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... travelers have , within a few years , entered new regions and brought to light facts hitherto unknown . The explorations of such men as Botta , Layard , Loftus , and Smith , and the labors of the Palestine Exploration Societies , both ...
... travelers have , within a few years , entered new regions and brought to light facts hitherto unknown . The explorations of such men as Botta , Layard , Loftus , and Smith , and the labors of the Palestine Exploration Societies , both ...
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... travelers say that the Arabs eat by the door of the tent in order to notice the stranger passing by , and to invite him to eat with them . In the case mentioned in the text Abraham had probably dined , and was resting after dinner . 9 ...
... travelers say that the Arabs eat by the door of the tent in order to notice the stranger passing by , and to invite him to eat with them . In the case mentioned in the text Abraham had probably dined , and was resting after dinner . 9 ...
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... travelers often refer to the earnestness with which this hospitality is urged upon them at the present day . It is not always , however , to be regarded as un- selfish ; in many in- stances a return be- ing expected from the traveler ...
... travelers often refer to the earnestness with which this hospitality is urged upon them at the present day . It is not always , however , to be regarded as un- selfish ; in many in- stances a return be- ing expected from the traveler ...
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... travelers , will illustrate the mode of preparing and eating food . The meat is boiled with camel's milk , and with wheat which has been previously boiled and then dried in the sun . It is served up in a large wooden dish , in the ...
... travelers , will illustrate the mode of preparing and eating food . The meat is boiled with camel's milk , and with wheat which has been previously boiled and then dried in the sun . It is served up in a large wooden dish , in the ...
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... travelers start on their journeys . The Scripture references to this custom are numerous . See , for instance , Gen. xix , 2 ; xxi , 14 ; xxviii , 18 ; Exod . xxxiv , 4 ; Job i , 5 ; Psa . lxiii , 1 . 2. We are not to imagine by the ...
... travelers start on their journeys . The Scripture references to this custom are numerous . See , for instance , Gen. xix , 2 ; xxi , 14 ; xxviii , 18 ; Exod . xxxiv , 4 ; Job i , 5 ; Psa . lxiii , 1 . 2. We are not to imagine by the ...
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