The Natural History of the Bible ; Or, A Description of All the Quadrupeds, Birds, Fishes, Reptiles, and Insects, Trees, Plants, Flowers, Gums, and Precious Stones, Mentioned in the Sacred Scriptures: Collected from the Best Authorities, and Alphabetically Arranged |
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BRYANT ( Jacob ) Observations on the Plagues inflicted on the Egyptians ; in
which is shown the Peculiarity of those Judgments , and their Correspondence
with the Rites and Idolatry of that People . 8vo . London , 1794 . CALMET ( Aug . )
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BRYANT ( Jacob ) Observations on the Plagues inflicted on the Egyptians ; in
which is shown the Peculiarity of those Judgments , and their Correspondence
with the Rites and Idolatry of that People . 8vo . London , 1794 . CALMET ( Aug . )
...
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We see an instance of this in the case of the Egyptians , who , from time
immemorial had been accustomed to consider certain animals as improper for
food , and therefore to avoid all intercourse with those who ate or even touched
what they ...
We see an instance of this in the case of the Egyptians , who , from time
immemorial had been accustomed to consider certain animals as improper for
food , and therefore to avoid all intercourse with those who ate or even touched
what they ...
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Other animals , as several of the birds of prey , were also held sacred by the
Egyptians , or were venerated in the rites of augury ? . The Hebrews , being
instructed to consider these as unclean , would be prevented from the indulgence
of the ...
Other animals , as several of the birds of prey , were also held sacred by the
Egyptians , or were venerated in the rites of augury ? . The Hebrews , being
instructed to consider these as unclean , would be prevented from the indulgence
of the ...
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Not only were the Egyptians , but other heathen nations , and particularly the
Canaanites , grossly corrupt in their manners , morals , and worship : and this
restriction with respect to diet was alike calculated to prevent intimacies with them
; so ...
Not only were the Egyptians , but other heathen nations , and particularly the
Canaanites , grossly corrupt in their manners , morals , and worship : and this
restriction with respect to diet was alike calculated to prevent intimacies with them
; so ...
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Of those animals whose flesh the Israelites were prohibited from. 13 Mr . Beloe ,
in his note upon Herodotus , “ Euterpe , " lxxii . has the following remark : “
Antiphanes in Athenæus , addressing himself to the Egyptians , says , " You
adore the ...
Of those animals whose flesh the Israelites were prohibited from. 13 Mr . Beloe ,
in his note upon Herodotus , “ Euterpe , " lxxii . has the following remark : “
Antiphanes in Athenæus , addressing himself to the Egyptians , says , " You
adore the ...
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