Cyclopædia of biblical literature, abridged [by J. Taylor] from the larger work [ed.] by J. Kitto1849 |
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... Meroë , and is supposed to correspond to the present province of Atbara , lying between 13 ° and 18 ° north latitude . The city of Meroë stood near the present Assour , about twenty miles north of Shendy ; and the extensive and ...
... Meroë , and is supposed to correspond to the present province of Atbara , lying between 13 ° and 18 ° north latitude . The city of Meroë stood near the present Assour , about twenty miles north of Shendy ; and the extensive and ...
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... Meroë or Sen- naar . In the present day the Coptic Church continues to practise it ; the Abyssinian Christians do the same ; and that it was not introduced among the latter with a Judaical Christianity appears from their performing it ...
... Meroë or Sen- naar . In the present day the Coptic Church continues to practise it ; the Abyssinian Christians do the same ; and that it was not introduced among the latter with a Judaical Christianity appears from their performing it ...
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... ( Meroë ) . It is expressly described by Ezekiel as lying to the south of Egypt beyond Syene ( xxix . 10 ; comp . xxx . 4-6 ) . Hence we find Mizraim and Cush ( i . e . Egypt and Ethiopia ) so often classed together by the prophets , e ...
... ( Meroë ) . It is expressly described by Ezekiel as lying to the south of Egypt beyond Syene ( xxix . 10 ; comp . xxx . 4-6 ) . Hence we find Mizraim and Cush ( i . e . Egypt and Ethiopia ) so often classed together by the prophets , e ...
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... Meroë , for the space of 996 miles , there is little ebene found : and that in all those parts betweene there be few other trees to be found but date - trees , which peradven- ture may be a cause that Ebene was counted a rich tribute ...
... Meroë , for the space of 996 miles , there is little ebene found : and that in all those parts betweene there be few other trees to be found but date - trees , which peradven- ture may be a cause that Ebene was counted a rich tribute ...
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... Meroë . The Ethiopian nations generally ranked low in the scale of civilization ; never- theless ( to use the language of Heeren ) , there did exist a better cultivated , and , to a certain degree , a civilized Ethiopian people ; who ...
... Meroë . The Ethiopian nations generally ranked low in the scale of civilization ; never- theless ( to use the language of Heeren ) , there did exist a better cultivated , and , to a certain degree , a civilized Ethiopian people ; who ...
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Page 300 - And the angel of God, which went before the camp of Israel, removed, and went behind them ; and the pillar of the cloud went from before their face, and stood behind them : And it came between the camp of the Egyptians and the camp of Israel ; and it was a cloud and darkness to them, but it gave light by night to these : so that the one came not near the other all the night.
Page 373 - For this child I prayed ; and the LORD hath given me my petition which I asked of him : Therefore also I have lent him to the LORD ; as long as he liveth he shall be lent to the LORD.
Page 26 - And Adam said, This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man.
Page 334 - Ye shall have a song, as in the night when a holy solemnity is kept; and gladness of heart, as when one goeth with a pipe to come into the mountain of the Lord, to the mighty One of Israel.
Page 350 - And there we saw the giants, the sons of Anak, which come of the giants : and we were in our own sight as grasshoppers, and so we were in their sight.
Page 281 - Now therefore thus saith the Lord, Thou shalt not come down from that bed on which thou art gone up, but shalt surely die.
Page 280 - And the ravens brought him bread and flesh in the morning, and bread and flesh in the evening: and he drank of the brook.
Page 208 - Now this I say, that every one of you saith, I am of Paul ; and I of Apollos ; and I of Cephas ; and I of Christ.
Page 322 - And all that have not fins and scales in the seas, and in the rivers, of all that move in the waters, and of any living thing which is in the waters, they shall be an abomination unto you...
Page 293 - And Isaac trembled very exceedingly, and said, Who ? where is he that hath taken venison, and brought it me, and I have eaten of all before thou earnest, and have blessed him ? yea, and he shall be blessed.