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... sometimes of gold . To this custom of feet - washing the Saviour refers when he mildly reproves Simon the Pharisee , at whose house he was a guest , for neglecting to give him water for this purpose . Luke vii , 44. Paul , when writing ...
... sometimes of gold . To this custom of feet - washing the Saviour refers when he mildly reproves Simon the Pharisee , at whose house he was a guest , for neglecting to give him water for this purpose . Luke vii , 44. Paul , when writing ...
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... sometimes the privilege of suggesting their personal preferences to their parents . Thus Shechem did ( Gen. xxxiv , 4 ; ) and also Samson . Judges xiv , 2 . 31. - WELLS . XXIV , 11. He made his camels to kneel down without the city by a ...
... sometimes the privilege of suggesting their personal preferences to their parents . Thus Shechem did ( Gen. xxxiv , 4 ; ) and also Samson . Judges xiv , 2 . 31. - WELLS . XXIV , 11. He made his camels to kneel down without the city by a ...
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... Sometimes a long stone block is hollowed out , from which a number of animals can drink at once ; and some- times the troughs are smaller , several of them lying about the same well , each so small as to accommodate only one animal at a ...
... Sometimes a long stone block is hollowed out , from which a number of animals can drink at once ; and some- times the troughs are smaller , several of them lying about the same well , each so small as to accommodate only one animal at a ...
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... sometimes are as large as three inches . Beads , coral , or jewels , are strung upon them . They are usually hung from the right nostril , though sometimes from the left , and occasionally they are suspended from the middle filament of ...
... sometimes are as large as three inches . Beads , coral , or jewels , are strung upon them . They are usually hung from the right nostril , though sometimes from the left , and occasionally they are suspended from the middle filament of ...
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... sometimes customary for the women to have separate tents of their own , as seems to have been the case with Leah and Rachel . Gen. xxxi , 33. This would doubtless be desirable where there were more wives than one . 2. There is no ...
... sometimes customary for the women to have separate tents of their own , as seems to have been the case with Leah and Rachel . Gen. xxxi , 33. This would doubtless be desirable where there were more wives than one . 2. There is no ...
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