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Eastudyguide ENTERED APPRENTl CE STUDY GUIDE Compiled by Brother Patrick Gray TABLE OF CONTENTS Entered Apprentice Bible Verse Entered Apprentice Symbols Entered Apprentice Study Questions Summary of the Entered Apprentice Degree Summary of the Book of Ru

ENTERED APPRENTl CE STUDY GUIDE Compiled by Brother Patrick Gray TABLE OF CONTENTS Entered Apprentice Bible Verse Entered Apprentice Symbols Entered Apprentice Study Questions Summary of the Entered Apprentice Degree Summary of the Book of Ruth Brief History of Prince Hall Masonry CTHE BIBLE VERSE OF AN ENTERED APPRENTICE Psalm quoted in its entirety is the opening scripture for Freemasonry The Psalm is taken from the Wisdom Psalms and was one of the Psalms or songs that the worshipers sang as they walked up the mountain to Jerusalem and the Temple It was engraved upon the memory of every loyal Jew for its meaning was to bind all the people tightly in the bonds of love and loyalty This Psalm begins with the characteristic word of introduction Behold In other words Listen take heed this is greatly important The word Behold had the same power as that other very familiar phrase Thus saith the Lord Behold How good and pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity This Psalm was written after the Jews had returned from their Babylonian captivity and they had returned with foreign wives foreign ideas and a very loose hold upon God They all needed to draw close together for national strength for closer religious ties for strict observance of the laws of God Family life had deteriorated under their captivity and many of the Jews who returned to Palestine had been born in Babylon and had no familiar ties to their real homeland In the olden days brethren dwelt in close proximity they lived as close to their birthplace as possible they lived under the in uence of the larger family or clan or tribe They had a closeness they felt a closeness they had a very high and very deep sense of loyalty to all the brethren These attributes had been broken down in captivity and the call was to remember How good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity Therefore it was necessary to bring a reminder of the glory of the past and the advantage of the future if men would live and act as brothers The writer of this Psalm then brought up a reminder of a past custom A host would anoint his guest with the perfumed oil of anointing that would ?ll the house with its scent Turning to the historical Aaron the writer reminds his readers of the beard of Aaron and his beautiful priestly robes Aaron typi ?ed the Called of God man The man separated of God for a special task Aaron was anointed for his priestly o ?ce in a beautiful ceremony before the massed people If brothers will dwell together in unity it is like this It is like the precious ointment upon the head that ran down upon the beard Even Aaron's beard that went down to the skirts of his garments This oil of perfume this oil of anointing gave forth a scent that all