Oriental Customs: Or, An Illustration of the Sacred Scriptures by an Explanatory Application of the Customs and Manners of the Eastern Nations and Especially the Jews, Therein Alluded To. Collected from the Most Celebrated Travellers, and the Most Eminent Critics, Volume 1C. Whittingham and sold by Williams and Smith, 1807 - Bible |
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... writers , not only that iron melts slowly even in the most violent fire , but also that it ignites , or becomes red - hot , long before it fuses ; and any one may observe the excessive brightness of iron when red or rather white - hot ...
... writers , not only that iron melts slowly even in the most violent fire , but also that it ignites , or becomes red - hot , long before it fuses ; and any one may observe the excessive brightness of iron when red or rather white - hot ...
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... No. 75.-x. 11. The Lord cast down great stones from heaven . ] Some writers are of opinion that this was hail , larger and more violent than usual ; others maintain that Joshua is to be understood literally , of a 54 JOSHUA .
... No. 75.-x. 11. The Lord cast down great stones from heaven . ] Some writers are of opinion that this was hail , larger and more violent than usual ; others maintain that Joshua is to be understood literally , of a 54 JOSHUA .
Page 82
... writing , but for subscribing with their seal ; indeed many of the Persians in high office could not write . In their rings they wear agates , which serve for a seal , on which is frequently engraved their name , and some verse from the ...
... writing , but for subscribing with their seal ; indeed many of the Persians in high office could not write . In their rings they wear agates , which serve for a seal , on which is frequently engraved their name , and some verse from the ...
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... writers suppose two different methods of expressing joy by a quick motion of the hand : the clapping of the hands , and that of one hand only , though these are confounded in our transla- tion . The former of these methods obtained ...
... writers suppose two different methods of expressing joy by a quick motion of the hand : the clapping of the hands , and that of one hand only , though these are confounded in our transla- tion . The former of these methods obtained ...
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... writing was upon the leaves of the palm - tree . ( Pliny , lib . xiii . cap . 11. ) Afterwards they made use of the inner bark of a tree for this pur- pose ; which inner bark being in Latin called liber , and in Greek ßßhos , from hence ...
... writing was upon the leaves of the palm - tree . ( Pliny , lib . xiii . cap . 11. ) Afterwards they made use of the inner bark of a tree for this pur- pose ; which inner bark being in Latin called liber , and in Greek ßßhos , from hence ...
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Page 311 - And he answering said unto him, Lord, let it alone this year also, till I shall dig about it, and dung it: and if it bear fruit, well: and if not, then after that thou shalt cut it down.
Page 66 - And Jonathan stripped himself of the robe that was upon him, and gave it to David, and his garments, even to his sword, and to his bow, and to his girdle.
Page 243 - Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that the plowman shall overtake the reaper, and the treader of grapes him that soweth seed ; and the mountains shall drop sweet wine, and all the hills shall melt.
Page 376 - Finally, brethren, pray for us, that the word of the Lord may have free course, and be glorified, even as it is with you: 2.
Page 286 - And at midnight there was a cry made, Behold, the bridegroom cometh; go ye out to meet him.
Page 310 - I say unto you, Though he will not rise and give him, because he is his friend, yet because of his importunity he will rise and give him as many as he needeth.
Page 222 - This gate shall be shut, it shall not be opened, and no man shall enter in by it ; because the Lord, the God of Israel, hath entered in by it, therefore it shall be shut.
Page 141 - In the day when the keepers of the house shall tremble, and the strong men shall bow themselves, and the grinders cease because they are few, and those that look out of the windows be darkened. And the doors shall be shut in the streets when the sound of the grinding is low...
Page 398 - And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads ; and that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.
Page 297 - And being in Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, as he sat at meat, there came a woman having an alabaster box of ointment of spikenard very precious; and she brake the box, and poured it on his head.