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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... thou buildest a new house , then thou shalt make a battlement for thy roof , that thou bring not blood upon thine house , if any man fall from thence . 4 Joshua ii . 6. But she had brought them up to the roof of the house , and hid them ...
... thou buildest a new house , then thou shalt make a battlement for thy roof , that thou bring not blood upon thine house , if any man fall from thence . 4 Joshua ii . 6. But she had brought them up to the roof of the house , and hid them ...
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... thou at all take thy neighbor's raiment to pledge , thou shalt deliver it unto him , by that the sun goeth down . Deut . xxiv . 12. And if the man be poor , thou shalt not sleep with his pledge . Kings 2. iv . 10. Let us make a little ...
... thou at all take thy neighbor's raiment to pledge , thou shalt deliver it unto him , by that the sun goeth down . Deut . xxiv . 12. And if the man be poor , thou shalt not sleep with his pledge . Kings 2. iv . 10. Let us make a little ...
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... thou hast said . ' " And Abraham hastened into the tent unto Sarah , and said , Make ready quickly three measures of fine meal , knead it , and make cakes upon the hearth . ' " And Abraham ran unto the herd , and fetched a calf tender ...
... thou hast said . ' " And Abraham hastened into the tent unto Sarah , and said , Make ready quickly three measures of fine meal , knead it , and make cakes upon the hearth . ' " And Abraham ran unto the herd , and fetched a calf tender ...
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... Thou art a stranger ; and since I have met thee on the road , do not refuse the favour I desire of thee . ' We could not but go along with him to his house , where he feasted us the best manner ' Of what is the word Lord a contraction ...
... Thou art a stranger ; and since I have met thee on the road , do not refuse the favour I desire of thee . ' We could not but go along with him to his house , where he feasted us the best manner ' Of what is the word Lord a contraction ...
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... did Pharaoh dream ? What kind of wheat is there in Egypt ? Can it be cultivated elsewhere ? What affords a striking proof of the truth of the Scriptures ? " In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat 56 WHEAT . Tents Climate.
... did Pharaoh dream ? What kind of wheat is there in Egypt ? Can it be cultivated elsewhere ? What affords a striking proof of the truth of the Scriptures ? " In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat 56 WHEAT . Tents Climate.
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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.