Oriental customs: or, An illustration of the Sacred scriptures by an explanatory application of the customs and manners of the Eastern nations, Volume 1Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1812 - Bible |
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... original : they are not however particularly dis- tinguished from the rest . I must here avail my- self of an opportunity to acknowledge my obli- gations to Mr. Gillingwater , of Harleston in Norfolk , for the very liberal manner in ...
... original : they are not however particularly dis- tinguished from the rest . I must here avail my- self of an opportunity to acknowledge my obli- gations to Mr. Gillingwater , of Harleston in Norfolk , for the very liberal manner in ...
Page xvi
... original form and order the Author has , in this new Edition , made additions and alterations in but a few places . Where this has been done it was either for the purpose of correction or improvement . It is his determination that the ...
... original form and order the Author has , in this new Edition , made additions and alterations in but a few places . Where this has been done it was either for the purpose of correction or improvement . It is his determination that the ...
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... original , The following extract from the Padma - purán , of which the translation is minutely exact , may afford a specimen of these conformities , which are strongly corroborative of the truth of the Mosaic history . It is evidently ...
... original , The following extract from the Padma - purán , of which the translation is minutely exact , may afford a specimen of these conformities , which are strongly corroborative of the truth of the Mosaic history . It is evidently ...
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... original patriarchal symbol . A similar idea occurs in Isaiah xxxviii . 10. I shall go to the GATES of the gribe ; and in Matt , xvi . 18. The GATES of hell shall not prevail to 967 3 } C against it . Nor is it impossible but our 5 ...
... original patriarchal symbol . A similar idea occurs in Isaiah xxxviii . 10. I shall go to the GATES of the gribe ; and in Matt , xvi . 18. The GATES of hell shall not prevail to 967 3 } C against it . Nor is it impossible but our 5 ...
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... original Hebrew . translated pieces of money , is kesitoth , which signifies lambs , with the figure of which the metal was doubt- less stamped . MAURICE'S Indian Antiquities , vol . vii . " " p . 470 . No. 26. - xxxvii . 34. Jacob rent ...
... original Hebrew . translated pieces of money , is kesitoth , which signifies lambs , with the figure of which the metal was doubt- less stamped . MAURICE'S Indian Antiquities , vol . vii . " " p . 470 . No. 26. - xxxvii . 34. Jacob rent ...
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Page 310 - I say unto you, Though he will not rise and give him, because he is his friend, yet because of his importunity he will rise and give him as many as he needeth.
Page 311 - And he answering said unto him, Lord, let it alone this year also, till I shall dig about it, and dung it: and if it bear fruit, well: and if not, then after that thou shalt cut it down.
Page 348 - And they that were with me saw indeed the light, and were afraid ; but they heard not the voice of him that spake to me.
Page 314 - And he said unto him, Thy brother is come ; and thy father hath killed the fatted calf, because he hath received him safe and sound.
Page 141 - In the day when the keepers of the house shall tremble, and the strong men shall bow themselves, and the grinders cease because they are few, and those that look out of the windows be darkened. And the doors shall be shut in the streets when the sound of the grinding is low...
Page 307 - And he turned to the woman, and said unto Simon, Seest thou this woman ? I entered into thine house, thou gavest me no water for my feet: but she hath washed my feet with tears, and wiped them with the hairs of her head.
Page 222 - This gate shall be shut, it shall not be opened, and no man shall enter in by it ; because the Lord, the God of Israel, hath entered in by it, therefore it shall be shut.
Page 161 - For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north: I will ascend above the heights of the clouds: I will be like the most High.
Page 79 - So Ahab went up to eat and to drink. And Elijah went up to the top of Carmel; and he cast himself down upon the earth, and put his face between his knees, and said to his servant, Go up now, look toward the sea.
Page 394 - And I will give power unto my two witnesses, and they shall prophesy a thousand two hundred and threescore days, clothed in sackcloth.