Oriental customs: or, An illustration of the Sacred scriptures by an explanatory application of the customs and manners of the Eastern nations, Volume 1Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1812 |
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... occasions of great and pressing emergency , as a kind of divine oracles , and were suspended , either round the neck ... occasion of the idolatry in succeeding ages , to these shapeless masses of unhewn stone , of which so many astonish ...
... occasions of great and pressing emergency , as a kind of divine oracles , and were suspended , either round the neck ... occasion of the idolatry in succeeding ages , to these shapeless masses of unhewn stone , of which so many astonish ...
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... occasion to be sparing of their fuel as any people , and especially when journey , ing in the wilderness , Mr. Harmer ( vol . į.p. 268. ) considers this quotation as a more satisfactory commen- tary on this passage than any which has ...
... occasion to be sparing of their fuel as any people , and especially when journey , ing in the wilderness , Mr. Harmer ( vol . į.p. 268. ) considers this quotation as a more satisfactory commen- tary on this passage than any which has ...
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... occasion for water than if they were to live on more substantial food in this burning climate . " This well explains the Israelites regretting the want of this fruit in the parched thirsty wilderness . No.61.xii . 14. If her father had ...
... occasion for water than if they were to live on more substantial food in this burning climate . " This well explains the Israelites regretting the want of this fruit in the parched thirsty wilderness . No.61.xii . 14. If her father had ...
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... of the cisterns , [ wherein they preserve the water of the Nile ] and then the water gushing out is con- ducted from one rill to another by the gardener , who is VOL . I. E always ready , as occasion requires , to stop and [ 49 ]
... of the cisterns , [ wherein they preserve the water of the Nile ] and then the water gushing out is con- ducted from one rill to another by the gardener , who is VOL . I. E always ready , as occasion requires , to stop and [ 49 ]
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Samuel Burder. always ready , as occasion requires , to stop and divert the torrent , by turning the earth against it with his foot , and opening , at the same time , with his mattock , a new trench to receive it . This method of ...
Samuel Burder. always ready , as occasion requires , to stop and divert the torrent , by turning the earth against it with his foot , and opening , at the same time , with his mattock , a new trench to receive it . This method of ...
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Abyssinia according agreeable Aleppo alluded allusion amongst ancient apostle appears Arabs bread called camel caravanserais carried ceremony Chardin says Christ circumstance cloth court covered custom dead death deities describes Diodorus Siculus DODDRIDGE earth East eastern Egypt Egyptian expression Ezekiel feast feet fire frequently gate give Greeks ground hand HARMER hath head heathens Hebrew Herodotus Hist honour horse Iliad Isaiah Israel Israelites Jerusalem Jews Judea kind king Lord Maimonides manner MAUNDRELL mentioned Mingrelia mountain nations observed occasion passage Persian person Plutarch practice present prince probably prophet Psalm refers remarkable rites Romans sacred sacrifice salt scribes scriptures seal seems Septuagint sepulchres servants SHAW's Travels shekels shew signifies Sir John Chardin sometimes sort speaking stone supposed Syria temple thee thing thou tion Trav trees Turks unto vessel walls wine women words writing
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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 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 348 - And they that were with me saw indeed the light, and were afraid ; but they heard not the voice of him that spake to me.
Page 314 - And he said unto him, Thy brother is come ; and thy father hath killed the fatted calf, because he hath received him safe and sound.
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 307 - And he turned to the woman, and said unto Simon, Seest thou this woman ? I entered into thine house, thou gavest me no water for my feet: but she hath washed my feet with tears, and wiped them with the hairs of her head.
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 161 - For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north: I will ascend above the heights of the clouds: I will be like the most High.
Page 79 - So Ahab went up to eat and to drink. And Elijah went up to the top of Carmel; and he cast himself down upon the earth, and put his face between his knees, and said to his servant, Go up now, look toward the sea.
Page 394 - And I will give power unto my two witnesses, and they shall prophesy a thousand two hundred and threescore days, clothed in sackcloth.