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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... taken , which are natural properties and particular manners of the countries to which they refer : I discerned this in my first voyage to the Indies ; for I gradually found a greater sense and beauty in divers passages of scripture than ...
... taken , which are natural properties and particular manners of the countries to which they refer : I discerned this in my first voyage to the Indies ; for I gradually found a greater sense and beauty in divers passages of scripture than ...
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... he was only a sovereign prince in India ; but , on account of his unparalleled sanctity , God had taken him up to heaven alive . " VON STRAHLENBERG's Siberia , p . 409. ́ . No. 4.-ix. 4. But flesh with the life thereof , 4 GENESIS .
... he was only a sovereign prince in India ; but , on account of his unparalleled sanctity , God had taken him up to heaven alive . " VON STRAHLENBERG's Siberia , p . 409. ́ . No. 4.-ix. 4. But flesh with the life thereof , 4 GENESIS .
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... taken away , was left intire , and flapped over the wound , and was fastened to the cor- responding part by two or more small skewers or pins . Whether they had put any thing under the skin , between that and the wounded flesh , I know ...
... taken away , was left intire , and flapped over the wound , and was fastened to the cor- responding part by two or more small skewers or pins . Whether they had put any thing under the skin , between that and the wounded flesh , I know ...
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... taken a very active part in preparing to entertain the angels . But when it is said that he ran to the herd , and fetched a calf , we must not understand him as de- scending to an office either menial or unbecoming his rank , since we ...
... taken a very active part in preparing to entertain the angels . But when it is said that he ran to the herd , and fetched a calf , we must not understand him as de- scending to an office either menial or unbecoming his rank , since we ...
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... taken from that ani- mal's body , to the owner of the cattle ; having done this , he shall be no farther answerable ; if he neglects to act thus , he shall make good the loss . " Probably this last circumstance is alluded to in Amos iii ...
... taken from that ani- mal's body , to the owner of the cattle ; having done this , he shall be no farther answerable ; if he neglects to act thus , he shall make good the loss . " Probably this last circumstance is alluded to in Amos iii ...
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