The Journal of Sacred Literature, Volume 11John Kitto C. Cox, 1860 |
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... regard to historical truth , wherever it suited their peculiar objects , and usually selected those sites best adapted for commercial fairs , which became the almost invariable accompaniment of the annual pilgrimages to these tombs ...
... regard to historical truth , wherever it suited their peculiar objects , and usually selected those sites best adapted for commercial fairs , which became the almost invariable accompaniment of the annual pilgrimages to these tombs ...
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... regards the residence of Moses in Midian , the positions we have suggested are a commentary on the Bible , which throws light upon utter darkness , and ex- plains everything which was previously obscure . VI . We now come to the march ...
... regards the residence of Moses in Midian , the positions we have suggested are a commentary on the Bible , which throws light upon utter darkness , and ex- plains everything which was previously obscure . VI . We now come to the march ...
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... regard to the date of the events recorded . We venture to propose the fol- lowing rendering of the words as more correct than that of the Authorized Version : - " Cush begat Nimrod : he began to be mighty in the earth . He was a mighty ...
... regard to the date of the events recorded . We venture to propose the fol- lowing rendering of the words as more correct than that of the Authorized Version : - " Cush begat Nimrod : he began to be mighty in the earth . He was a mighty ...
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... regard to the chrono- logy of his conquests . III . The monuments of Egypt will furnish us with addi- tional and still clearer information . It is well known that the Egyptian kings of the eighteenth and nineteenth dynasties , in their ...
... regard to the chrono- logy of his conquests . III . The monuments of Egypt will furnish us with addi- tional and still clearer information . It is well known that the Egyptian kings of the eighteenth and nineteenth dynasties , in their ...
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... regard to the Rutennu concur in shewing that they held possession of Western Asia in the period intervening between that of the Chaldeans and the Assyrians , and confirm the supposition that they represent the dominion of Nimrod and the ...
... regard to the Rutennu concur in shewing that they held possession of Western Asia in the period intervening between that of the Chaldeans and the Assyrians , and confirm the supposition that they represent the dominion of Nimrod and the ...
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Page 274 - Wherefore, beloved, seeing that ye look for such things, be diligent that ye may be found of him in peace, without spot, and blameless.
Page 147 - And he opened his mouth in blasphemy against God, to blaspheme his name, and his tabernacle, and them that dwell in heaven.
Page 479 - The words of the wise are as goads, and as nails fastened by the masters of assemblies, which are given from one shepherd.
Page 23 - Thou hast been in Eden the garden of God; every precious stone was thy covering, the sardius, topaz, and the diamond, the beryl, the onyx, and the jasper, the sapphire, the emerald, and the carbuncle, and gold...
Page 160 - ... and deceiveth them that dwell on the earth by the means of those miracles which he had power to do in the sight of the beast; saying to them that dwell on the earth that they should make an image to the beast which had the wound by a sword and did live.
Page 163 - 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...
Page 144 - And the beast which I saw was like unto a leopard, and his feet were as the feet of a bear, and his mouth as the mouth of a lion : and the dragon gave him his power, and his seat, and great authority.
Page 453 - And when thy days be fulfilled, and thou shalt sleep with thy fathers, I will set up thy seed after thee, which shall proceed out of thy bowels, and I will establish his kingdom. He shall build an house for my name, and I will stablish the throne of his kingdom for ever.
Page 99 - Now it came to pass, as they went, that he entered into a certain village : and a certain woman named Martha received him into her house. And she had a sister called Mary, which also sat at Jesus
Page 151 - And it was given unto him to make war with the saints, and to overcome them; and power was given him over all kindreds and tongues and nations.