Observations Upon the Plagues Inflicted Upon the Egyptians: In which is Shewn the Peculiarity of Those Judgments, and Their Correspondence with the Rites and Idolatries of that People. To which is Prefixed, a Prefatory Discourse, Concerning the Grecian Colonies from Egypt |
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... reading , observing , and forming an unbiassed opinion , to do honour to the religion which I profess , and to authenticate the Scriptures upon which it is founded . OF Egyptian Rites , and of the Colonies by which iv PREFACE .
... reading , observing , and forming an unbiassed opinion , to do honour to the religion which I profess , and to authenticate the Scriptures upon which it is founded . OF Egyptian Rites , and of the Colonies by which iv PREFACE .
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... formed rites to the last degree foul and abo- minable . We learn from Herodotus and other writers , that the most bestial and un- natural practices were carried on within the precincts of their temples , for which the neat- ness and ...
... formed rites to the last degree foul and abo- minable . We learn from Herodotus and other writers , that the most bestial and un- natural practices were carried on within the precincts of their temples , for which the neat- ness and ...
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... formed ; but half putrified : from whence they proceeded in swarms . The oestrum is well known to be generated from hence . Οιστρον εκ των εν τοις ποταμοις επιπλέοντων ζωαρίων απογενναται . I be- lieve most of the tribes of gnats and ...
... formed ; but half putrified : from whence they proceeded in swarms . The oestrum is well known to be generated from hence . Οιστρον εκ των εν τοις ποταμοις επιπλέοντων ζωαρίων απογενναται . I be- lieve most of the tribes of gnats and ...
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... formed in rocks of Upper 2 ' Eusebii Chron . p . 14. 1. 46. See Syncellus , p . 57 . Expressed sometimes Athosthis - Alwadis . 3 According to Seleucus they amounted to 20,000 , ac- cording to another person to 36,525 . But this is a ...
... formed in rocks of Upper 2 ' Eusebii Chron . p . 14. 1. 46. See Syncellus , p . 57 . Expressed sometimes Athosthis - Alwadis . 3 According to Seleucus they amounted to 20,000 , ac- cording to another person to 36,525 . But this is a ...
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... formed themselves in a huge " body all over the region , and had ruined all hopes of any fruits of the earth ; after they " had consumed all the herbage of the field , " without sparing the roots , and the leaves " of the trees with the ...
... formed themselves in a huge " body all over the region , and had ruined all hopes of any fruits of the earth ; after they " had consumed all the herbage of the field , " without sparing the roots , and the leaves " of the trees with the ...
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Aaron Accaron Ægyptus ancient animals Arabia Baal Baal-zephon Bedea behold brought called children of Israel Clysma consequence Coptic darkness deity Diodorus Diodorus Siculus divine earth Egyp Egyptians Ekron emblem encamped esteemed Etham evil Exod Exodus farther fire first-born flies Grecians Greek hail heaven Heliopolis Hence Herod Herodotus Ibid idolatry Israelites Josephus judgment king land of Egypt land of Goshen learned locusts Lord said unto Manetho mentioned Moses mountain night Nile nome Osiris particularly person Pharaoh plague Pliny Plutarch Pocock priests prophet Ptolemy purport Red-sea rites river sacred says seems sent serpent shew shewn signified speaks stiled Strabo supposed swarms temple thee things thou tians tion unto Moses wilderness word worship writers Αιγυπτιοι γαρ δε εις εκ εν επι θεον και κατα μεν παρα προς τας τε τοις τῷ Ων
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Page 213 - And the LORD said unto Moses, Make thee a fiery serpent, and set it upon a pole : and it shall come to pass, that every one that is bitten, when he looketh upon it shall live.
Page 167 - And it came to pass, that at midnight the LORD smote all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh that sat on his throne unto the firstborn of the captive that was in the dungeon; and all the firstborn of cattle.
Page 205 - Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, The Lord God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, hath sent me unto you: this is my name for ever, and this is my memorial unto all generations.
Page 353 - And the angel of God, which went before the camp of Israel, removed and went behind them ; and the pillar of the cloud went from before their face, and stood behind them : 20.
Page 167 - And Pharaoh rose up in the night, he, and all his servants, and all the Egyptians; and there was a great cry in Egypt ; for there was not a house where there was not one dead.
Page 213 - And the LORD sent fiery serpents among the people, and they bit the people ; and much people of Israel died.
Page 181 - And the taskmasters of the people went out, and their officers, and they spake to the people, saying, Thus saith Pharaoh, I will not give you straw. Go ye, get you straw where ye can find it : yet not ought of your work shall be diminished.
Page 223 - And the LORD said unto him, Who hath made man's mouth? or who maketh the dumb, or deaf, or the seeing, or the blind? have not I the LORD? Now therefore go, and I will be with thy mouth, and teach thee what thou shalt say.
Page 108 - And Moses went out of the city from Pharaoh, and spread abroad his hands unto the LORD: and the thunders and hail ceased, and the rain was not poured upon the earth. 34 And when Pharaoh saw that the rain and the hail and the thunders were ceased, he sinned yet more, and hardened his heart, he and his servants.
Page 249 - And it came to pass on the third day in the morning, that there were thunders and lightnings, and a thick cloud upon the mount, and the voice of the trumpet exceeding loud ; so that all the people that was in the camp trembled.