Old Age
The aged occupied a prominent place in the social and
political system of the Jews. In private life they were looked
up to as the depositaries of knowledge, Job 15:10 the young
were ordered to rise up in their presence, Le 19:32 they
allowed them to give their opinion first, Job 32:4 they were
taught to regard gray hair as a "crown of glory," ...
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used to denote the period of a man's life (Gen. 47:28), the
maturity of life (John 9:21), the latter end of life
(Job
11:17), a generation of the human race (Job 8:8), and
an
indefinite period (Eph. 2:7; 3:5, 21; Col. 1:26).
Respect to be
shown to the aged (Lev. 19:32). It is a blessing to
communities
when they have old men among them (Isa...
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The reward of filial obedience, according to the fifth
commandment; remarkably illustrated in the great permanence
of the Chinese empire; wherein regard for parents and
ancestors is so great that it has degenerated into
superstition. Patriarchal times and patriarchal governments
have most maintained respect for the old. The Egyptians
followed...
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And thou shalt go to thy fathers in peace; thou shalt be
buried in a good old age...
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And Moses [was] an hundred and twenty years old when he died:
his eye was not dim, nor his natural force abated....
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Thou shalt come to [thy] grave in a full age, like as a shock
of corn cometh in in his season....
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