The Popular Cyclopædia of Biblical Literature: Condensed from the Larger WorkGould and Lincoln, 1856 - 800 pages |
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... east and south - east , that there might be no danger of their interference with Isaac , the divinely appointed heir . There was time for this : for Abraham lived to the age of 175 years , 100 of which he had spent in the land of Canaan ...
... east and south - east , that there might be no danger of their interference with Isaac , the divinely appointed heir . There was time for this : for Abraham lived to the age of 175 years , 100 of which he had spent in the land of Canaan ...
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... East the arable lands were not divided by hedges into The boundaries of lands were therefore marked by stones as landmarks , which , even in pa- triarchal times , it was deemed a heinous wrong to remove ( Job . xxiv . 2 ) ; and the law ...
... East the arable lands were not divided by hedges into The boundaries of lands were therefore marked by stones as landmarks , which , even in pa- triarchal times , it was deemed a heinous wrong to remove ( Job . xxiv . 2 ) ; and the law ...
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... east . ALABASTER . This word occurs in the New Testament only in the notice of the ala- baster box , ' or rather vessel , of ointment of spikenard , very precious , ' which a woman broke , and with its valuable contents anointed the ...
... east . ALABASTER . This word occurs in the New Testament only in the notice of the ala- baster box , ' or rather vessel , of ointment of spikenard , very precious , ' which a woman broke , and with its valuable contents anointed the ...
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... East , a second Rome . The city was founded in B.c. 332 , and was built under the superintendence of the same architect ( Dinocrates ) who had rebuilt the Temple of Diana at Ephesus . The ancient city appears to have been of seven times ...
... East , a second Rome . The city was founded in B.c. 332 , and was built under the superintendence of the same architect ( Dinocrates ) who had rebuilt the Temple of Diana at Ephesus . The ancient city appears to have been of seven times ...
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... East . By these means , the whole trade was fixed at Alexandria , which thus became the chief mart of all the traffic between the East and West , and which continued to be the greatest emporium in the world for above seventeen cen ...
... East . By these means , the whole trade was fixed at Alexandria , which thus became the chief mart of all the traffic between the East and West , and which continued to be the greatest emporium in the world for above seventeen cen ...
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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