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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... unto salva- tion . But whatever relates either to faith or to prac- tice , was delivered in ages very distant from the present , in places very remote from the spot which we inhabit , and by persons of habits and manners materially ...
... unto salva- tion . But whatever relates either to faith or to prac- tice , was delivered in ages very distant from the present , in places very remote from the spot which we inhabit , and by persons of habits and manners materially ...
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... unto Sarah , and said , make ready quickly three measures of fine meal , knead it , and make cakes upon the hearth . ] These instructions are quite similar to the manners of the place , which even at present are little if any thing ...
... unto Sarah , and said , make ready quickly three measures of fine meal , knead it , and make cakes upon the hearth . ] These instructions are quite similar to the manners of the place , which even at present are little if any thing ...
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... - tofore so pleasant a country . " ( Travels , vol . i . p . 194. ) No. 11. - xxi . 23. Swear unto me here by God . ] This kind of oath appears not only to have been gene rally in use in the time of Abraham , but 12 GENESIS .
... - tofore so pleasant a country . " ( Travels , vol . i . p . 194. ) No. 11. - xxi . 23. Swear unto me here by God . ] This kind of oath appears not only to have been gene rally in use in the time of Abraham , but 12 GENESIS .
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... . xxiv . 2 , 3. And Abraham said unto his eldest servant of his house , that ruled over all that he had , put , Ipray thee , thy hand under my thigh , and I will make thee swear by + 1 the Lord . ] The present mode of swearing GENESIS . 13.
... . xxiv . 2 , 3. And Abraham said unto his eldest servant of his house , that ruled over all that he had , put , Ipray thee , thy hand under my thigh , and I will make thee swear by + 1 the Lord . ] The present mode of swearing GENESIS . 13.
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... unto his daughter Leah , Zilpah his maid , for an handmaid . ] Chardin ob- serves that none but very poor people marry a daughter in the East , without giving her a female slave for an handmaid , there being no hired servants there as ...
... unto his daughter Leah , Zilpah his maid , for an handmaid . ] Chardin ob- serves that none but very poor people marry a daughter in the East , without giving her a female slave for an handmaid , there being no hired servants there as ...
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