The Cyclopædia of Biblical Literature, Volume 1John Kitto Newman & Ivison, 1851 |
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... fact that the Egyptians considered themselves cere monially defiled if they ate with any strangers . The primary reason appears to have been that the cow was the most sacred animal among the Egyp- tians , and the eating of it was ...
... fact that the Egyptians considered themselves cere monially defiled if they ate with any strangers . The primary reason appears to have been that the cow was the most sacred animal among the Egyp- tians , and the eating of it was ...
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... fact that , in deference to their known aversion , the Ro- man soldiers quartered in Jerusalem forbore to introduce their standards into the city and on one occasion , when Pilate gave orders that they should be carried in by night , so ...
... fact that , in deference to their known aversion , the Ro- man soldiers quartered in Jerusalem forbore to introduce their standards into the city and on one occasion , when Pilate gave orders that they should be carried in by night , so ...
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... fact , that at least the people of Tigré , who possessed a Semitic language so nearly resembling the Hebrew , are a Semitic co- lony , who imported into Abyssinia not only a Semitic language , but Semitic manners , usages , and modes of ...
... fact , that at least the people of Tigré , who possessed a Semitic language so nearly resembling the Hebrew , are a Semitic co- lony , who imported into Abyssinia not only a Semitic language , but Semitic manners , usages , and modes of ...
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... fact , we thus distinguish be- tween a stonebox and a stone box ; the former meaning a box for holding stones , the latter a box made of stone . Mr. Latham ( Engl . Language , § 234 ) has ingeniously remarked that we may read the ...
... fact , we thus distinguish be- tween a stonebox and a stone box ; the former meaning a box for holding stones , the latter a box made of stone . Mr. Latham ( Engl . Language , § 234 ) has ingeniously remarked that we may read the ...
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... fact , and had the best means of information , gives them but 200 families . He says they are mostly in good circumstances , having fine houses and gardens , and are chiefly traders and goldsmiths . They speak the broken Turkish of the ...
... fact , and had the best means of information , gives them but 200 families . He says they are mostly in good circumstances , having fine houses and gardens , and are chiefly traders and goldsmiths . They speak the broken Turkish of the ...
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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 24 - And yet indeed she is my sister; she is the daughter of my father, but not the daughter of my mother; and she became my wife.
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 27 - And the king was much moved, and went up to the chamber over the gate, and wept : and as he went, thus he said, O my son Absalom, my son, my son...
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 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 75 - If I beheld the sun when it shined, or the moon walking in brightness; And my heart hath been secretly enticed, or my mouth hath kissed my hand: This also were an iniquity to be punished by the judge: for I should have denied the God that is above.
Page 322 - Now will I sing to my wellbeloved a song of my beloved touching his vineyard. My wellbeloved hath a vineyard in a very fruitful hill : and he fenced it, and gathered out the stones thereof, and planted it with the choicest vine, and built a tower in the midst of it, and also made a winepress therein : and he looked that it should bring forth grapes, and it brought forth wild grapes.
Page 325 - For an Angel went down at a certain season into the pool, and troubled the water: whosoever then first after the troubling of the water stepped in was made whole of whatsoever disease he had.
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.