A Cyclopaedia of Biblical Literature, Volume 1John Kitto Adam and Charles Black, 1845 |
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... figure of a calf [ CALF , GOLDEN ] , being , pro- bably , no other than that of the Egyptian god Mnevis , whose worship prevailed in Lower Egypt . However , to fix the meaning of this image as a symbol of the true God , Aaron was ...
... figure of a calf [ CALF , GOLDEN ] , being , pro- bably , no other than that of the Egyptian god Mnevis , whose worship prevailed in Lower Egypt . However , to fix the meaning of this image as a symbol of the true God , Aaron was ...
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... figure ( tab . xli . ) is given in his work De Plantis Ægypti ; but Forskal applies this name also to the Chate , which is separately described by Alpinus , and a figure given by him at tab . xl . 6 The Cucumis Chate is a villous plant ...
... figure ( tab . xli . ) is given in his work De Plantis Ægypti ; but Forskal applies this name also to the Chate , which is separately described by Alpinus , and a figure given by him at tab . xl . 6 The Cucumis Chate is a villous plant ...
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... figures . The last was the idea Cappellus entertained ( Critica Sacra , i . 10 ) , although De Vignoles appears to have first worked out the theory in detail in his Chronologie de l'Histoire Sainte : whereas Scaliger ( cited in Walton's ...
... figures . The last was the idea Cappellus entertained ( Critica Sacra , i . 10 ) , although De Vignoles appears to have first worked out the theory in detail in his Chronologie de l'Histoire Sainte : whereas Scaliger ( cited in Walton's ...
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... figure of a boar over the Bethlehem gate the site and ruins of Jerusalem ( Euseb . Chron . of the city ( Ælia Capitolina ) which rose upon 1. i . p . 45 , ed . 1658 ) , but he erected a temple to Jupiter upon the site of the Jewish ...
... figure of a boar over the Bethlehem gate the site and ruins of Jerusalem ( Euseb . Chron . of the city ( Ælia Capitolina ) which rose upon 1. i . p . 45 , ed . 1658 ) , but he erected a temple to Jupiter upon the site of the Jewish ...
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... figure in the Valley of Jehoshaphat , outside Jerusalem ; and it has been noticed and described by almost all travellers . It is close by the lower bridge over the Kedron , and is a square isolated block hewn out from the rocky ledge so ...
... figure in the Valley of Jehoshaphat , outside Jerusalem ; and it has been noticed and described by almost all travellers . It is close by the lower bridge over the Kedron , and is a square isolated block hewn out from the rocky ledge so ...
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Page 62 - 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 22 - Now the LORD had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father's house, unto a land that I will shew thee : and I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great ; and thou shalt be a blessing : and I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee : and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.
Page 144 - And Ananias went his way, and entered into the house ; and putting his hands on him, said, Brother Saul, the Lord (even Jesus, that appeared unto thee in the way as thou earnest) hath sent me, that thou mightest receive thy sight, and be filled with the Holy Ghost. And immediately there fell from his eyes as it had been scales; and he received sight forthwith, and arose, and was baptized.
Page 270 - All this came upon the king Nebuchadnezzar. At the end of twelve months he walked in the palace of the kingdom of Babylon. The king spake, and said, Is not this great Babylon, that I have built for the house of the kingdom by the might of my power, and for the honour of my majesty...
Page 96 - How goodly are thy tents, O Jacob, and thy tabernacles, O Israel! As the valleys are they spread forth, as gardens by the river's side, as the trees of lign aloes which the Lord hath planted, and as cedar trees beside the waters.
Page 274 - And there followed another angel, saying, Babylon is fallen, is fallen, that great city, because she made all nations drink of the wine of the wrath of her fornication.
Page 218 - ... of devils, working miracles, which go forth unto the kings of the earth, and of the whole world, to gather them to the battle of that great day of God Almighty.
Page 59 - ... the Lord God formed man from the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and the man became a living being.
Page 234 - Thou hast ascended on high, thou hast led captivity captive: thou hast received gifts for men; yea, for the rebellious also, that the LORD God might dwell among them.
Page 387 - But I say unto you, It shall ,be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon at the day of judgment, than for you. And thou, Capernaum, which art exalted unto heaven, shalt be brought down to hell : for if the mighty works, which have been done in thee, had been done in Sodom, it would have remained until this day. But I say unto you, that it shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom in the day of judgment, than for thee.