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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... kings should be obedient to him , and advance his affairs ; that the cause of true religion should flourish ; that peace and tranquillity should prevail , and discord and trouble cease . ( HYDE , de Relig . vet . Pers . c . 31 ...
... kings should be obedient to him , and advance his affairs ; that the cause of true religion should flourish ; that peace and tranquillity should prevail , and discord and trouble cease . ( HYDE , de Relig . vet . Pers . c . 31 ...
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... kings of Moab is said to have offered up his eldest son as a burnt offering , when in danger from the superior prowess of the Edomites . 2 Kings , iii . 27 . Nor was the belief , that the gods were rendered propi- tious by this ...
... kings of Moab is said to have offered up his eldest son as a burnt offering , when in danger from the superior prowess of the Edomites . 2 Kings , iii . 27 . Nor was the belief , that the gods were rendered propi- tious by this ...
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... king , having drunk mead , 5. “ Became senseless , and lay asleep naked ; then was he seen by C'HARMA , and by him were his two brothers called . 6. " To whom he said , what now has befallen ? in what state is this our sire ? By those ...
... king , having drunk mead , 5. “ Became senseless , and lay asleep naked ; then was he seen by C'HARMA , and by him were his two brothers called . 6. " To whom he said , what now has befallen ? in what state is this our sire ? By those ...
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... king's GATE ; in Lamentations v . 14. that the elders have ceased from the GATE ; and , in Ruth iii . 11. it is used in a sense remarkably figurative , all the GATE , ( that is house ) of my people know thou art virtuous . In the se ...
... king's GATE ; in Lamentations v . 14. that the elders have ceased from the GATE ; and , in Ruth iii . 11. it is used in a sense remarkably figurative , all the GATE , ( that is house ) of my people know thou art virtuous . In the se ...
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... king , and that , when their accounts were examined and cast up , the one was acquitted , while the other was found ... king's head ; " ( GENESIS . 23.
... king , and that , when their accounts were examined and cast up , the one was acquitted , while the other was found ... king's head ; " ( GENESIS . 23.
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