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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... signifies lambs , with the figure of which the metal was doubtless stamped . MAURICE'S Indian Antiquities , vol . vii . p . 470 . No. 26 .-- xxxvii . 34. Jacob rent his clothes . ] This ceremony is very ancient , and is frequently ...
... signifies lambs , with the figure of which the metal was doubtless stamped . MAURICE'S Indian Antiquities , vol . vii . p . 470 . No. 26 .-- xxxvii . 34. Jacob rent his clothes . ] This ceremony is very ancient , and is frequently ...
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... signified in the prophetic writ- ings a temporal prince or ruler , yet had a secret and hidden meaning likewise . A ... signify the image of your God ; for a star being employed in the hieroglyphics to signify God , it is used here with ...
... signified in the prophetic writ- ings a temporal prince or ruler , yet had a secret and hidden meaning likewise . A ... signify the image of your God ; for a star being employed in the hieroglyphics to signify God , it is used here with ...
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... signifies their leathern bags , in both which they used to carry things in travelling . No. 70. - xxviii . 24. The Lord shall make the rain of thy land powder and dust . ] An extract from Sir T. Roe's Embassy , p . 373 , will greatly ...
... signifies their leathern bags , in both which they used to carry things in travelling . No. 70. - xxviii . 24. The Lord shall make the rain of thy land powder and dust . ] An extract from Sir T. Roe's Embassy , p . 373 , will greatly ...
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... signify it to as many as they possibly could reach , before the time commanded for the observation of the feast or fast was expired . ' LEVI's Rites and Ceremonies of the Jews , p . 25 . No. 94. xx . 30. Thou son of the perverse ...
... signify it to as many as they possibly could reach , before the time commanded for the observation of the feast or fast was expired . ' LEVI's Rites and Ceremonies of the Jews , p . 25 . No. 94. xx . 30. Thou son of the perverse ...
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... signifying and not ) sinners in the congrega- tion of the righteous . ( Psalm ix . 18. Psalm xxxviii . 1 . Psalm lxxv . 5. Prov . xxiv . 12. ) If then there are in fact many such instances , the question is , whether the ne- gative ...
... signifying and not ) sinners in the congrega- tion of the righteous . ( Psalm ix . 18. Psalm xxxviii . 1 . Psalm lxxv . 5. Prov . xxiv . 12. ) If then there are in fact many such instances , the question is , whether the ne- gative ...
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