Manners and Customs Noticed in Various Passages of Holy Scripture: Illustrated by Extracts from the Works of TravellersSociety for Promoting Christian Knowledge ; sold at the Depository, Great Queen Street, Lincoln's Inn Fields; and 4, Royal Exchange; and by all booksellers, 1845 - Bible - 452 pages |
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... Corn - Food in Egypt - Beans - Red Pottage - Milk - Churning -Butter and Honey - Honey or Dipse - Savoury Meat - Locusts -Salt 108 142 . 172 CHAPTER VII . HOSPITALITY . The Menzil - Bedouin Hospitality viii CONTENTS .
... Corn - Food in Egypt - Beans - Red Pottage - Milk - Churning -Butter and Honey - Honey or Dipse - Savoury Meat - Locusts -Salt 108 142 . 172 CHAPTER VII . HOSPITALITY . The Menzil - Bedouin Hospitality viii CONTENTS .
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... butter and water - skins , & c . " These tents are kept firm and steady by bracing , or stretching down their eaves with cords , tied to hooked wooden pins , well pointed , which they drive into the ground with a mallet ; one of these ...
... butter and water - skins , & c . " These tents are kept firm and steady by bracing , or stretching down their eaves with cords , tied to hooked wooden pins , well pointed , which they drive into the ground with a mallet ; one of these ...
Page 142
... butter and water - skins , the leather in which camels are watered , and the leather bucket in which the water is drawn up from deep wells , a few copper pans used in cookery , the hand - mill , the mortar in which wheat is pounded ...
... butter and water - skins , the leather in which camels are watered , and the leather bucket in which the water is drawn up from deep wells , a few copper pans used in cookery , the hand - mill , the mortar in which wheat is pounded ...
Page 172
... BUTTER AND HONEY - HONEY OR DIPSE - SAVOURY MEAT - LOCUSTS - SALT . BREAD - BAKING - OVENS . GENESIS Xviii . 6 . " And Abraham hastened into the tent unto Sarah , and said , Make ready quickly three measures of fine meal , knead it ...
... BUTTER AND HONEY - HONEY OR DIPSE - SAVOURY MEAT - LOCUSTS - SALT . BREAD - BAKING - OVENS . GENESIS Xviii . 6 . " And Abraham hastened into the tent unto Sarah , and said , Make ready quickly three measures of fine meal , knead it ...
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... as the coals themselves , and not much whiter within . After breaking it up small in a dish while still warm , they mixed with it some of the butter N they had stolen , and thus made their meal . ARAB BREAKFAST . 177.
... as the coals themselves , and not much whiter within . After breaking it up small in a dish while still warm , they mixed with it some of the butter N they had stolen , and thus made their meal . ARAB BREAKFAST . 177.
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ancient Arab Arab Tribes Asia Minor Barbary beautiful Bedouins behold bread bride bridegroom brought butter cakes called CALMET camels caravanserai cave chamber children of Israel cloth colours court covered custom Damascus desert door dress dwell East Eastern Egypt enter feast feet flocks friends garments gate gathered GENESIS girdle give goats gold guests hair hand harem HARMER'S Observations hath head Holy ISAIAH Israelites Jerusalem Jesus Jews JOSEPHUS Journey Judea Kamr kind king linen Lord LUKE manner marriage MATT milk Mission of Enquiry Modern Egyptians mountains Nestorians night ornaments pass passage passover Persia persons Pharisees piece present PSALM rock roof round saith Scripture sepulchres servant side Sisera skin stone street Syria tabernacle temple tent thee thou shalt tombs took Travels unto usually wall wash wear wife woman women writes xviii
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Page 283 - For they bind heavy burdens and grievous to be borne, and lay them on men's shoulders; but they themselves will not move them with one of their fingers. But all their works they do for to be seen of men: they make broad their phylacteries, and enlarge the borders of their garments, and love the uppermost rooms at feasts, and the chief seats in the synagogues, and greetings in the markets, and to be called of men, Rabbi, Rabbi.
Page 107 - And when Joseph had taken the body, he wrapped it in a clean linen cloth, and laid it in his own new tomb, which he had hewn out in the rock: and he rolled a great stone to the door of the sepulchre, and departed.
Page 50 - And it came to pass on a certain day, as he was teaching, that there were Pharisees and doctors of the law sitting by, which were come out of every town of Galilee, and Judea, and Jerusalem ; and the power of the Lord was present to heal them.
Page 205 - When thou art bidden of any man to a wedding, sit not down in the highest room...
Page 439 - Then said he to another, And how much owest thou ? And he said, An hundred measures of wheat. And he said unto him, Take thy bill, and write fourscore.
Page 205 - A certain man made a great supper, and bade many : and sent his servant at supper time to say to them that were bidden, ' Come ; for all things are now ready.' And they all with one consent began to make excuse.
Page 428 - For I am a man under authority, having soldiers under me, and I say to this man, go, and he goeth ; and to another, come, and he cometh ; and to my servant do this, and he doeth it.
Page 11 - And it shall come to pass, that every one that is left of all the nations which came against Jerusalem shall even go up from year to year to worship the King, the Lord of Hosts, and to keep the feast of tabernacles.
Page 205 - And, behold, a woman in the city, which was a sinner, when she knew that Jesus sat at meat in the Pharisee's house, brought an alabaster box of ointment, and stood at his feet behind him weeping, and began to wash his feet with tears, and did wipe them with the hairs of her head, and kissed his feet, and anointed them with the ointment.
Page 11 - In the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried, saying, If any man thirst, let him come unto me, and drink.