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Bible Terms and Customs: Hebrews

Bridegroom. A preparation with fasting before marriage was required of every Jewish bridegroom. Butter. The Hebrews were ignorant of the art of churning butter, but they made a kind of clotted cream by subjecting new milk to fermentation. Camel's Hair. Raiment of camel's hair was not a skin, but a coat of cloth woven from camel's hair as it is to-day in Judæa.

Candle. This was an earthenware lamp, shaped like a butter-boat partially covered over, in which oil was burnt, the wick protruding through the lip or spout.

Chamber. The general term for any room in the house. Only in the houses of kings and nobles does it mean bedroom. The "upper chamber" was a room in the highest story set apart for religious ceremony, and it contained one window always turned toward the Temple at Jerusalem.

Charger. A large round, deep dish.