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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... shews the propensity of the Israelites to this crime : Saul's army , after a battle , flew , that is , fell voraciously upon the cattle they had taken , and threw them upon the ground to cut off their flesh , and eat them raw ; so that ...
... shews the propensity of the Israelites to this crime : Saul's army , after a battle , flew , that is , fell voraciously upon the cattle they had taken , and threw them upon the ground to cut off their flesh , and eat them raw ; so that ...
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... shews the energy of Jacob's apology to Esau for not attending him . HARMER , vol . i . p . 126 . No. 25. - xxxiii . 19. An hundred pieces of money . ] There is very great reason to believe that the earliest coins struck were used both ...
... shews the energy of Jacob's apology to Esau for not attending him . HARMER , vol . i . p . 126 . No. 25. - xxxiii . 19. An hundred pieces of money . ] There is very great reason to believe that the earliest coins struck were used both ...
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... i . p . 36. ) " The mutton is juicy and ten- der . The tails of some of the sheep , which are remark- ably fine , weigh upwards of fifty pounds . " This shews . us the reason why , in the levitical sacrifices , 36 EXODUS .
... i . p . 36. ) " The mutton is juicy and ten- der . The tails of some of the sheep , which are remark- ably fine , weigh upwards of fifty pounds . " This shews . us the reason why , in the levitical sacrifices , 36 EXODUS .
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... shew the energy of that thought of Ezekiel . ( ch . v . ver . 1. 5. ) where the inhabi- tants of Jerusalem are compared to the hair of his head and beard . It intimates that though they had been as dear to God as the beard was to the ...
... shew the energy of that thought of Ezekiel . ( ch . v . ver . 1. 5. ) where the inhabi- tants of Jerusalem are compared to the hair of his head and beard . It intimates that though they had been as dear to God as the beard was to the ...
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... shews with what great fear God filled their minds , that though prepared as usual for a quick march , they were not able to avail themselves of the advantage , but were constrained to leave every thing behind them as a prey to their ene ...
... shews with what great fear God filled their minds , that though prepared as usual for a quick march , they were not able to avail themselves of the advantage , but were constrained to leave every thing behind them as a prey to their ene ...
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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.