Curiosities of the Bible

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Key to Enigma No. 20.-Babel

B-abel...........

A-bel ..

B-el or Baal.

El... ....... ....... ......... ....

Gen. xi. 4. . Gen. iv. 4.

Judges ii. 13, etc.

Gen. xxiii. 20.

KEY TO ENIGMA NO. 30.- "SIN IS THE TRANSGRESSION O 1. S-alem. 2. I-chabod. 3. N-azareth 4. Isbosheth. 5. S-almon. 6. T-ertullus. 7. II-azael. 8. E-liab.

LAW."-1 John iii. 4. ........... ........... ........... ... ........... .Heb. vii. 2. .1 Sam. iv. 21. .John i. 46. ..2 Sam. ii. 10. . Ruth iv. 21. . Acts xxiv. 1. .1 Kings xix. 15. .1 Sam. xvii. 28. 9. T-ahpenes 10. R-amah ...... 11. A-thenians. 12. N-aaman 13. S-anson. .... ....... .. .... ......... 16. E-bed-melech. ..... 14. G-ilead. 15. R-uth. 17. S-eir. 18. S-ardis. 19. I-ssachar. 20. O-thniel. 21. N-ehemiah. ... ... 22. O-nesimus...... 23. F-orty.... 24. T-amar. 25. H-agar 26. E-liam. ....... 27. L-ahai-roi. .. .. .1 Kings xi. 19. 1 Sam. vii. 17.

Acts xvii. 22, 23.

Luke iv. 27; 2 Kings iii.; ix. 24 .Judges xvi. 30. .1 Kings xvii. 1.

Matt. i. 3-5. .Jer. xxxviii. 7-9.

Deut. ii. 5.

Rev. iii. 1.

Gen. xxx. 17, 18. ..Judges iii. 9, 10.

Neh. ii. 6; v. 14. ... ............... .............

Phil. 10-15.

Acts vii. 23. .2 Sam. xiv. 27.

Gen. xvi. 1; xxi. 18 .2 Sam. xi. 3 Gen. xxv. 11. 28. A-sher. .... ... 29. W-atch .....

Deut. xxxiii. 24, 25.

Mark xiii. 37. ..

AEY TO ENIGMA NO. 31.-" SEEK (ye) FIRST THE KINGDOM OF GOD."-Matt. vi. 33. 1. SE-nnacherib.. .2 Kings xix. 35. 2. EK-ron. 1 Sam. v. 10; vi. 7, 8. 3. F-estus.

Acts xxv., xxvi. 4. IR-ijah. 5. ST-ephen..... 6 THE-bez ............ .......

Jer. xxxvii. 13.

Acts vii. 55-60. ....Judges ix. 50-54. 7. KI-shon. 8. N-ineveh .... 9. G-ezer. 10. D-aniel.. ..Judges v. 21.

Jonah iii. ....... ............ 11. O-nesimus 12. MO-am. 13. F-elix.. ... ...... ......... 14. GO-liath. 15 D-iana. .... .... ... .1 Kings ix. 16.

Dan. ii., vii., viii., xi., xii.

Philemon 10-16. .1 Kings xi. 7.

Acts xxiv. 25-27. 1 Sam. xvii. 49. ..

Acts. xix. 27.

KEY TO ENIGMA NO. 32. -" CEASE YE FROM MAN."-Isaiah ii. 22 1. C-orn of wheat. .... ..... .. ............. ............ ..

John xii. 24. . Deuteronomy xxxii. 11, 12.

Psalm lviii. 4.

Genesis iii. 1-6.

Isaiah xi. 10.

Matthew xi. 29, 30. 2. E-agle. 3. A-dder. 4. S-erpent. 5. Ensign.. ......... 6. Y-oke. ...... .. 7. E-merald. ........ ..

Rev. xxi 19. 8. F-ig-tree. 9. R-ock. 10. (O-live. 11. M-orning star. .......... ..............

Luke xiii. 6-9; Matt. xxi. 18-20.

Psalm xviii. 2; 1 Cor. x. 4.

Genesis viii. 11. 12. M-anna. 13. A-nchor. ......... 14. Nest.

Revelations xxii. 16. .John vi. 48-51.

Hebrews vi. 19.

Obadiah 3, 4.

KEY TO ENIGMA NO. 33. -" GOD HATH MADE MAN UPRIGHT."- Eccles. vii. 29. 1. G-ad... 2. O-badiah. 3. D-ecapolis .2 Sam. xxiv. 11, etc. .1 Kings xviii. 3. 人 Matt. viii. 28; Mark v. 20. 4. II-aman. 5. A-biathar. .. 6. T-abor. 7. H-anani ... 8. M-ahanaim. ........ .. .... 9. A-bner. 10. D-arius. ... .... .. 11. E-lisheba. 12. M-ephibosheth. 13. A-gag.... 14. N-ob... 15. U-rijah. ... 16. P-hilip..... 17. R-ephidim. 18. I-shmael. 19. G-abbatha. 20. II-aran. 21. T-arshish. ......... ... .. ... ........ ..... ... ...

Esther iii. 6. 1 Sam. xxii. 20.

Judges iv. 6. 2 Chron. xvi. 7.

Gen. xxxii. 2. .2 Sam. iii. 38 Ezra vi. 6-15.

Exodus vi. 23. .2 Sam. ix. 6, 7. .1 Sam. xv. 9, 33. 1 Sam. xxii. 19. .Jer. xxvi. 24.

Luke iii. 1.

Exodus xvii. 8. .Jer. xli. 2. .John xix. 13.

Genesis xi. 27. .2 Chron. xx. 36.

KEY TO ENIGMA NO. 34.-" CASTING ALL YOUR CARE ON 1. CA-leb. 2 ST-raight..... 3 IN-crease. 4. GALL-io. 5. YOUR ....

HIM."-1 Peter V. 7. .......... .... 6. C-aiaphas..... 7. ARE-tas. 8. ON 9. III-ran 10. M-alchus.

Numbers xiv. 24, 30. . Aets ix. 11. .1 Cor. iii. 6, 7.

Acts xviii. 17.

Mark xiv. 61, 62. .2 Cor. xi. 32.

Gen. xli. 45. 1 Kings v. 1-12.

John xviii. 10.

KEY TO ENIGMA NO. 35. -" I GO TO PREPARE A PLACE FOR YOU." Johu xiv. 2. 1. I-dume-a..... 2. G-ra-p(e) 3. O-thnie-l. ......

Isaiah xxxiv. 5.

Cant. ii. 15.

Joshua xv. 17. ........... .. 4 T-hyatir-a..... 5. O-lympi-c..... ........... .......... 6. P-in-e. 7. R-eproo-f. 8. E-n-o(ch) .... 9. P-eo-r. ...... .. ....... ............... 10. A-llegor-y...... 11. R-ihp-o. ............ 12. E-sa-u.... ... . Ects xvi. 14. leb. xii. 1.

Neh. viii. 15. .2 Tim. iii. 16.

Gen. v. 24.

Num. xiii. 28.

Gal. iv. 21. .1 Kings ix. 28.

Gen. xxxvi. 1.

KEY TO ENIGMA NO. 36.-JAWBONE. -Judges xv. 15-17 1. Jaw. 2. Bone.

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