The Antiquities of Egypt: With a Particular Notice of Those that Illustrate the Sacred Scriptures, with Numerous Engravings |
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... embalming both men and animals , a custom which was uni- versal among them . The plague , which now makes its ... embalming there as an idolatrous custom . The account here given in Scripture of the time occupied by the process of ...
... embalming both men and animals , a custom which was uni- versal among them . The plague , which now makes its ... embalming there as an idolatrous custom . The account here given in Scripture of the time occupied by the process of ...
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... embalming of Israel , it may be inferred that the first of them , which was pro- perly the embalming , occupied forty days , and that during the rest of the time the body was steeped in the infusion of natron . The public mourning in ...
... embalming of Israel , it may be inferred that the first of them , which was pro- perly the embalming , occupied forty days , and that during the rest of the time the body was steeped in the infusion of natron . The public mourning in ...
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... embalmed and put into a coffin , ver . 26 , still conforming to the Egyptian usage , of which so many examples occur in all collections of the antiquities of that country . We reasonably conclude that other customs also , as well as ...
... embalmed and put into a coffin , ver . 26 , still conforming to the Egyptian usage , of which so many examples occur in all collections of the antiquities of that country . We reasonably conclude that other customs also , as well as ...
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... embalming the dead was practised by the Israelites , a custom peculiarly Egyptian . The jewels of silver , and jewels of gold , and raiment , which were obtained by the Hebrews from the Egyptians would be of the make and fashion of ...
... embalming the dead was practised by the Israelites , a custom peculiarly Egyptian . The jewels of silver , and jewels of gold , and raiment , which were obtained by the Hebrews from the Egyptians would be of the make and fashion of ...
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... embalmed bodies of the poorer classes ( sometimes in coffins , but generally with no other receptacle than the thick swathing of linen in which they were always enveloped ) are piled with great care and regularity , and in incredible ...
... embalmed bodies of the poorer classes ( sometimes in coffins , but generally with no other receptacle than the thick swathing of linen in which they were always enveloped ) are piled with great care and regularity , and in incredible ...
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Abraham Abydos according afterwards alphabet already Amenti Amenumis Amoun ancient Egypt animal antiquity appears blessing British Museum captives Champollion characters children of Israel convey Coptic deceased denoted Divine earth Egyptian mythology Egyptian priests eighteenth dynasty embalming engraving entire erected Ethiopia evidently existing Exod gods Greek authors heart heaven hieroglyphic hieroglyphic name history of Egypt Horapollo idea idolatry inhabitants inscribed inscription inspired narrative invasion Jews Joseph kings of Egypt land of Egypt language lists of Manetho Lord Manetho Memphis Menes Mizraim mode monarch monuments of Egypt Moses mummy mythology nations Nile Nubia obelisk Osiris Osortasen palace period Pharaoh picture preserved probably Ptolemy pyramids race Ramses Ramses II reads recorded reign remains represented Scripture Sesostris Sethos shepherds Shishak singular soul successor symbol tablet of Abydos temples Thebes Thoth Thothmosis thou throne tion tombs triad truth unto Upper Egypt whole word worship writing written
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Page 11 - Come near to me. I pray you. And they came near. And he said, I am Joseph your brother, whom ye sold into Egypt. Now therefore be not grieved, nor angry with yourselves, that ye sold me hither: for God did send me before you to preserve life.
Page 30 - And Moses stretched forth his hand over the sea, and the sea returned to his strength when the morning appeared; and the Egyptians fled against it; and the LORD overthrew the Egyptians in the midst of the sea. And the waters returned, and covered the chariots, and the horsemen, and all the host of Pharaoh that came into the sea after them ; there remained not so much as one of them.
Page 10 - Then Joseph could not refrain himself before all them that stood by him; and he cried, Cause every man to go out from me.
Page 40 - In that day shall there be a highway out of Egypt to Assyria, and the Assyrian shall come into Egypt, and the Egyptian into Assyria, and the Egyptians shall serve with the Assyrians. In that day shall Israel be the third with Egypt and with Assyria, even a blessing in the midst of the land : whom the Lord of Hosts shall bless, saying, " Blessed be Egypt my people, and Assyria the work of my hands, and Israel mine inheritance.
Page 165 - And they said, Go to, let us build us a city, and a tower, whose top may reach unto heaven ; and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth.
Page 21 - Come on, let us deal wisely with them; lest they multiply, and it come to pass, that, when there falleth out any war, they join also unto our enemies, and fight against us, and so get them up out of the land.
Page 28 - And he called for Moses and Aaron by night, and said, Rise up, and get you forth from among my people, both ye and the children of Israel; and go, serve the LORD, as ye have said. 32 Also take your flocks and your herds, as ye have said, and be gone; and bless me also.
Page 57 - I have filled him with the spirit of God, in wisdom, and in understanding, and in knowledge, and in all manner of workmanship, to devise cunning works, to work in gold, and in silver, and in brass, and in cutting of stones, to set them, and in carving of timber, to work in all manner of workmanship.
Page 19 - God is not a man, that he should lie;. neither the son of man, that he should repent: hath he said, and shall he not do it ? or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good?
Page 29 - And the LORD gave the people favour in the sight of the Egyptians, so that they lent unto them such things as they required. And they spoiled the Egyptians.