Observations Upon the Plagues Inflicted Upon the Egyptians: In which is Shewn the Peculiarity of Those Judgments, and Their Correspondence with the Rites and Idolatries of that People. To which is Prefixed, a Prefatory Discourse, Concerning the Grecian Colonies from EgyptT. Hamilton and R. Ogle, 1810 - 392 pages |
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... Deity Atargatis 27 Extent of this Worship , and its Fallacy 30 The Second Plague - FROGS 31 The Frog an emblem of Prophetic Influence esteemed Sacred from its Inflation Other Reasons for this Animal being a Sacred Emblem The Third ...
... Deity Atargatis 27 Extent of this Worship , and its Fallacy 30 The Second Plague - FROGS 31 The Frog an emblem of Prophetic Influence esteemed Sacred from its Inflation Other Reasons for this Animal being a Sacred Emblem The Third ...
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... Deities invoked in such Calamities The Ninth Plague - PALPABLE Darkness Of the Adoration paid to the Sun , and to Fire Night adored as a Primary Deity 106 111 116 118 122 137 141 144 . 149 Recapitulation 158 The Tenth Plague — DEATH OF ...
... Deities invoked in such Calamities The Ninth Plague - PALPABLE Darkness Of the Adoration paid to the Sun , and to Fire Night adored as a Primary Deity 106 111 116 118 122 137 141 144 . 149 Recapitulation 158 The Tenth Plague — DEATH OF ...
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... Deity Of the Angel , which withstood Moses in his way to Egypt Of the Powers with which Moses was invested A short Recapitulation of preceding Remarks Objection answered Observations upon the Route taken by Moses and the Is- raelites ...
... Deity Of the Angel , which withstood Moses in his way to Egypt Of the Powers with which Moses was invested A short Recapitulation of preceding Remarks Objection answered Observations upon the Route taken by Moses and the Is- raelites ...
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... deities came from 2 Egypt . Diodorus Siculus , though he enter- tains some doubts about many of these ancient traditions , yet allows , from the evidence of the Athenians , that the Eleusinian mysteries were imported in the time of ...
... deities came from 2 Egypt . Diodorus Siculus , though he enter- tains some doubts about many of these ancient traditions , yet allows , from the evidence of the Athenians , that the Eleusinian mysteries were imported in the time of ...
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... deities of Greece were introduced in very early times ; and they must have been much prior in the country , from whence they were borrowed . Hence Sir John Marsham with the greatest probabi- lity imagines , that they were established in ...
... deities of Greece were introduced in very early times ; and they must have been much prior in the country , from whence they were borrowed . Hence Sir John Marsham with the greatest probabi- lity imagines , that they were established in ...
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Aaron Accaron Ægyptus ancient Arabia Baal Baal-zephon Bedea behold brought called children of Israel Clysma consequence Coptic darkness deity desert Diodorus Diodorus Siculus divine earth Egyp Egyptians Ekron emblem encamped esteemed Etham evil Exod Exodus farther fire first-born flies Grecians Greek hail hath heaven Heliopolis Hence Herod Herodotus Ibid idolatry Israelites Josephus judgment king land of Egypt land of Goshen learned locusts Lord said unto Manetho mentioned Moses mountain night Nile nome Osiris particularly person Pharaoh plague Pliny Plutarch Pocock priests prophet Ptolemy purport Red-sea rites river sacred says seems sent serpent shew shewn signified speaks stiled Strabo supposed swarms temple thee things thou tians tion unto Moses wilderness word worship writers Αιγυπτιοι γαρ δε εις εκ εν επι εσιν θεον και κατα μεν παρα πολις προς τας τε τοις τῷ Ων
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Page 365 - 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. And the children of Israel went into the midst of the sea upon the dry ground: and the waters were a
Page 352 - the Lord went before them by day in a pillar of a cloud^ to lead them the way ; and by night in a pillar of fire, to give them light; to go by day and night. Exodus xiii. 21.
Page 169 - 30. And Pharaoh rose up in the night, he and all his servants, and all the Egyptians ; and there was a great cry in Egypt; for there was not a house where there was not one dead. It may be urged, as each dead
Page 255 - that all the people that were in the camp trembled — > — • V. 18. And Mount Sinai was altogether on A smoke, because the Lord descended upon, it in fire: and the smoke thereof ascended as the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mount quaked greatly.
Page 225 - iv. 10. And Moses said unto the Lord, 0 my Lord, I am not eloquent, neither heretofore, nor since thou hast spoken unto thy servant ; but I am slow of speech, and of a slow tongue. V. 11. And the Lord said unto him, Who hath made
Page 210 - into his bosom : and when he took it out, behold his hand was leprous as snow. V. 7- And he said, Put thine hand into thy bosom again; and he put his hand into his bosom again, and plucked it out of his bosom, and behold it was turned again as his other flesh. 1
Page 215 - every one that is bitten, when he looketh upon it, shall five. And Moses made a serpent of brass, and put it upon a pole; and it came to pass, that if a serpent had bitten any man,
Page 88 - will sever in that day the land of Goshen, in which my people dwell, that no swarms of flies shall be there; to the end thou mayest know that I am the Lord in the midst of the earth. And I will put a division between my people and thy people: to-morrow shall this sign
Page 14 - 2-0. And Moses and Aaron did so, as the Lord commanded: and he lift up the rod and smote the waters that were in the river, in the sight of Pharaoh, and in the sight of his servants: and all the waters that were in the river, were turned to blood.
Page 366 - chariots, and his horsemen. And it came to pass, that in the morning watch the Lord looked unto the host of the Egyptians through the pillar of fire and of the cloud, and troubled the host of the Egyptians, and took off their chariot-wheels, that they drave them heavily. It is probable that, when the Egyptians were thus troubled and