Entertainments: Given on Occasions Of
Marriage
Birthdays
Weaning children
Taking leave of friends
Return of friends
Ratifying covenants
Sheep-shearing
Harvest home
Vintage
Coronation of Kings
1Ki 1:9,18,19; 1Ch 12:39,40; Hsa 7:5
Offering voluntary sacrifice
Gen 31:54; Deu 12:6,7; 1Sa 1:4,5,9
Festivals
National deliverance
Entertainments: Kinds Of, Mentioned in Scripture
Dinner
Gen 43:16; Mat 22:4; Luk 14:12
Supper
Banquet of wine
Entertainments: Invitations To
Often addressed to many
Often only to relatives and friends
Often by the master in person
2Sa 13:24; Est 5:4; Zep 1:7; Luk 7:36
Repeated through servants when all things were ready
Should be sent to the poor, &c
Entertainments: Often Given In
The house
The air, besides fountains
The court of the house
The upper room or guest chamber
Entertainments: Guests At
Saluted by the master
Usually anointed
Had their feet washed when they came a distance
Arranged according to rank
Gen 43:33; 1Sa 9:22; Luk 14:10
Often had separate dishes
Often ate from the same dish
Entertainments: Custom of presenting the sop at, to one of the guests,
Entertainments: Concluded with a Hymn
Entertainments: None Asked to Eat or Drink More than He Liked At
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