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 : Collected from the Most Celebrated Travellers, and the Most Eminent Critics |
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... fire . It is remark- able that both these primitive customs have been faith- fully preserved in the heathen world ; -- The Canaanites caused their first born to pass through the fire , with a view of appeasing the anger of their false ...
... fire . It is remark- able that both these primitive customs have been faith- fully preserved in the heathen world ; -- The Canaanites caused their first born to pass through the fire , with a view of appeasing the anger of their false ...
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... fire , which was kept perpetually burning ; while the blood , in singular con- formity with the levitical ordinances , was sprinkled , partly upon the surrounding multitude , partly upon the trees of the hallowed grove , and partly upon ...
... fire , which was kept perpetually burning ; while the blood , in singular con- formity with the levitical ordinances , was sprinkled , partly upon the surrounding multitude , partly upon the trees of the hallowed grove , and partly upon ...
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... fire and kettle to dress it . " SHAW's Travels , p . 301 . whilst the princess is im- No. 10.— xix . 24. The Lord rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah , brimstone and fire . ] These cities are said by Moses , on account of their ...
... fire and kettle to dress it . " SHAW's Travels , p . 301 . whilst the princess is im- No. 10.— xix . 24. The Lord rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah , brimstone and fire . ] These cities are said by Moses , on account of their ...
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... fire , and an inundation of boiling sulphureous water . ( STRAB . Geog . lib . xvi . ) Maundrell visited the lake Asphaltis in the year 1697 , and makes the following observations upon it . << Being desirous to see the remains , ( if ...
... fire , and an inundation of boiling sulphureous water . ( STRAB . Geog . lib . xvi . ) Maundrell visited the lake Asphaltis in the year 1697 , and makes the following observations upon it . << Being desirous to see the remains , ( if ...
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... fire shall surely make restitution . ] It is a common management in the East , to set the dry herbage on fire before the autumnal rains , which fires , for want of care , often do great da- mage . Moses has taken notice of fires of this ...
... fire shall surely make restitution . ] It is a common management in the East , to set the dry herbage on fire before the autumnal rains , which fires , for want of care , often do great da- mage . Moses has taken notice of fires of this ...
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