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Page 5
... fire when you use water ; you shave the beard , they shave the head ; you move the hat , they touch the breast ; you use the lips in salutation , they touch the forehead and the cheek ; your house looks outwards , their house looks ...
... fire when you use water ; you shave the beard , they shave the head ; you move the hat , they touch the breast ; you use the lips in salutation , they touch the forehead and the cheek ; your house looks outwards , their house looks ...
Page 14
... Fire- burnt bricks were sometimes laid as an outer covering to walls of sun - dried brick . The finest quality of bricks was of a yellow color , resembling our fire- bricks ; another very hard kind was of a dark blue ; the commoner and ...
... Fire- burnt bricks were sometimes laid as an outer covering to walls of sun - dried brick . The finest quality of bricks was of a yellow color , resembling our fire- bricks ; another very hard kind was of a dark blue ; the commoner and ...
Page 15
... fire is represented to be in other parts of the Scriptures . Roberts says that in India the burning lamp or fire is still used in confirma- tion of a covenant . If one's promise is doubted he will point to the flame of the lamp , saying ...
... fire is represented to be in other parts of the Scriptures . Roberts says that in India the burning lamp or fire is still used in confirma- tion of a covenant . If one's promise is doubted he will point to the flame of the lamp , saying ...
Page 16
... fire as a witness of the transaction . " Fire is the witness of their covenant , and , if they break it , fire will be their destruction . " -Orient . Illus . , p . 21 . 7. - RELIGION OF NAMES . XVI , 13. And she called the name of the ...
... fire as a witness of the transaction . " Fire is the witness of their covenant , and , if they break it , fire will be their destruction . " -Orient . Illus . , p . 21 . 7. - RELIGION OF NAMES . XVI , 13. And she called the name of the ...
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... fire had been kindled and the embers brushed off , when the dough was placed on the ground and the embers raked over it . In either way the bread would soon be ready for the guests . See also 1 Kings xvii , 12 , 13 ; xix , 6 . Palmer ...
... fire had been kindled and the embers brushed off , when the dough was placed on the ground and the embers raked over it . In either way the bread would soon be ready for the guests . See also 1 Kings xvii , 12 , 13 ; xix , 6 . Palmer ...
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aliyah allusion altar ancient Egyptians asherah Assyrian Baal Bible called camels ceremonies Chron court covered cubits custom customary Deut divination East Egypt ephod Exod Ezek fastened father feast feet garments gate Gesenius give gold Greeks hand head heathen Hebrews Holy idol idolatrous illustration images Israelites Jerusalem Jesus Jewish Jews John John xix Kings Lord Luke Maimonides Mark means mentioned mode mourning Nazarite Nisroch note on Gen note on Matt offered Oriental ornamented Palestine passage Passover Persians Pharisees priests probably prophet Prov referred rendered represented Romans roof sacrifice Sadducees says servant shekel silver Solomon Solomon's Temple sometimes stone supposed synagogue Tabernacle temple tent teraphim thee Thou shalt unto verse viii wall wine women wood word worship xvii xviii xxii xxiii xxiv xxvi xxvii