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... expression " from behind him , " seems to imply that she was following her husband , which to this day is the custom in India . 2. He also states that when men or women leave the house they never look back , as " it would be very ...
... expression " from behind him , " seems to imply that she was following her husband , which to this day is the custom in India . 2. He also states that when men or women leave the house they never look back , as " it would be very ...
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... expression " current , " seems to indicate some understood standard of value , either as to the purity of the silver or the weight , or both . " The Phenician merchants usually tried the silver themselves , and then , after dividing a ...
... expression " current , " seems to indicate some understood standard of value , either as to the purity of the silver or the weight , or both . " The Phenician merchants usually tried the silver themselves , and then , after dividing a ...
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... expression " lifted up " is often met with in the Scriptures in con- nection with the eyes . It does not always mean to look upward , but some- times to look directly and earnestly at an object . Roberts says , it is to this day a ...
... expression " lifted up " is often met with in the Scriptures in con- nection with the eyes . It does not always mean to look upward , but some- times to look directly and earnestly at an object . Roberts says , it is to this day a ...
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... expression " Sarah's tent " may mean nothing more than her apart- ment in the principal tent of the encampment , ( see Gen. xviii , 9 , 10 ; Judges iv , 18 ; and see note on Sol . Song i , 5 ; ) though it is sometimes customary for the ...
... expression " Sarah's tent " may mean nothing more than her apart- ment in the principal tent of the encampment , ( see Gen. xviii , 9 , 10 ; Judges iv , 18 ; and see note on Sol . Song i , 5 ; ) though it is sometimes customary for the ...
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... expressions illustrate the despicable conduct of Esau , who sold his priceless birthright for a mess of mean food , the emblem of worthlessness . 43.- CUSTOMS CONCERNING WELLS . XXVI , 15. All the wells which his father's servants had ...
... expressions illustrate the despicable conduct of Esau , who sold his priceless birthright for a mess of mean food , the emblem of worthlessness . 43.- CUSTOMS CONCERNING WELLS . XXVI , 15. All the wells which his father's servants had ...
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