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 xix
... head and lord of the creation . + The classification of Moses , in Deut . iv . 16. is somewhat si- milar ; only , being there engaged in prohibiting idolatry , he says nothing about plants and trees , which he was not much afraid would ...
... head and lord of the creation . + The classification of Moses , in Deut . iv . 16. is somewhat si- milar ; only , being there engaged in prohibiting idolatry , he says nothing about plants and trees , which he was not much afraid would ...
Page xxix
... head were antici- pated in the preceding , I go on to state other reasons for the distinction between animals as clean and unclean in the Levitical institute . III . It has been suggested that the quality of the food itself is an ...
... head were antici- pated in the preceding , I go on to state other reasons for the distinction between animals as clean and unclean in the Levitical institute . III . It has been suggested that the quality of the food itself is an ...
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... head . As to the expression , breaking the box , it merely implies , that the seal upon the vase which closed it , and kept the perfume from evaporating , had never been removed , but that it was on this occasion broken , that is ...
... head . As to the expression , breaking the box , it merely implies , that the seal upon the vase which closed it , and kept the perfume from evaporating , had never been removed , but that it was on this occasion broken , that is ...
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... head and defenceless state of age 17 . AARON'S rod which budded , and by this means secured to him the priesthood , was a branch of this tree . Numb . xvii . 8 . Mr. PARKHURST suggests that probably the chiefs of the tribes 14 The ...
... head and defenceless state of age 17 . AARON'S rod which budded , and by this means secured to him the priesthood , was a branch of this tree . Numb . xvii . 8 . Mr. PARKHURST suggests that probably the chiefs of the tribes 14 The ...
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... heads of grain , to prevent their ger- minating : and it is observable that the Hebrew name of the insect is derived from the verb 3 NAMAL , which signifies to cut off , and is used for cutting off ears of corn , Job , xxiv . 24 . To ...
... heads of grain , to prevent their ger- minating : and it is observable that the Hebrew name of the insect is derived from the verb 3 NAMAL , which signifies to cut off , and is used for cutting off ears of corn , Job , xxiv . 24 . To ...
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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