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... talents . " Herodotus was a friend of the Athenians . He always , or almost always , employs in his history the common weights and measures of Greece , and par- ticularly those of Attica . The Attic talent was , within a few grains , 52 ...
... talents . " Herodotus was a friend of the Athenians . He always , or almost always , employs in his history the common weights and measures of Greece , and par- ticularly those of Attica . The Attic talent was , within a few grains , 52 ...
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... talents of gold were worth 390 talents of silver . The talent of silver , according to the valuation made of them by the learned Abbé Barthelemy , being worth 5400 livres ( £ 225 sterling ) , the 390 talents were worth 2,106,000 of our ...
... talents of gold were worth 390 talents of silver . The talent of silver , according to the valuation made of them by the learned Abbé Barthelemy , being worth 5400 livres ( £ 225 sterling ) , the 390 talents were worth 2,106,000 of our ...
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... talent and a half ; the others were of pale gold , and weighed two talents . ' By adopting the explanation of the learned Abbé , we must come to the conclusion , that Herodotus thought that the demi - plinths of fine gold weighed less ...
... talent and a half ; the others were of pale gold , and weighed two talents . ' By adopting the explanation of the learned Abbé , we must come to the conclusion , that Herodotus thought that the demi - plinths of fine gold weighed less ...
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... talents , or in other words a talent and a half , and έβδομον ἡμιτάλαντον six talents and a half . On which he cites a passage from the 9th Book of Julius Pollux , wherein that author explains this mode of calculation . But the reader ...
... talents , or in other words a talent and a half , and έβδομον ἡμιτάλαντον six talents and a half . On which he cites a passage from the 9th Book of Julius Pollux , wherein that author explains this mode of calculation . But the reader ...
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... talents , which were worth 390 talents of silver 117 demi - plinths of gold , weighing 232 talents , which were worth 3,016 ta- lents of silver Livres . 2,106,000 £ .Sterling . 87,750 16,286,400 678,600 A lion of gold , weighing 10 talents ...
... talents , which were worth 390 talents of silver 117 demi - plinths of gold , weighing 232 talents , which were worth 3,016 ta- lents of silver Livres . 2,106,000 £ .Sterling . 87,750 16,286,400 678,600 A lion of gold , weighing 10 talents ...
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Page 527 - Noph; and there shall be no more a prince of the land of Egypt: and I will put a fear in the land of Egypt.
Page 277 - For the land, whither thou goest in to possess it, is not as the land of Egypt, from whence ye came out, where thou sowedst thy seed, and wateredst it with thy foot, as a garden of herbs : but the land, whither ye go to possess it, is a land of hills and valleys, and drinketh water of the rain of heaven...
Page 318 - Wherefore shall we die before thine eyes, both we and our land ? buy us and our land for bread, and we and our land will be servants unto Pharaoh: and give us seed, that we may live, and not die, that the land be not desolate.
Page 318 - And when money failed in the land of Egypt, and in the land of Canaan, all the Egyptians came unto Joseph, and said, Give us bread : for why should we die in thy presence ? for the money faileth. 16 And Joseph said, Give your cattle ; and I will give you for your cattle, if money fail.
Page 375 - Come on therefore, let us enjoy the good things that are present : and let us speedily use the creatures like as in youth. Let us fill ourselves with costly wine and ointments : and let no flower of the spring pass by us : Let us crown ourselves with rosebuds, before they be withered : Let none of us go without his part of our voluptuousness : let us leave tokens of our joyfulness in every place : for this is our portion, and our lot is this.
Page 501 - I will make the land of Egypt desolate in the midst of the countries that are desolate, and her cities among the cities that are laid waste shall be desolate forty years: and I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations, and will disperse them through the countries.
Page 321 - And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying, 2 This is the ordinance of the law which the LORD hath commanded, saying, Speak unto the children of Israel, that they bring thee a red heifer without spot, wherein is no blemish, and upon which never came yoke...
Page 591 - And thou shalt put oil upon it, and lay frankincense thereon: it is a meat offering. 16 And the priest shall burn the memorial of it, part of the beaten corn thereof, and part of the oil thereof, with all the frankincense thereof: it is an offering made by fire unto the LORD.
Page 466 - Lord will deliver us. Hath any of the gods of the nations delivered his land out of the hand of the king of Assyria ? Where are the gods of Hamath and Arphad? where are the gods of Sepharvaim ? and have they delivered Samaria out of my hand...
Page 501 - Son of man, set thy face against Gog, the land of Magog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal, and prophesy against him, and say, ' Thus saith the Lord God : Behold, I am against thee, O Gog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal...