CHAPTER TWENTY-SECOND.

...Jerusalem, where three times a day he would kneel, give thanks, and pray," Dan. vi: 11, 14. "That Daniel mourned for three full weeks, eating no pleasant bread, neither drinking wine, nor anointing himself, until three full weeks were fulfilled," Dan. x: 2, 3. "That Isaiah walked naked and barefoot for three years, as a sign and wonder upon Egypt and Cush," Isa. xx: 3. "That out of the lampstand came three branches on each side, and three cups shaped like almond blossoms on each branch," Exod. xxv: 32, 33. "That in the Urim and Thummim there were three precious stones in each row," Exod. xxviii: 19. "That in the New Temple there will be three side chambers on one side and three on the other, the same measure for these three; and the width of the gate to the porch of the house was three cubits on one side and three cubits on the other," Ezek. xl: 10, 21, 48. "That in the New Jerusalem there will be three gates toward the north, three toward the east, three toward the south, and three toward the west," Ezek. xlviii: 31, 32, 33, 34; Rev. xxi: 13. Similarly in these: "That Peter denied Jesus three times," Matt. xxvi: 34, 69 ff. "That the Lord said to Peter three times, 'Do you love Me?'" John xxi: 17. "Then in the Parable, that the man who planted a vineyard sent three servants, and finally his Son," Luke xx: 12; Mark xii: 2, 4, 5, 6. "Those who worked in the vineyard were hired at the third hour, the sixth hour, the ninth hour, and the eleventh hour," Matt. xx: 1-17. "And about the Fig Tree, because it did not bear fruit for three years, that it should be cut down," Luke xiii: 6, 7. Just as the triune and the third was representative, so also was the third part; as that the meal offerings of fine flour mixed with oil were a third part of an ephah; and the wine for a drink offering was a third part of an hin," Num. xv: 6, 7; Ezek. xlvi: 14. In Ezekiel, "That he should pass a razor over his head and his beard, and then divide the hair, and burn a third part with fire, strike a third part with a sword round about it, and scatter a third part to the wind," v: 1, 2, 11. In Zechariah, "That in all the land, two parts will be cut off, and the third will be left, but the third will be led through the fire and tested," xiii: 8, 9. In John, "When the first Angel sounded, there was hail and fire mixed with blood, and it fell upon the earth, so that a third part of the trees was burned. The second Angel sounded, and as it were a great mountain burning with fire was cast into the sea, and a third part of the sea became blood, whereby a third part of the creatures in the sea that had life died; and a third part of the ships were destroyed. The third Angel sounded, and there fell from heaven a great star burning as a lamp, and it fell upon a third part of the rivers, and the name of the star is wormwood. The fourth Angel sounded, so that a third part of the sun was struck, and a third part of the moon, and a third part of the stars, so that a third part of them was darkened, and the day did not shine for a third part of it, and the night likewise," Rev. viii: 7-12. "Four Angels were released to kill a third part of mankind," Rev. ix: 15. "By these three a third part of mankind was killed, by the fire, the smoke, and the sulfur that went out of the mouths of the horses," Rev. ix: 18. "The dragon drew with its tail a third part of the stars of heaven, and cast them to the earth," Rev. xii: 4. But a third part signifies something, and...