MOURNING morn'-ing. See BURIAL; GRIEF. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'MOURNING'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

MOUNT OF THE VALLEY Zereth-shahar is said to be situated in or on the "mount of the valley" (behar ha`emeq (Joshua 13:19)). Cheyne (EB, under the word) says "i.e. on one of the mountains East of the Jordan valley (compare Josephus 13 27), and not impossibly on that described at length in BJ, VII, vi, 1-3." To the Northwest of this mountain is Wady

MOUNT OF THE AMALEKITES ("Hill-country of the Amalekites" (Judges 12:15)): The Amalekites are usually connected with the valley (Numbers 14:25; Judges 7:12), but appear from this passage to have had a settlement in the hill country of Ephraim. See AMALEKITE. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M

MOUNT OF THE AMORITES ("Hill-country of the Amorites" (Deuteronomy 1:7,20,24; compare Numbers 13:29; Joshua 10:6, etc.)): The region intended is that afterward known as the hill country of Judah and Ephraim, but sometimes "Amorites" is used as a general designation for all the inhabitants of Canaan (Genesis 15:16; Joshua 24:8,18, etc.). See AMORI

MOUNT OF OLIVES See OLIVES, MOUNT OF; JERUSALEM. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'MOUNT OF OLIVES'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

MOUNT OF CONGREGATION, THE See CONGREGATION, MOUNT OF. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'MOUNT OF CONGREGATION, THE'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

MOUNT OF CORRUPTION See OLIVES, MOUNT OF. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'MOUNT OF CORRUPTION'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

MOUND mound. See SIEGE, 4, (c). Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'MOUND'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

MOUNT EPHRAIM See EPHRAIM, MOUNT. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'MOUNT EPHRAIM'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

MOTHER-IN-LAW See RELATIONSHIPS, FAMILY. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'MOTHER-IN-LAW'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

MOTION mo'-shun: In 2 Esdras 6:14, the King James Version "motion" represents the Latin commotio, "commotion," "disturbance" (the Revised Version (British and American) has revised entirely here). In Romans 7:5, "the motions of sins, which were by the law," "motion" is used in the sense of "impulse," and "impulses" would probably give the best tra

MOTE mot (karphos): A minute piece of anything dry or light, as straw, chaff, a splinter of wood, that might enter the eye. Used by Jesus in Matthew 7:3; Luke 6:41 f in contrast with "beam," to rebuke officiousness in correcting small faults of others, while cherishing greater ones of our own. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bib

MOTH moth (`ash; compare Arabic `uththat, "moth"; colloquial, `itt; cac, "worm" (Isaiah 51:8); compare Arabic sus, "worm," especially an insect larva in flesh, wood or grain; ses, "moth" (Matthew 6:19,20; Luke 12:33); setobrotos, "moth-eaten" (James 5:2)): The moths constitute the larger division of the order Lepidoptera. Two of the points by whic

MOST HIGH, MOST HOLY See GOD, NAMES OF. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'MOST HIGH, MOST HOLY'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

MOSOLLAMUS mo-sol'-a-mus: (1) the King James Version "Mosollam" (Mosollamos), one of the three "assessors" appointed to the two commissioners in the inquiry made about "strange wives" (1 Esdras 9:14) = "Meshullam" in Ezra 10:15. (2) the King James Version "Mosollamon," one of those sent by Ezra to the captain Loddeus to obtain men who could execu

MOSOLLAMON mo-sol'-a-mon. See MOSOLLAMUS. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'MOSOLLAMON'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

MOSES, ASSUMPTION OF a-sump'-shun. See APOCALYPTIC LITERATURE. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'MOSES, ASSUMPTION OF'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

MOSES, SONG OF The name given to the song of triumph sung by Moses and the Israelites after the crossing of the Red Sea and the destruction of the hosts of Pharaoh (Exodus 15:1-18). The sublimity of this noble ode is universally admitted. In magnificent strains it celebrates the deliverance just experienced, extolling the attributes of Yahweh revea

MOSES mo'-zez, mo'-ziz (mosheh; Egyptian mes, "drawn out," "born"; Septuagint Mouse(s)). The great Hebrew national hero, leader, author, law-giver and prophet. I. LIFE 1. Son of Levi 2. Foundling Prince 3. Friend of the People 4. Refuge in Midian 5. Leader of Israel II. WORK AND CHARACTER 1. The Author 2. The Lawgiver 3. The Prophet LITE

MOSEROTH mo-se'-roth, mo'-se-roth, -roth (moceroth, "bonds"): A desert camp of the Israelites between Hashmonah and Bene-jaakan (Numbers 33:30,31). It is probably the same as Moserah (Deuteronomy 10:6), though in that passage the name follows Bene-jaakan. There Aaron died and was buried. See WANDERINGS OF ISRAEL. Copyright Statement These files a