Dwarfs in the Bible
It is a noteworthy fact that the Bible, which makes such frequent mention of giants, names a dwarf only once, and that is in Leviticus xxi. 20, where it is commanded that no- man who was a dwarf should make the offerings at the altar. This reticence leads us to the conclusion that dwarfs were exceptional human beings at least with the Jews. But Jericho produced a man who " was little of stature," namely Zaccheus, who climbed up into a sycamore-tree in order to see Jesus (Luke xbc. 3).
It is a noteworthy fact that the Bible, which makes such frequent mention of giants, names a dwarf only once, and that is in Leviticus xxi. 20, where it is commanded that no- man who was a dwarf should make the offerings at the altar. This reticence leads us to the conclusion that dwarfs were exceptional human beings at least with the Jews. But Jericho produced a man who " was little of stature," namely Zaccheus, who climbed up into a sycamore-tree in order to see Jesus (Luke xbc. 3).
