Observations on Divers Passages of Scripture. Placing Many of Them in a Light Altogether New ... and More Amply Illustrating the Rest Than Has Been Yet Done, by Means of Circumstances Incidentally Mentioned in Books of Voyages and Travels Into the East: In Two Volumes. ...J. Johnson, 1797 |
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Page 40
... drink water ; but they 66 were not fatisfied , & c . " That is , accord- ing to Jerome , God with - held the rain com- monly called the latter rain , which is extremely necessary to the thirsty fields of Palaeftine , for the corn when ...
... drink water ; but they 66 were not fatisfied , & c . " That is , accord- ing to Jerome , God with - held the rain com- monly called the latter rain , which is extremely necessary to the thirsty fields of Palaeftine , for the corn when ...
Page 55
... drink , " both ye , and your cattle , and your beafts , 2 Kings iii . 16 , 17. It was natural for a fquall to precede this rain , therefore he said , ye fhall not fee wind . The circumstance of the winds taking up fuch quantities of ...
... drink , " both ye , and your cattle , and your beafts , 2 Kings iii . 16 , 17. It was natural for a fquall to precede this rain , therefore he said , ye fhall not fee wind . The circumstance of the winds taking up fuch quantities of ...
Page 84
... drink wine , which had been the immediate caufe of this terrible feud , nor to attempt to fow any lands , which had been the more remote occafion of it , but to content themselves with feeding their flocks and herds in the common ...
... drink wine , which had been the immediate caufe of this terrible feud , nor to attempt to fow any lands , which had been the more remote occafion of it , but to content themselves with feeding their flocks and herds in the common ...
Page 95
... drinking the wine of them , making gardens and eating the fruit thereof , perfectly But it very agree with this explanation . But it fuits with the opinion of those that fuppofe abundance only is intended , that the first part of the ...
... drinking the wine of them , making gardens and eating the fruit thereof , perfectly But it very agree with this explanation . But it fuits with the opinion of those that fuppofe abundance only is intended , that the first part of the ...
Page 128
... drinking out of , " whereinto any of them falleth , whatfoever is in it " fhall be unclean , and ye fhall break it . " ( 6 The account of la Roque then may serve for an amusing explanation of these passages ; and I believe will be ...
... drinking out of , " whereinto any of them falleth , whatfoever is in it " fhall be unclean , and ye fhall break it . " ( 6 The account of la Roque then may serve for an amusing explanation of these passages ; and I believe will be ...
Common terms and phrases
according Ægypt affures againſt agreeable Aleppo alfo alſo ancient anfwer appears Arabs baked Barbary barley becauſe befides bread Chardin circumftance confequently confiderable corn cuſtom d'Arvieux defcribes deferts defigned diftinction doth Eaft Eaſt Eaſtern Egmont and Heyman Egypt exprefs facred faid fame fays fecond feems fent ferved feveral fhall fhould fide fignifies fince firft firſt fmall fome fomething fometimes fpeaks ftill fuch fufficient fummer fuppofe himſelf Holy-Land honey houfes houſes Ifrael Ifraelites illuftrate imagine Jerufalem Judæa Kenites kind Kings lefs Maillet manner mentioned Mofes moft moſt muft muſt obferved occafion paffage Perfia perfons places Pococke prefent Prophet publiſhed purpoſe rain reafon Ruffell ſeems Septuagint Shaw Sir John Chardin Solomon ſpeak ſuppoſed tells tents thefe themſelves theſe theſe countries Thevenot thing thofe thoſe tion tranflated travellers ufual underſtand underſtood uſed veffel wine wont word