirth. — Lev. xii. 2, 5 ; Luke ii. 22. 
All unclean who have touched a corpse. — Haggai. ii. 13. 
Taumau , the custom of betrothing from earliest years. — Mat. i. 18; 
Luke i. 27. 
First-fruits offered. — Ex. xxii. 29 ; xxii. 16, 19 ; Proverbs iii. 9. 
The scapegoat. — Lev. xvi. 10. The natives let the first fish go 
