Biblical Review: Intended as a New and Improved Commentary on the Bible ; Wherein the Author Gives More Rational Interpretations of Subjects and Passages, Than are Common in Other Works Having the Same General Purpose, Volume 4A. Tompkins, 1874 |
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... Nearly all the time since the third volume was issued , ( and even before that , ) we have not been able to write so much as a letter to a friend , without great inconven- ience . Our intimate friends are more surprised , that we have ...
... Nearly all the time since the third volume was issued , ( and even before that , ) we have not been able to write so much as a letter to a friend , without great inconven- ience . Our intimate friends are more surprised , that we have ...
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... nearly all the ancient books of the Bible , to the Babylonian Captivity , or to a still later period . It is claimed , as proof of this , that they have many Chaldaisms , and Hebraisms of a modern type , that fix their date at this late ...
... nearly all the ancient books of the Bible , to the Babylonian Captivity , or to a still later period . It is claimed , as proof of this , that they have many Chaldaisms , and Hebraisms of a modern type , that fix their date at this late ...
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... nearly four hun- dred , according to Calmet ; but it must be remembered , that Bible Chronology , during this period , is greatly em- barrassed , and has never been determined with any de- gree of certainty . Some expressions , in the ...
... nearly four hun- dred , according to Calmet ; but it must be remembered , that Bible Chronology , during this period , is greatly em- barrassed , and has never been determined with any de- gree of certainty . Some expressions , in the ...
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... nearly the same words . 1 Sam . xxv . 1 ; xxviii . 3 . Explanation . A repetition is not a contradiction . The death and burial of Joshua , we have seen , is twice recorded . 7. The death of Saul is related twice , with variations and ...
... nearly the same words . 1 Sam . xxv . 1 ; xxviii . 3 . Explanation . A repetition is not a contradiction . The death and burial of Joshua , we have seen , is twice recorded . 7. The death of Saul is related twice , with variations and ...
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... nearly like the same history in the second Samuel , as one of the first three Gospels is like either of the others . This gives us the same number of witnesses to the his- tory contained in these books , that we have to 32 CHARACTER OF.
... nearly like the same history in the second Samuel , as one of the first three Gospels is like either of the others . This gives us the same number of witnesses to the his- tory contained in these books , that we have to 32 CHARACTER OF.
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Abimelech Amorites ancient angel belonged Benjamin Beth-horon Beth-shemesh Bethel Bible Boaz border Caleb called camp Canaan Canaanites children of Israel Chron circumstances commanded David Debir denotes destroyed dwelt east Egypt Ephraim father forever Gezer Gibeah Gibeon Gibeonites Gideon Gilead Gilgal given hand hath Hazor Hebrew Hebron inhabitants inheritance Israelites Jebusites Jehovah Jephthah Jericho Jerusalem Jordan Joshua Judah Judges Kedesh king Kirjath-jearim land Levites Lord mentioned miles Moses mount mount Ephraim mountains Naphtali Palestine pass passage Philistines priests probably reference rendered Reuben river Ruth Samson Samuel Saul says SECTION Septuagint Shechem Shiloh smote stones suburbs tabernacle thee thing thou took towns tribe of Judah tribe of Manasseh unto valley verse viii Vulgate wife wilderness word xvii xviii xxii xxiii Zebulun
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Page 294 - And if it seem evil unto you to serve the Lord, choose you this day whom ye will serve ; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell : but as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.
Page 401 - And Samson said, Let me die with the Philistines. And he bowed himself with all his might ; and the house fell upon the lords, and upon all the people that were therein : so the dead which he slew at his death were more than they which he slew in his life.
Page 396 - And Samson lay till midnight, and arose at midnight, and took the doors of the gate of the city, and the two posts, and went away with them, bar and all, and put them upon his shoulders, and carried them up to the top of an hill that is before Hebron.
Page 168 - And it came to pass, when the people removed from their tents to pass over Jordan, and the priests bearing the ark of the covenant before the people; and as they that bare the ark were come unto Jordan, and the feet of the priests that bare the ark were dipped in the brim of the water, (for Jordan overfloweth all his banks all the time of harvest...
Page 327 - Curse ye Meroz, said the angel of the Lord, curse ye bitterly the inhabitants thereof ; because they came not to the help of the Lord, to the help of the Lord against the mighty.
Page 208 - And there was no day like that, before it or after it, that the LORD hearkened unto the voice of a man : for the LORD fought for Israel.
Page 353 - But the olive tree said unto them, Should I leave my fatness, wherewith by me they honour God and man, and go to be promoted over the trees? 10 And the trees said to the fig tree, Come thou, and reign over us.
Page 186 - And it came to pass on the seventh day, that they rose early about the dawning of the day, and compassed the city after the same manner seven times : only on that day they compassed the city seven times.
Page 321 - And she said, I will surely go with thee : notwithstanding the journey that thou takest shall not be for thine honour; for the LORD shall sell Sisera into the hand of a woman.
Page 298 - And Israel served the LORD all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders that overlived Joshua, and which had known all the works of the LORD, that he had done for Israel.