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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... John Chardin , are only clay well moistened with water , mixed with straw , and dried in the sun . ' So , it seems , that walls built with them would be little better than those built with beat- How did Pharaoh command the children of ...
... John Chardin , are only clay well moistened with water , mixed with straw , and dried in the sun . ' So , it seems , that walls built with them would be little better than those built with beat- How did Pharaoh command the children of ...
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... John the Baptist is said to have fed on locusts . " " Canaan , you know , father , was a land ' flowing with milk and honey . " " " It was ; though meat was eaten occasionally ; principally at the time of their national festivals , or ...
... John the Baptist is said to have fed on locusts . " " Canaan , you know , father , was a land ' flowing with milk and honey . " " " It was ; though meat was eaten occasionally ; principally at the time of their national festivals , or ...
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... John vii . 37 . Isaiah xii . 3. xliv . 3. Jer . ii . 13. Zech . xiii . 1. 1 Cor . x . 4 . for thou hast given me a south land ; give me also springs of water . And Caleb gave her the upper springs and the nether springs . Psalms lxiii ...
... John vii . 37 . Isaiah xii . 3. xliv . 3. Jer . ii . 13. Zech . xiii . 1. 1 Cor . x . 4 . for thou hast given me a south land ; give me also springs of water . And Caleb gave her the upper springs and the nether springs . Psalms lxiii ...
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... John Chardin , they wear rings about their ankles , which are full of little bells . Children and young girls take 6 What prophet gives an account of the dress of the Jewish women ? What made a tinkling of the feet in the women of the ...
... John Chardin , they wear rings about their ankles , which are full of little bells . Children and young girls take 6 What prophet gives an account of the dress of the Jewish women ? What made a tinkling of the feet in the women of the ...
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... John Huss before , and of Jerome , that they might not preach , thinking to make his kingdom sure ; yet , instead of John Huss and others , God hath opened the press to preach , whose voice the pope is never able to stop , with all the ...
... John Huss before , and of Jerome , that they might not preach , thinking to make his kingdom sure ; yet , instead of John Huss and others , God hath opened the press to preach , whose voice the pope is never able to stop , with all the ...
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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.