The Natural History of the Bible ; Or, A Description of All the Quadrupeds, Birds, Fishes, Reptiles, and Insects, Trees, Plants, Flowers, Gums, and Precious Stones, Mentioned in the Sacred Scriptures: Collected from the Best Authorities, and Alphabetically ArrangedThomas Tegg, 1824 - 430 pages |
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Page xxvii
... Psal . Ixix . 22 . " This statute , above all others , established not only a politi- cal and sacred , but a physical separation of the Jews from all other people . It made it next to impossible for the one to mix with the other either ...
... Psal . Ixix . 22 . " This statute , above all others , established not only a politi- cal and sacred , but a physical separation of the Jews from all other people . It made it next to impossible for the one to mix with the other either ...
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... Psal . lviii . 4. xci . 13. cxl . 3. Prov . xxiii . 32 . 3 So say St. Jerom and Bochart ; and it is so rendered in the Vulgate . There is a serpent , whose name in Arabic is sipphon , which is probably the same that is spoken of above ...
... Psal . lviii . 4. xci . 13. cxl . 3. Prov . xxiii . 32 . 3 So say St. Jerom and Bochart ; and it is so rendered in the Vulgate . There is a serpent , whose name in Arabic is sipphon , which is probably the same that is spoken of above ...
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... Psal . lviii . 5. reference is made to the effect of musical sounds over serpents . That they might be rendered tame and harmless by certain charms , or soft and sweet sounds , and trained to delight in music , was an opinion which ...
... Psal . lviii . 5. reference is made to the effect of musical sounds over serpents . That they might be rendered tame and harmless by certain charms , or soft and sweet sounds , and trained to delight in music , was an opinion which ...
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... led to this digression , Psal . Iviii . 5 , 6 , re- 8 See many curious authorities in Parkhurst , Heb . lex , under wnh . D quires a farther illustration ; and it is furnished by OF THE BIBLE . 3 them, would not endure him, but ran and ...
... led to this digression , Psal . Iviii . 5 , 6 , re- 8 See many curious authorities in Parkhurst , Heb . lex , under wnh . D quires a farther illustration ; and it is furnished by OF THE BIBLE . 3 them, would not endure him, but ran and ...
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... Psal . xci . 13. It should be remarked that the most ancient inter- preters suppose a snake of some kind to be meant ; and Bochart thinks it to be the black serpent or homorhoüs . The word rendered young lion may be the cenchris , which ...
... Psal . xci . 13. It should be remarked that the most ancient inter- preters suppose a snake of some kind to be meant ; and Bochart thinks it to be the black serpent or homorhoüs . The word rendered young lion may be the cenchris , which ...
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Aleppo ancient animal appears Arabia Arabic beasts beautiful Bible bird Bochart called Cantic Celsius Chaldee Chron colour common creature crocodile described desert Deut Dioscorides Egypt Egyptians Exod Ezek feet flesh flowers Forskal fruit Geddes Greek grows Harmer Hasselquist Hebr Hebrew Hebrew name Hebrew word Herodotus Hieroz Hist horses Hosea insect Isai Isaiah Israel Israelites Jerom Jews Josephus Judea kind Kings learned Levit lion locust Luke Matth means mentioned Michaelis Moses myrrh nature Numb observes ostrich passage plant Plin Pliny probably prophet Prov Psal Psalm quæ referred remarks rendered resemblance sacred says Scheuchzer Scripture Illustrated seems Septuagint serpent Shaw signifies Solomon species stone Strabo supposed Syria thou tion translated Trav tree verse viii Vulgate wild wine wings wood worship writers xvii xxiv xxviii