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 CriticsWhittingham, 1807 - 431 pages |
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... practice of justice , put an end to injuries , and re - esta- blish such customs as are immutable in their nature ; that kings should be obedient to him , and advance his affairs ; that the cause of true religion should flourish ; that ...
... practice of justice , put an end to injuries , and re - esta- blish such customs as are immutable in their nature ; that kings should be obedient to him , and advance his affairs ; that the cause of true religion should flourish ; that ...
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... practice of devoting human victims . In honour of the mystical number three , a number deemed particularly dear to Heaven , every ninth month wit- nessed the groans and dying struggles of nine unfor- tunate victims . The fatal blow ...
... practice of devoting human victims . In honour of the mystical number three , a number deemed particularly dear to Heaven , every ninth month wit- nessed the groans and dying struggles of nine unfor- tunate victims . The fatal blow ...
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... practice of eating blood in Abyssinia . This custom , so prevalent in seve- ral places , is forbidden in the scriptures . A recital of the narrative will probably suggest to the reader the reasons of the prohibition . Mr. Bruce tells us ...
... practice of eating blood in Abyssinia . This custom , so prevalent in seve- ral places , is forbidden in the scriptures . A recital of the narrative will probably suggest to the reader the reasons of the prohibition . Mr. Bruce tells us ...
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... practice of Jacob , who , after the famous vision of the celestial ladder , took the stone which he had put for his pillow , and set it up for a pillar , and poured oil upon the top of it . It is added , that he called the name of that ...
... practice of Jacob , who , after the famous vision of the celestial ladder , took the stone which he had put for his pillow , and set it up for a pillar , and poured oil upon the top of it . It is added , that he called the name of that ...
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... from its wetness . It was certainly a very common practice ; and as it ap- pears from the instance of Jacob , a very ancient one . HARMER , vol . iii . p . 215 . No. 24. xxxiii . 13. And he said unto him 20 GENESIS .
... from its wetness . It was certainly a very common practice ; and as it ap- pears from the instance of Jacob , a very ancient one . HARMER , vol . iii . p . 215 . No. 24. xxxiii . 13. And he said unto him 20 GENESIS .
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