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Mazzaroth
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Job 38:32 . Our translators properly suppose this word to denote the twelve signs of the zodiac, a broad circle in the heavens, comprehending all such stars as lie in the path of the sun and moon. As these luminaries appear to proceed throughout this circle annually, so different parts of it progressively receive them every month; and this progression seems to be what is meant by "bringing forth mazzaroth in his season," that is, Canst thou by thy power cause the revolutions of the heavenly bodies in the zodiac, and the seasons of summer and winter, in their regular succession?
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These files are public domain and are a derivative of the topics are from American Tract Society Bible Dictionary published in 1859.
These files are public domain and are a derivative of the topics are from American Tract Society Bible Dictionary published in 1859.
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Rand, W. W. Entry for 'Mazzaroth'. American Tract Society Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ats/m/mazzaroth.html. 1859.
Rand, W. W. Entry for 'Mazzaroth'. American Tract Society Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ats/m/mazzaroth.html. 1859.
