519. Mode of Carrying Idols

From: Manners and Customs of the Bible By: James M. Freeman

Isaiah 46:7

Isaiah 46:7⁷They bear him upon the shoulder, they carry him, and set him in his place, and he standeth; from his place shall he not remove: yea, one shall cry unto him, yet can he not answer, nor save him out of his trouble. (Isaiah 46:7). They bear him upon the shoulder, they carry him, and set him in his place, and he standeth.

It is precisely in this way that the Hindus of the present day, according to Ward, carry their idols in procession and set them in the temples. There is an Assyrian marble which has on it, in bas-relief, a representation of a procession, in which four idols are carried on the shoulders of men.

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