The first excerpt represents the element of Air. It speaks of mental influences and the process of thought, and is drawn from King James Bible: over the work of the service, keepers of the gates of the tabernacle:
and their fathers, being over the host of the LORD, were keepers of the
entry.
CH1 9:20 And Phinehas the son of Eleazar was the ruler over them in
time past, and the LORD was with him.
CH1 9:21 And Zechariah the son of Meshelemiah was porter of the door of
the tabernacle of the congregation.
CH1 9:22 All these which were chosen to be porters in the gates were
two hundred and twelve. These were reckoned by their genealogy in their
villages, whom David and Samuel the seer did ordain in their set office.
CH1 9:23 So they and their children had the oversight of the gates of
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The second excerpt represents the element of Fire. It speaks of emotional influences and base passions, and is drawn from King James Bible: DEU 31:19 Now therefore write ye this song for you, and teach it the
children of Israel: put it in their mouths, that this song may be a
witness for me against the children of Israel.
DEU 31:20 For when I shall have brought them into the land which I
sware unto their fathers, that floweth with milk and honey; and they
shall have eaten and filled themselves, and waxen fat; then will they
turn unto other gods, and serve them, and provoke me, and break my
covenant.
DEU 31:21 And it shall come to pass, when many evils and troubles are
befallen them, that this song shall testify against them as a witness;
for it shall not be forgotten out of the mouths of their seed: for I
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The third excerpt represents the element of Water. It speaks of pure spiritual influences and feelings of love, and is drawn from King James Bible: CH2 25:4 But he slew not their children, but did as it is written in
the law in the book of Moses, where the LORD commanded, saying, The
fathers shall not die for the children, neither shall the children die
for the fathers, but every man shall die for his own sin.
CH2 25:5 Moreover Amaziah gathered Judah together, and made them
captains over thousands, and captains over hundreds, according to the
houses of their fathers, throughout all Judah and Benjamin: and he
numbered them from twenty years old and above, and found them three
hundred thousand choice men, able to go forth to war, that could handle
spear and shield.
CH2 25:6 He hired also an hundred thousand mighty men of valour out of
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The fourth excerpt represents the element of Earth. It speaks of physical influences and the impact of the unseen on the visible world, and is drawn from King James Bible: diminish not a word:
JER 26:3 If so be they will hearken, and turn every man from his evil
way, that I may repent me of the evil, which I purpose to do unto them
because of the evil of their doings.
JER 26:4 And thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the LORD; If ye will
not hearken to me, to walk in my law, which I have set before you,
JER 26:5 To hearken to the words of my servants the prophets, whom I
sent unto you, both rising up early, and sending them, but ye have not
hearkened;
JER 26:6 Then will I make this house like Shiloh, and will make this
city a curse to all the nations of the earth.
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