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... nearly certain that every stone of the small hamlet where the Saviour of the world spent so many years , has long ago dissolved back into the white marl of the hills from which it was quarried . This particular rock disin- tegrates with ...
... nearly certain that every stone of the small hamlet where the Saviour of the world spent so many years , has long ago dissolved back into the white marl of the hills from which it was quarried . This particular rock disin- tegrates with ...
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... nearly half way between Acre and Tiberias , with the fat and fertile Buttauf on the north , the long vale of Tur'an east , and the magnificent oak glades for many miles to the south , west , and north - west . The inhabitants are not ...
... nearly half way between Acre and Tiberias , with the fat and fertile Buttauf on the north , the long vale of Tur'an east , and the magnificent oak glades for many miles to the south , west , and north - west . The inhabitants are not ...
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... nearly due east to the north - western base of Tabor , whence only it can be ascended on horse- back . The road winds over the hills , and down a long wady to the plain , a short distance north of Debûrieh . We , however , shall not ...
... nearly due east to the north - western base of Tabor , whence only it can be ascended on horse- back . The road winds over the hills , and down a long wady to the plain , a short distance north of Debûrieh . We , however , shall not ...
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... nearly an arc of a great circle ; from the east it is a broad truncated cone , rounded off at the top ; from the west it is wedge- shaped , rising to a moderate height above the neighbouring hills . Its true figure is an elongated oval ...
... nearly an arc of a great circle ; from the east it is a broad truncated cone , rounded off at the top ; from the west it is wedge- shaped , rising to a moderate height above the neighbouring hills . Its true figure is an elongated oval ...
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... nearly concealed be- hind hills of manure . The only things at work about the village were the bees , of which there are more hives than there are houses , and the air rings with the hum of these industrious purveyors of honey . Two ...
... nearly concealed be- hind hills of manure . The only things at work about the village were the bees , of which there are more hives than there are houses , and the air rings with the hum of these industrious purveyors of honey . Two ...
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Page 195 - And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night. And, lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them, and the glory of the Lord shone round about them : and they were sore afraid. And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people. For unto you is born this day in the City of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord.
Page 27 - Ye mountains of Gilboa, let there be no dew, neither let there be rain, upon you, nor fields of offerings : for there the shield of the mighty is vilely cast away, the shield of Saul, as though he had not been anointed with oil.
Page 149 - And there we saw the giants, the sons of Anak, which come of the giants : and we were in our own sight as grasshoppers, and so we were in their sight.
Page 202 - Then spake Joshua to the LORD in the day when the LORD delivered up the Amorites before the children of Israel, and he said in the sight of Israel, Sun, stand thou still upon Gibeon; and thou, Moon, in the valley of Ajalon.
Page 218 - Thy holy cities are a wilderness, Zion is a wilderness, Jerusalem a desolation. Our holy and our beautiful house, where our fathers praised thee, is burned up with fire: and all our pleasant things are laid waste.
Page 27 - THE beauty of Israel is slain upon thy high places: how are the mighty fallen! Tell it not in Gath, publish it not in the streets of Askelon : lest the daughters of the Philistines rejoice, lest the daughters of the uncircumcised triumph.
Page 104 - Behold, I will make thee a new sharp threshing instrument having teeth ; thou shalt thresh the mountains, and beat them small, and shalt make the hills as chaff.
Page 162 - How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him that bringeth good tidings, that publisheth peace; that bringeth good tidings of good, that publisheth salvation; that saith unto Zion, Thy God reigneth!
Page 55 - And he said, I have been very jealous for the Lord God of hosts: for the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant, thrown down thine altars, and slain thy prophets with the sword; and I, even I only, am left; and they seek my life, to take it away.
Page 56 - And he answered, I have not troubled Israel; but thou and thy father's house, in that ye have forsaken the commandments of the Lord, and thou hast followed Baalim.