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Palm-tree, The

 

Palm-tree, The

First mention of, in Scripture - Ex 15:27

Jericho celebrated for - De 34:3; Jud 1:16

DESCRIBED AS

• Tall
- So 7:7
• Upright
- Jer 10:5
• Flourishing
- Ps 92:12
• Fruitful to a great age
- Ps 92:14

The fruit of, called dates - 2Ch 31:5

Requires a moist and fertile soil - Ex 15:27

Tents often pitched under the shade of - Jud 4:5

THE BRANCHES OF, WERE

• The emblem of victory
- Re 7:9
• Carried at feast of tabernacles
- Le 23:40
• Used for constructing booths
- Ne 8:15
• Spread before Christ
- Joh 12:13

Blasted as a punishment - Joe 1:12

Represented in carved work on the walls and doors of the temple of Solomon - 1Ki 6:29,32,35; 2Ch 3:5

ILLUSTRATIVE OF

• The church
- So 7:7,8
• The righteous
- Ps 92:12
• The upright appearance of idols
- Jer 10:5
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