The Popular Cyclopædia of Biblical Literature: Condensed from the Larger WorkGould and Lincoln, 1856 - 800 pages |
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Page 14
... common with other Eastern nations . It was believed that the abyss , or sea of fathomless waters , encompassed the whole earth . The earth floated on the abyss , of which it covered only a small part . Accord- ing to the same notion ...
... common with other Eastern nations . It was believed that the abyss , or sea of fathomless waters , encompassed the whole earth . The earth floated on the abyss , of which it covered only a small part . Accord- ing to the same notion ...
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... common to our nature ; but its operation is less marked in those countries where the equalizing influences of high civilization lessen the peculiar privileges of the paternal character , and where the security and the well- observed ...
... common to our nature ; but its operation is less marked in those countries where the equalizing influences of high civilization lessen the peculiar privileges of the paternal character , and where the security and the well- observed ...
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... common reaping - hook , while the other had more resemblance in its shape to a scythe , and in the Egyptian examples appears to have been toothed . The reapers were the owners and their children , men - servants and women - servants ...
... common reaping - hook , while the other had more resemblance in its shape to a scythe , and in the Egyptian examples appears to have been toothed . The reapers were the owners and their children , men - servants and women - servants ...
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... common in Egypt . It is a sort of 19. Threshing by the Noreg . frame of wood , in which are inserted three wooden rollers , armed with iron teeth , & c . It bears a sort of seat or chair , in which the driver sits to give the benefit of ...
... common in Egypt . It is a sort of 19. Threshing by the Noreg . frame of wood , in which are inserted three wooden rollers , armed with iron teeth , & c . It bears a sort of seat or chair , in which the driver sits to give the benefit of ...
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... common version is in Hebrew ACHLAMAH , and is the name of the precious stone mentioned in Scripture as the ninth in the breastplate of the high - priest ( Exod . xxviii . 19 ; xxxix . 12 ) : in the New Testament the precise word ...
... common version is in Hebrew ACHLAMAH , and is the name of the precious stone mentioned in Scripture as the ninth in the breastplate of the high - priest ( Exod . xxviii . 19 ; xxxix . 12 ) : in the New Testament the precise word ...
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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