Oriental Customs: Or, An Illustration of the Sacred Scriptures by an Explanatory Application of the Customs and Manners of the Eastern Nations and Especially the Jews, Therein Alluded To. Collected from the Most Celebrated Travellers, and the Most Eminent Critics, Volume 1C. Whittingham and sold by Williams and Smith, 1807 |
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... salt and ashes . In short , we must think that there is a heavy curse of God upon that place , seeing it was here- tofore so pleasant a country . " ( Travels , vol . i . p . 194. ) No. 11. - xxi . 23. Swear unto me here by God . ] This ...
... salt and ashes . In short , we must think that there is a heavy curse of God upon that place , seeing it was here- tofore so pleasant a country . " ( Travels , vol . i . p . 194. ) No. 11. - xxi . 23. Swear unto me here by God . ] This ...
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... salt . ] Salt amongst the ancients was the emblem of friendship and fidelity , and therefore was used in all their sacrifices and covenants . Bruce mentions a kind of salt so hard , that it is used as money , and passes from hand to ...
... salt . ] Salt amongst the ancients was the emblem of friendship and fidelity , and therefore was used in all their sacrifices and covenants . Bruce mentions a kind of salt so hard , that it is used as money , and passes from hand to ...
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... salt ; upon this , according to the morality , or rather superstition of the country , where the people considered salt as a symbol and pledge of hospitality , he was so touched that he left all his booty , retiring without taking away ...
... salt ; upon this , according to the morality , or rather superstition of the country , where the people considered salt as a symbol and pledge of hospitality , he was so touched that he left all his booty , retiring without taking away ...
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... salt and burning . ] The effect of salt , where it abounds , on vegetation , is described by burning . Thus Volney , speaking of the borders of the Asphaltic Lake , or Dead Sea , says , " the true cause of the absence of vegetables and ...
... salt and burning . ] The effect of salt , where it abounds , on vegetation , is described by burning . Thus Volney , speaking of the borders of the Asphaltic Lake , or Dead Sea , says , " the true cause of the absence of vegetables and ...
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... salt , in token of perpetual desolation . Judges , ix . 45. And thus in aftertimes , ( An . 1162. ) the city of Milan was burnt , razed , sown with salt , and ploughed by the exasperated emperor Frederick Barbarossa . Complete Syst . of ...
... salt , in token of perpetual desolation . Judges , ix . 45. And thus in aftertimes , ( An . 1162. ) the city of Milan was burnt , razed , sown with salt , and ploughed by the exasperated emperor Frederick Barbarossa . Complete Syst . of ...
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Page 311 - And he answering said unto him, Lord, let it alone this year also, till I shall dig about it, and dung it: and if it bear fruit, well: and if not, then after that thou shalt cut it down.
Page 66 - And Jonathan stripped himself of the robe that was upon him, and gave it to David, and his garments, even to his sword, and to his bow, and to his girdle.
Page 243 - Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that the plowman shall overtake the reaper, and the treader of grapes him that soweth seed ; and the mountains shall drop sweet wine, and all the hills shall melt.
Page 376 - Finally, brethren, pray for us, that the word of the Lord may have free course, and be glorified, even as it is with you: 2.
Page 286 - And at midnight there was a cry made, Behold, the bridegroom cometh; go ye out to meet him.
Page 310 - I say unto you, Though he will not rise and give him, because he is his friend, yet because of his importunity he will rise and give him as many as he needeth.
Page 222 - This gate shall be shut, it shall not be opened, and no man shall enter in by it ; because the Lord, the God of Israel, hath entered in by it, therefore it shall be shut.
Page 141 - In the day when the keepers of the house shall tremble, and the strong men shall bow themselves, and the grinders cease because they are few, and those that look out of the windows be darkened. And the doors shall be shut in the streets when the sound of the grinding is low...
Page 398 - And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads ; and that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.
Page 297 - And being in Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, as he sat at meat, there came a woman having an alabaster box of ointment of spikenard very precious; and she brake the box, and poured it on his head.