Illustrations of the Bible, Volume 1E. Churton, 1835 |
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... mountain , are toppling down upon the agonized multi- tude . Beyond the horizontal line the mountains are burst- ing , rocks are upheaved , the ocean rises from its bed , while the sluices of the skies are unlocked , and the torrents ...
... mountain , are toppling down upon the agonized multi- tude . Beyond the horizontal line the mountains are burst- ing , rocks are upheaved , the ocean rises from its bed , while the sluices of the skies are unlocked , and the torrents ...
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... mountain tops appear to break the measureless uni- formity of the watery waste . The waters had begun to subside . The dove hovers over an olive branch , which it is about to pluck and bear to the ark that appears faintly in the ...
... mountain tops appear to break the measureless uni- formity of the watery waste . The waters had begun to subside . The dove hovers over an olive branch , which it is about to pluck and bear to the ark that appears faintly in the ...
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... mountain before the bush , which is enveloped by the divine glory , in the act of fleeing from the miraculous form which his rod had assumed in obe- dience to the divine volition ; when he is arrested by the voice of God , calling to ...
... mountain before the bush , which is enveloped by the divine glory , in the act of fleeing from the miraculous form which his rod had assumed in obe- dience to the divine volition ; when he is arrested by the voice of God , calling to ...
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... mountain , and received from the hands of God " when he had made an end of communing with him upon Mount Sinai , two tables of the testimony , tables of stone written with the finger of God . " * In the picture , the summit of the holy ...
... mountain , and received from the hands of God " when he had made an end of communing with him upon Mount Sinai , two tables of the testimony , tables of stone written with the finger of God . " * In the picture , the summit of the holy ...
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... mountain , where he could overlook the whole encampment of the rebellious Israelites , accompanied by Joshua , who is seen at a little distance behind him on the right . On the tabular summit of a small detached portion of the hill ...
... mountain , where he could overlook the whole encampment of the rebellious Israelites , accompanied by Joshua , who is seen at a little distance behind him on the right . On the tabular summit of a small detached portion of the hill ...
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Aaron Abel Abel's Abraham Adam agony Almighty altar Amalek anger appears artist has endeavoured ascer awful Balaam Balak behold Benjamin's sack brother burnt offering C.GRAY Cain censer commanded curse daugh daughters death descending DESTROYING ANGEL distance divine earth Edom Egypt Egyptian encamped Esau father fire first-born flocks God's hast heaven Hebrew immediately incense ISAAC BLESSING Israel Israelites JACOB BLESSING Joseph kindled king Korah land of Canaan land of Egypt land of Goshen lawgiver lifted light Manasseh miracle Miriam Moab mother Mount MOUNT NEBO Mount Pisgah mountain NADAB AND ABIHU patriarch Pharaoh Pisgah plague plain Potiphar Rebekah Red Sea represented rock rod of Moses sacrifice scene SCPT seen sent serpent SHALEM shalt thou smote Sodom solemn sons stands supposed tabernacle tables tent thee three angels took tower tree tribes unto the Lord venerable visitation voice whilst wife wrath Zoar
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Page 13 - But Moses' hands were heavy; and they took a stone, and put it under him, and he sat thereon; and Aaron and Hur stayed up his hands, the one on the one side, and the other on the other side ; and his hands were steady until the going down of the sun. And Joshua discomfited Amalek and his people with the edge of the sword.
Page 5 - 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 27 - They and all that appertained to them went down alive into the pit and the earth closed upon them. And they perished from among the congregation, except Aaron who was brother onto Moses; so was he spared.
Page 16 - And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and took bread, and a bottle of water, and gave it unto Hagar, putting it on her shoulder, and the child, and sent her away: and she departed, and wandered in the wilderness of Beer-sheba.
Page 14 - Then the LORD rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the LORD out of heaven...
Page 29 - And the LORD sent fiery serpents among the people, and they bit the people; and much people of Israel died.
Page xxxviii - And Jacob rent his clothes, and put sackcloth upon his loins, and mourned for his son many days. And all his sons and all his daughters rose up to comfort him ; but he refused to be comforted ; and he said, For I will go down into the grave unto my son mourning.
Page 2 - In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened.
Page 19 - And it came to pass, when Moses came down from mount Sinai with the two tables of testimony in Moses' hand, when he came down from the mount, that Moses wist not that the skin of his face shone while he talked with him. And when Aaron and all the children of Israel saw Moses, behold, the skin of his face shone ; and they were afraid to come nigh him.