burnt-offering could be presented without a meat or I and in the presentation the loaves were broken in pieces drink offering (see Lev. vii, 8 si|.); and drink-offerings I and oil poured on them (Lev. ii, 5 stj.) ; or, finally, in were associated likewise with thank-offerings (Lev. vii, the r'^jn"!^, i. e., according to the Jcw.s, a deep stcw- 12 sq.), and in a certain case with a sin-offering (Lev. | pj,,,^ so' that the loaves swam in oil (Lev. ii, 7). See xiv, 10, 20). This appears to have been on the princi- \ (. ^^,, -j^,,^ p^j^,,, „i„.„^.g ,j„r„e,i „f ,i,ose free-will of- plc that men do not eat flesh without bread and wine; ^^^. ^ ,,^,,,,,.,1 „p ^^^j ^^.j,,, ^j, (..^ „ ^„,^.,,>,^ ^^i,,, ^n a signification which also lay at the bottom /'f "»e j,,^, i,,^^,,,^^,, „,j. „„„r (Lev. ii. 2); the remainder fell Greek ovXai (coarse ground bariey grains) and the Lo- . ,„^j.,in,^.g j„ ,,in,^ sometimes to the other i.riests (Ixv. man viola .W«/, with which the victim was strewn, l.jjg .,,,,, ^^,^j l,^, ^^„,„„,^,,, i„ „,,. ^„„^.,y„r^. ^I^^.^ Bahr (S;,mhol. i, 216), however, regards the supplemen- ;; 3. ^',o.,2sq.; comp. Josei.hiis,.l«r.iii,9,4). i.eaven tarj' unbloody offering as a sort of compensation for tlie I ^^^^,,,^.^.,^,,,^, ,,,,, ,,,. ,,,5^^,, ^^.j,,, „,^ meat-offering life taken from the sacrifice. Such additional meat- , ^^. ;j •, , . ^^ ^,,,,, ^^.,,i^.,, „.;„, ,,„p cxcei.tioii I Lev. vii, offerings, at all events, appear regularly in connection ,.. . ,j,,,, ,,, ^„ ^,,,.,, ..^-.^ings; see Kxod. xxix, 2;
with the principal offerings,whether(«)iree-w.ll (Numb. , ,,J. ^j!^ ,.,. ^.j;;^ 2,.. ^. j._,. ^^,i^,,„„_ „„,,„./, ^.^ ,^^ xvi, 4 sq.; comp. Judg. vi, 19) or (6) enjoined. 1 he ,^^^j „^^^. ^^^^^^ ,^^ ^,,^^, ^^e^. j; ,.j,_ ,,^.,.„ ;„ ^^.j^^ latter, again, were sometimes offered ;>HW(r/y in the name ,,,p mi-at-offering the priests were not allowed to use of the whole people ("nS^I rn:*;), as those in eonnec- n„v armeiit (see lev.vi, 16 [9]; x, 12). Sec generally tionwiththedaily morning and evening oblation (Kxod. IJtland, Autiq. .S<icr. iii, 7; Iken, Aniiij. //<l,r. i, 14; xxix, 40 ; xxviii, 6 ; Numb, iv, 16), or with the sabbat- ( 'arpzov. Ap/vir. p. 708 (brief) ; IJauer, Cittttsd. I 'trd. i, ical (Numb, xxviii, 9) and feast offerings (Numb, xxviii, 1 187 s(i. (iiicompkte and inexact).— Winer, ii, 493. Sco
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VoUborth, De sacrificio fari-eo Hebrceorum (Gottingen, 1780). See Offering.
Mebane, William N., a Presbyterian minister, was born in Cniill'ord County, N. C, IMarch 10, 1809. His pre- paratory education was received in Greensborough, N. C, under tlie Eev. Drs. Pressly and Carothers. He grad- uated at the University of North CaroUna in 1833, and at Princeton Theological Seminary in 1837 ; in 1838 and 1839 labored as a missionary in the bounds of the states of Louisiana and Texas; in 1840 was ordained and in- stalled pastor of Spring Garden Church, N. C. ; in 1852 took charge of Madison Church. He died in May, 1859. Mr. Mebane possessed fine conversational powers, to- gether with a striking independence of thought ; as a pastor he was verj' successful, as he was gifted with the happy faculty of introducing the subject of personal re- ligion. See 'Presh. Hist. A Imanac, 186 1 , p. 97. (J. L. S.)
Mebun'nai (Heb. Mebunnay', "^l^p, constructive, if genuine; Sept. f'/c twv v'imv [apparently pointing "ija^], but V. r. "Zajiovxai ; Vulg. Mebounai), a person named as one of David's body-guard (2 Sam. xxiii, 27), but elsewhere more correctly Sibbeciiai (2 Sam. xxi, 18 ; 1 Chron. xx, 4) or Sibbecai (1 Chron. xi, 29 ; xxvii, 11). See David.
Mecaskey, John W., AM., a minister of the Meth- odist Episcopal Church, born in 1821, was the son of pious parents, and inherited an honored name, a fine phj'sical form, a vigorous intellect, and an amiable dis- position. On the death of his devoted mother in his twelfth year, he was placed by his remaining parent in the academy of the Rev. Mr. Andrews, of Doylestown, Pa., and there completed his academical course. His inclinations were for the legal profession, and he conse- quently fitted himself for admission to the bar, with fair promises of a bright future. Suddenly brought to ac- knowledge his need of religion, he gave himself to Chris- tianity, and, believing himself to be called to preach the Gospel, at once prepared for the great work. After rendering good service in the Sunday-scliool, and as a class-leader and exhorter, he was licensed to preach; and being further proved by one j-ear's travel on the Newtown Circuit, he was recommended to the Philadel- phia Conference, bj' which he was received in 1844, anil sent to Radnor Circuit. His subsequent fields of labor were Grove Circuit, Mauch Chunk, Stroudsburg, Bus- tleton, St. John's, the Tract Agency, and West Phila- delphia. After this he was stationed in Columbia, Reading, Norristown, and Pottsville. In 1862 he was again brought to Philadelphia, and stationed in Asbury, West Philadelphia, and here he worked for the blaster's cause until death, Oct. 16, 1863. "He was instant in season and out of season, an able minister of the New Testament, and a faithful steward of the mysteries of God. Puritj^, dignity, and earnestness, culminating in deep, constant devotion to God and his work, marked and illuminated his whole course." See Minutes of Conferences, 1864, p. 26.