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... Israel from the Red Sea , and they went out into the wilderness of Shur . " But Shur is opposed by the inspired writer to Havilah ; and therefore the latter must be the eastern extremity of Arabia , or that part of the country which ...
... Israel from the Red Sea , and they went out into the wilderness of Shur . " But Shur is opposed by the inspired writer to Havilah ; and therefore the latter must be the eastern extremity of Arabia , or that part of the country which ...
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... Israel " led them by the right hand of Moses , with his glorious arm dividing the waters before them , to make himself an everlasting name . " ; They seem also to have intended it as a beacon or rallying point , to their increasing and ...
... Israel " led them by the right hand of Moses , with his glorious arm dividing the waters before them , to make himself an everlasting name . " ; They seem also to have intended it as a beacon or rallying point , to their increasing and ...
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... Israel long after- wards , in the land of Canaan . The rule which the Divine Wisdom was pleased to follow in confounding their language , gives additional strength to this argument . The languages of the same branches had a nearer ...
... Israel long after- wards , in the land of Canaan . The rule which the Divine Wisdom was pleased to follow in confounding their language , gives additional strength to this argument . The languages of the same branches had a nearer ...
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... of the twelve tribes of Israel in Canaan ; for the " inheritance of Simeon was within the inheritance of the children of Judah . " Josh . xix , 1 . Mr. Mede has justly remarked , that the country of GEOGRAPHY OF THE EAST . 77.
... of the twelve tribes of Israel in Canaan ; for the " inheritance of Simeon was within the inheritance of the children of Judah . " Josh . xix , 1 . Mr. Mede has justly remarked , that the country of GEOGRAPHY OF THE EAST . 77.
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... Israel . Resen , the last city mentioned by Moses , lay between Nineveh and Calah , and consequently stood on the Tigris . Michaelis observes , that it was formerly the greatest city in Assyria , perhaps , in all Asia . " Geographers ...
... Israel . Resen , the last city mentioned by Moses , lay between Nineveh and Calah , and consequently stood on the Tigris . Michaelis observes , that it was formerly the greatest city in Assyria , perhaps , in all Asia . " Geographers ...
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Page 35 - And it shall come to pass in that day, that the Lord shall set his hand again the second time to recover the remnant of his people...
Page 41 - And the Lord said, Behold the people is one, and they have all one language ; and this they begin to do : and now nothing will be restrained from them, which they have imagined to do.
Page 322 - Why hast thou then broken down her hedges, So that all they which pass by the way do pluck her ? The boar out of the wood doth waste it, And the wild beast of the field doth devour it.
Page 457 - And his tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven, and did cast them to the earth : and the dragon stood before the woman which was ready to be delivered, for to devour her child as soon as it was born.
Page 24 - So Sennacherib king of Assyria departed, and went and returned, and dwelt at Nineveh. And it came to pass, as he was worshipping in the house of Nisroch his god, that Adrammelech and Sharezer his sons smote him with the sword: and they escaped into the land of Armenia. And Esarhaddon his son reigned in his stead.
Page 191 - The lofty looks of man shall be humbled, and the haughtiness of men shall be bowed down, and the Lord alone shall be exalted in that day.
Page 46 - Therefore is the name of it called Babel ; because the Lord did there confound the language of all the earth: and from thence did the Lord scatter them abroad upon the face of all the earth.
Page 217 - Thus saith the LORD; Cursed be the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from the LORD.
Page 354 - For their vine is of the vine of Sodom, and of the fields of Gomorrah : their grapes are grapes of gall, their clusters are bitter : Their wine is the poison of dragons, and the cruel venom of asps.
Page 178 - The wilderness and the solitary place shall be glad for them; and the desert shall rejoice, and blossom as the rose. It shall blossom abundantly, and rejoice even with joy and singing: the glory of Lebanon shall be given unto it, the excellency of Carmel and Shar'on, they shall see the glory of the LORD, and the excellency of our God.