BEAUTY. The Hebrew word Naveh, which signifies Beauty, is likewise taken frequently for a Dwelling. The Lord hath loved the Beauty of Jacob, his Temple, his Place of abode which he hath chosen in Jacob. Ps. xlvi. 5.Elegit nobis hæreditatem suam, speciem Jacob quam dilexit. This other passage of Psalm xlix. 2. Sion species decoris ejus may be expounded after the same manner. And again Psalm lxvii. 13. Speciei domus dividere spolia: In the Hebrew, the habitation of the house, they who continued at home divided the spoil with those, who went to war. The Temple of the Lord and his Tabernacle, which are the places of his abode among men, are likewise called his habitation. God delivered the Beauty of the Israelites, the Ark of the Lord, into the hands of the Philistines. Jeremiah xxxi. 23. calls the Temple Pulchritudo Justitiæ, Mons sanctus. And in another place, he compares it to a Lion, and calls it, Pulchritudinem robustam by reason of its strength. Job says, that he cursed the Beauty of the wicked. Job v. 3. in the Hebrew, his Habitation. Concerning the Beauty of Jesus Christ, see the Article Jesus Christ.
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