Cyclopædia of biblical literature, abridged [by J. Taylor] from the larger work [ed.] by J. Kitto1849 |
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... common with other Eastern nations . It was believed that the abyss , or sea of fathomless waters , encompassed the whole earth . The earth floated on the abyss , of which it covered only a small part . Accord- ing to the same notion ...
... common with other Eastern nations . It was believed that the abyss , or sea of fathomless waters , encompassed the whole earth . The earth floated on the abyss , of which it covered only a small part . Accord- ing to the same notion ...
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... common in the East . A boy is often The practice of adoption had its origin in the desire for male offspring among those who have , in the ordinary course , been denied that blessing , or have been deprived of it by circumstances . This ...
... common in the East . A boy is often The practice of adoption had its origin in the desire for male offspring among those who have , in the ordinary course , been denied that blessing , or have been deprived of it by circumstances . This ...
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... common reaping - hook , while the other had more resemblance in its shape to a scythe , and in the Egyptian examples appears to have been toothed . The reapers were the owners and their children , men - servants and women - servants ...
... common reaping - hook , while the other had more resemblance in its shape to a scythe , and in the Egyptian examples appears to have been toothed . The reapers were the owners and their children , men - servants and women - servants ...
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... common in Egypt . It is a sort of 19. Threshing by the Noreg . frame of wood , in which are inserted three wooden rollers , armed with iron teeth , & c . It bears a sort of seat or chair , in which the driver sits to give the benefit of ...
... common in Egypt . It is a sort of 19. Threshing by the Noreg . frame of wood , in which are inserted three wooden rollers , armed with iron teeth , & c . It bears a sort of seat or chair , in which the driver sits to give the benefit of ...
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... common version is in Hebrew ACHLAMAH , and is the name of the precious stone mentioned in Scripture as the ninth in the breastplate of the high - priest ( Exod . xxviii . 19 ; xxxix . 12 ) : in the New Testament the precise word ...
... common version is in Hebrew ACHLAMAH , and is the name of the precious stone mentioned in Scripture as the ninth in the breastplate of the high - priest ( Exod . xxviii . 19 ; xxxix . 12 ) : in the New Testament the precise word ...
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Abimelech Abraham Acts Ahaz altar Ammonites Amorites ancient animals Apostle appears Arabia Arabs Asia Assyria Babylon called Canaan Christ Christian Chron church comp Damascus David death denote Deut divine East Edom Egypt Egyptian epistle Euphrates Exod Ezek Ezra father favour Greek Hebrew Hebron high-priest holy inhabitants Israel Israelites Jehovah Jeroboam Jerusalem Jesus Jewish Jews Joab Jordan Josephus Josh Judæa Judah Judg king land latter Lord Luke Matt means ment mentioned Meroë Moses mountains nations natural occurs Palestine passages Paul period Persian persons Philistines possession present priests probably prophet reign rendered Roman sacred Scripture seems Solomon species stone supposed Syria temple Testament thou tion town tree tribe tribe of Judah viii word worship writers xvii xviii xxii xxiii xxiv xxvii
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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.