Oriental Customs: Or, An Illustration of the Sacred Scriptures by an Explanatory Application of the Customs and Manners of the Eastern Nations and Especially the Jews, Therein Alluded To. Collected from the Most Celebrated Travellers, and the Most Eminent Critics, Volumen1C. Whittingham and sold by Williams and Smith, 1807 |
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... given a very extraordinary account of the practice of eating blood in Abyssinia . This custom , so prevalent in seve- ral places , is forbidden in the scriptures . A recital of the narrative will probably suggest to the reader the ...
... given a very extraordinary account of the practice of eating blood in Abyssinia . This custom , so prevalent in seve- ral places , is forbidden in the scriptures . A recital of the narrative will probably suggest to the reader the ...
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... given by Mr. Bruce , in these extracts , it may be satisfactory to affix what Mr. Antes has said upon the subject , in his Observations on the Manners and Cus- toms of the Egyptians , p . 17. " When Mr. Bruce returned from Abyssinia , I ...
... given by Mr. Bruce , in these extracts , it may be satisfactory to affix what Mr. Antes has said upon the subject , in his Observations on the Manners and Cus- toms of the Egyptians , p . 17. " When Mr. Bruce returned from Abyssinia , I ...
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... given him by God for his patrimony , with permission to take whatever he could find there ; and on this account they think they may , with a safe conscience , indemnify themselves , as well as they can , not only on the posterity of ...
... given him by God for his patrimony , with permission to take whatever he could find there ; and on this account they think they may , with a safe conscience , indemnify themselves , as well as they can , not only on the posterity of ...
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... given up as a pledge for money lent , per- forms service to the creditor , recovers his liberty when- ever the debtor discharges the debt ; if the debtor neg- lects to pay the creditor his money , and takes no thought of the person whom ...
... given up as a pledge for money lent , per- forms service to the creditor , recovers his liberty when- ever the debtor discharges the debt ; if the debtor neg- lects to pay the creditor his money , and takes no thought of the person whom ...
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... given an ac- count of several niches that are found there , says , " it must not be imagined , that the bodies deposited in these gloomy apartments were all enclosed in chests , and placed in niches ; the greatest part were simply em ...
... given an ac- count of several niches that are found there , says , " it must not be imagined , that the bodies deposited in these gloomy apartments were all enclosed in chests , and placed in niches ; the greatest part were simply em ...
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Página 311 - And he answering said unto him, Lord, let it alone this year also, till I shall dig about it, and dung it: and if it bear fruit, well: and if not, then after that thou shalt cut it down.
Página 66 - And Jonathan stripped himself of the robe that was upon him, and gave it to David, and his garments, even to his sword, and to his bow, and to his girdle.
Página 243 - Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that the plowman shall overtake the reaper, and the treader of grapes him that soweth seed ; and the mountains shall drop sweet wine, and all the hills shall melt.
Página 376 - Finally, brethren, pray for us, that the word of the Lord may have free course, and be glorified, even as it is with you: 2.
Página 286 - And at midnight there was a cry made, Behold, the bridegroom cometh; go ye out to meet him.
Página 310 - I say unto you, Though he will not rise and give him, because he is his friend, yet because of his importunity he will rise and give him as many as he needeth.
Página 222 - This gate shall be shut, it shall not be opened, and no man shall enter in by it ; because the Lord, the God of Israel, hath entered in by it, therefore it shall be shut.
Página 141 - In the day when the keepers of the house shall tremble, and the strong men shall bow themselves, and the grinders cease because they are few, and those that look out of the windows be darkened. And the doors shall be shut in the streets when the sound of the grinding is low...
Página 398 - And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads ; and that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.
Página 297 - And being in Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, as he sat at meat, there came a woman having an alabaster box of ointment of spikenard very precious; and she brake the box, and poured it on his head.