Oriental Customs: Or, An Illustration of the Sacred Scriptures, by an Explanatory Application of the Customs and Manners of the Eastern Nations and Especially the Jews Therein Alluded to : Together with Observations on Many Difficult and Obscure Texts Collected from the Most Celebrated Travellers, and the Most Eminent Critics, Volume 2William W. Woodward, 1807 - Bible |
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Page 51
... alludes to it in the following passage : Moris erat quondam festis servare diebus , Et natalitium cognatis ponere lardum , Accedente novā , si quam dabat hostią , carne . Sat. xi . 83 . But heretofore ' twas thought a sumptuous treat ...
... alludes to it in the following passage : Moris erat quondam festis servare diebus , Et natalitium cognatis ponere lardum , Accedente novā , si quam dabat hostią , carne . Sat. xi . 83 . But heretofore ' twas thought a sumptuous treat ...
Page 72
... awaited the nations which he then particular- ized , he says of the Kenites , Strong is thy dwelling , and thou puttest thy nest in a rock . Alluding herein to that 4 princely bird the eagle , which not only deligts 72 NUMBERS .
... awaited the nations which he then particular- ized , he says of the Kenites , Strong is thy dwelling , and thou puttest thy nest in a rock . Alluding herein to that 4 princely bird the eagle , which not only deligts 72 NUMBERS .
Page 86
... alluding to particular transactions in the lives of great men were frequently made use of to adorn their tombs . Tully has recorded concerning Archimedes , that a sphere and a cylinder were put upon his monument . PATRICK , in loc . 870 ...
... alluding to particular transactions in the lives of great men were frequently made use of to adorn their tombs . Tully has recorded concerning Archimedes , that a sphere and a cylinder were put upon his monument . PATRICK , in loc . 870 ...
Page 96
... alludes to the practice , and mentions that foxes and firebrands were every year exhibited at Rome , and killed in the circus . For it was the custom in many places to sacrifice by way of retaliation every animal , whether goat or swine ...
... alludes to the practice , and mentions that foxes and firebrands were every year exhibited at Rome , and killed in the circus . For it was the custom in many places to sacrifice by way of retaliation every animal , whether goat or swine ...
Page 150
... alludes to singing and dancing round the altar . The latter part seems to accord with what is said of Baal , 1 Kings xviii . 26-28 . where we read of the priests of Baal who leaped upon the altar they had made , which the Septuagint ...
... alludes to singing and dancing round the altar . The latter part seems to accord with what is said of Baal , 1 Kings xviii . 26-28 . where we read of the priests of Baal who leaped upon the altar they had made , which the Septuagint ...
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Aleppo Alex alludes allusion altar amongst ancient appears Arabs blessing blood bread brought caliph called ceremony Chardin Christ circumstance clothes crown custom customary David death divine drink earth East eastern Egypt Egyptians expression father feast fire garments GILL give gods gold Greeks hair hands HARMER hath head heathens Hebrews Hence Herodotus Hist Homer honour horse instance Israel Israelites JENNINGS's Jewish Jerusalem Jewish Jews Josephus Judea kind king king of Persia Lord Maimonides manner mentioned Moses mourning nations night observed Odyss offered Ovid passage passover PATRICK Persians person Philistines Plutarch practice prayer priest prince prophet Psalm Romans round sacred sacrifice Saul says Scythians servants shalt shew signifies Solomon speaking stones supposed Syria temple thee thing thou tion Trav Travels unto usual Vathek viii Virgil wash wine women words worship
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Page 210 - He shall have dominion also from sea to sea, and from the river unto the ends of the earth. They that dwell in the wilderness shall bow before him; and his enemies shall lick the dust.
Page 211 - Lord, how manifold are thy works! in wisdom hast thou made them all: the earth is full of thy riches. So is this great and wide sea, wherein are things creeping innumerable, both small and great beasts. There go the ships: there is that leviathan, whom thou hast made to play therein.
Page 389 - And when he had opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven about the space of half an hour.
Page 118 - And David put his hand in his bag, and took thence a stone, and slang it, and smote the Philistine in his forehead, that the stone sunk into his forehead; and he fell upon his face to the earth.
Page 329 - Now when he came nigh to the gate of the city, behold, there was a dead man carried out, the only son of his mother, and she was a widow: and much people of the city was with her.
Page 390 - But the court which is without the temple leave out, and measure it not; for it is given unto the Gentiles: and the holy city shall they tread under foot forty and two months.
Page 306 - The kingdom of heaven is like unto a certain king, which made a marriage for his son, and sent forth his servants to call them that were bidden to the wedding: and they would not come.
Page 250 - O thou afflicted, tossed with tempest, and not comforted, behold, I will lay thy stones with fair colours, and lay thy foundations with sapphires. And I will make thy windows of agates, and thy gates of carbuncles, and all thy borders of pleasant stones.
Page 339 - And when they were come to the place, which is called Calvary, there they crucified him, and the malefactors, one on the right hand, and the other on the left. Then said Jesus, Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do.
Page 207 - They have seen thy goings, O God; even the goings of my God, my King, in the sanctuary.