Salah in the Bible
And moving on from there to the mountain on the east of
Beth-el, he put up his tent, having Beth-el on the west and Ai
on the east: and there he made an altar and gave worship to
the name of the Lord. (Genesis, 12:8)
And the men, turning from that place, went on to Sodom: but
Abraham was still waiting before the Lord. (Genesis, 18:22)
Then he said to his young men, Keep here with the ass; and I
and the boy will go on and give worship and come back again to
you. (Genesis, 22:5)
Then he made an altar there, and gave worship to the name of
the Lord, and he put up his tents there, and there his
servants made a water-hole. (Genesis, 26:25)
And the people had faith in them; and hearing that the Lord
had taken up the cause of the children of Israel and had seen
their troubles, with bent heads they gave him worship.
(Exodus, 4:31)
But as for me, I will come into your house, in the full
measure of your mercy; and in your fear I will give worship,
turning my eyes to your holy Temple. (Psalms, 5:7)
The sea is his, and he made it; and the dry land was formed by
his hands. O come, let us give worship, falling down on our
knees before the Lord our Maker. (Psalms, 95:5-6)
And after he had sent the people away, he went up into the
mountain by himself for prayer: and when evening was come, he
was there by himself. (Matthew, 14:23)
And in the morning, a long time before daylight, he got up and
went out to a quiet place, and there he gave himself up to
prayer. (Mark, 1:35)
The
Fast in the Bible
And the Lord said to Moses, Put all these words in writing;
for on them is based the agreement which I will make with you.
And for forty days and forty nights Moses was there with the
Lord, and in that time he had no food or drink. And he put in
writing on the stones the words of the agreement, the ten
rules of the law. (Exodus, 34:27-28)
And let this be an order to you for ever: in the seventh
month, on the tenth day, you are to keep yourselves from
pleasure and do no sort of work, those who are Israelites by
birth and those from other lands who are living among you: For
on this day your sin will be taken away and you will be clean:
you will be made free from all your sins before the Lord. It
is a special Sabbath for you, and you are to keep yourselves
from pleasure; it is an order for ever. (Leviticus, 16:29-31)
And when you go without food, be not sad-faced as the
false-hearted are. For they go about with changed looks, so
that men may see that they are going without food. Truly I say
to you, They have their reward. But when you go without food,
put oil on your head and make your face clean; So that no one
may see that you are going without food, but your Father in
secret; and your Father, who sees in secret, will give you
your reward. (Matthew, 6:16-18)
Zakah in the
Bible
A tithe of everything from the land, whether grain from the
soil or fruit from the trees, belongs to the LORD; it is holy
to the LORD. If a man redeems any of his tithe, he must add a
fifth of the value to it. The entire tithe of the herd and
flock – every tenth animal that passes under the shepherd’s
rod – will be holy to the LORD. And every tenth part of the
land, of the seed planted, or of the fruit of trees, is holy
to the Lord. And if a man has a desire to get back any of the
tenth part which he has given, let him give a fifth more.
(Leviticus, 27:30-31)
And the Lord said to Moses, Say to the Levites, When you take
from the children of Israel the tenth which I have given to
you from them as your heritage, a tenth part of that tenth is
to be offered as an offering lifted up before the Lord.
(Numbers, 18:25-26)
Put on one side a tenth of all the increase of your seed,
produced year by year. (Deuteronomy, 14:22)
When you have finished setting aside a tenth of all your
produce in the third year, the year of the tithe, you shall
give it to the Levite, the alien, the fatherless and the
widow, so that they may eat in your towns and be satisfied.
(Deuteronomy, 26:12)
A curse is on you, scribes and Pharisees, false ones! for you
make men give a tenth of all sorts of sweet-smelling plants,
but you give no thought to the more important things of the
law, righteousness, and mercy, and faith; but it is right for
you to do these, and not to let the others be undone. You
blind guides, who take out a fly from your drink, but make no
trouble over a camel. (Mathew, 23:23-24)
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