Bible Illustrations: Or, A Description of Manners and Customs Peculiar to the East, Especially Explanatory of the Holy ScripturesCarter, Hendee, 1832 - 215 pages |
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... Egypt were some- what different from ours . A quantity of straw was usually mingled with the clay . " " I can't think of what use it could be , father . " " I will tell you , Harry , somewhat about it . Do you recollect the command ...
... Egypt were some- what different from ours . A quantity of straw was usually mingled with the clay . " " I can't think of what use it could be , father . " " I will tell you , Harry , somewhat about it . Do you recollect the command ...
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... Egyptian pyramids are made of brick , the composition whereof is only a mixture of clay , mud , and straw mixed up ... Egypt , says , ' that the houses , for the most part are of bricks , which are only hardened by the heat of the sun ...
... Egyptian pyramids are made of brick , the composition whereof is only a mixture of clay , mud , and straw mixed up ... Egypt , says , ' that the houses , for the most part are of bricks , which are only hardened by the heat of the sun ...
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... Egypt , which real- ly bears seven ears upon one stalk . Some of it has been cultivated in England , but it does not reach the perfection which it does in its native soil . No one would have even thought of one stem of wheat with seven ...
... Egypt , which real- ly bears seven ears upon one stalk . Some of it has been cultivated in England , but it does not reach the perfection which it does in its native soil . No one would have even thought of one stem of wheat with seven ...
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... Egypt , got into the ovens . How could they get up ? " " I am not surprised at your question , Harry . Wick- ed men have sneered at the Scriptures on this very account . This , however , is only a proof of their ig- norance . In various ...
... Egypt , got into the ovens . How could they get up ? " " I am not surprised at your question , Harry . Wick- ed men have sneered at the Scriptures on this very account . This , however , is only a proof of their ig- norance . In various ...
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... Egypt , from the month of March to May . During the inundation of the Nile , the fields are covered by its waters , and , in order to detain them there as long as possible , a sort of raised embankments are thrown up around each field ...
... Egypt , from the month of March to May . During the inundation of the Nile , the fields are covered by its waters , and , in order to detain them there as long as possible , a sort of raised embankments are thrown up around each field ...
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Page 26 - And the LORD appeared unto him in the plains of Mamre: and he sat in the tent door in the heat of the day; 2 And he lift up his eyes and looked, and, lo, three men stood by him: and when he saw them, he ran to meet them from the tent door, and bowed himself toward the ground...
Page 204 - And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper. The ungodly are not so: but are like the chaff which the wind driveth away. Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous.
Page 151 - Who will bring me into the strong city? who will lead me into Edom ? 11 Wilt not thou, O God, who hast cast us off?
Page 26 - And he took butter, and milk, and the calf which he had dressed, and set it before them; and he stood by them under the tree, and they did eat.
Page 106 - The kings of Tarshish and of the isles shall bring presents: the kings of Sheba and Seba shall offer gifts. Yea, all kings shall fall down before him: all nations shall serve him.
Page 129 - And Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a timbrel in her hand ; and all the women went out after her with timbrels and with dances. 21 And Miriam answered them, Sing ye to the LORD, for he hath triumphed gloriously; the horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea.
Page 90 - Then Samuel took a stone, and set it between Mizpeh and Shen, and called the name of it Eben-ezer, saying, Hitherto hath the LORD helped us.
Page 134 - I therefore so run, not as uncertainly ; so fight I, not as one that beateth the air : but I keep under my body, and bring it into subjection : lest that by any means, when I have preached to others, I myself should be a castaway.
Page 210 - I am the LORD'S"; and another shall call himself by the name of Jacob; and another shall subscribe with his hand unto the LORD, and surname himself by the name of Israel.
Page 145 - Thus I was ; in the day the drought consumed me, and the frost by night; and my sleep departed from mine eyes.