The sacred mirror; or, Compendious view of Scripture historyLongman and Rees,and J.Harris, 1803 |
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Aaron Abimelech Accordingly afterward Almighty altar Ammonites apostles Aristobulus army assured Balaam began blessed brethren brother brought calamities Canaan caused Christ commanded compelled conduct consequence David death Deity destruction disciples Divine dominions dreadful earnestly earth effect Egypt Egyptians enemy Esau exclaimed expiration famine father gave hands heaven Hebrews Hebron Hereupon Herod high-priest holy hundred idolatrous idols immediately inhabitants Isaac Israel Israelites Jacob Jehoram Jeroboam Jerusalem Jesus Jewish Jews Joab Joseph Joshua Judah Judea king kingdom land land of Goshen length Levites Lord metropolis Midian miracles monarch Moses nation occasion offered Passover patriarch persons Pharaoh Pharisees Philistines pious prediction present priests prince prodigious promise prophet punishment received Rehoboam reign request resolved retire returned royal sacred sacrifice Samaria Saul sent seven Shechem solemn sons soon sooner Syrian temple thee thou thousand throne tion took transaction tribes unto victory vouchsafed whilst worship
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Page 51 - The seven good kine are seven years ; and the seven good ears are seven years : the dream is one.
Page 51 - Behold, there come seven years of great plenty throughout all the land of Egypt: and there shall arise after them seven years of famine...
Page 32 - Let down thy pitcher, I pray thee, that I may drink ; and she shall say, Drink, and I will give thy camels drink also: let the same be she that thou hast appointed for thy servant Isaac; and thereby shall I know that thou hast shewed kindness unto my master.
Page 7 - And now art thou cursed from the earth, which hath opened her mouth to receive thy brother's blood from thy hand; when thou tillest the ground, it shall not henceforth yield unto thee her strength; a fugitive and a vagabond shalt thou be in the earth.
Page 70 - And I will give this people favour in the sight of the Egyptians: and it shall come to pass, that, when ye go, ye shall not go empty: but every woman shall borrow of her neighbour, and of her that sojourneth in her house, jewels of silver, and jewels of gold, and raiment: and ye shall put them upon your sons, and upon your daughters; and ye shall spoil the Egyptians.
Page 131 - And the Lord said to Samuel, Behold, I will do a thing in Israel, at which both the ears of every one that heareth it shall tingle. In that day I will perform against Eli all things which I have spoken concerning his house : when I begin, I will also make an end. For I have told him, that I will judge his house for ever, for the iniquity which he knoweth ; because his sons made themselves vile, and he restrained them not.
Page 57 - 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 266 - Take, eat, this is my body which is given for you ; do this in remembrance of me. Likewise after supper he took the cup ; and when he had given thanks, he gave it to them, saying, Drink ye all of this ; for this is my blood of the new testament, which is shed for you, and for many, for the remission of sins : do this, as oft as ye shall drink it, in remembrance of me.
Page 7 - Behold, thou hast driven me out this day from the face of the earth; and from thy face shall I be hid: and I shall be a fugitive and a vagabond in the earth; and it shall come to pass, that every one that findeth me shall slay me.
Page 142 - And David said unto Saul, Thy servant kept his father's sheep, and there came a lion and a bear and took a lamb out of the flock ; and I went out after him, and smote him, and delivered it out of his mouth : and when he arose against me, I caught him by his beard, and smote him, and slew him. Thy servant slew both the lion and the bear ; and this uncircumcised Philistine shall be as one of them, seeing he hath defied the armies of the living God.