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 CriticsT. Tegg, 1839 - 500 pages |
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... Thou art not yet fifty years old . ] The age of fifty is often spoken of by the Jews , and much observed : at the age of fifty they say a man is fit to give counsel ; hence the Le- vites were dismissed from service at that age , it ...
... Thou art not yet fifty years old . ] The age of fifty is often spoken of by the Jews , and much observed : at the age of fifty they say a man is fit to give counsel ; hence the Le- vites were dismissed from service at that age , it ...
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... thou make unto me . ] This command certainly imports , that the altars of the Lord were to be as plain and simple as possible . They were to be made either of sods and turfs of earth , which were prepared in most places , whilst they ...
... thou make unto me . ] This command certainly imports , that the altars of the Lord were to be as plain and simple as possible . They were to be made either of sods and turfs of earth , which were prepared in most places , whilst they ...
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... Thou son of the perverse rebellious woman . ] In the East , when they are angry with a person , they abuse and vilify his parents . Saul thought of nothing but venting his anger against Jonathan , nor had any design to reproach his wife ...
... Thou son of the perverse rebellious woman . ] In the East , when they are angry with a person , they abuse and vilify his parents . Saul thought of nothing but venting his anger against Jonathan , nor had any design to reproach his wife ...
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... thou a lustration for us . The people of Marseilles , originally a Grecian colony , had a similar custom , for we learn from Servius , on the third book of the Æneid , that as often as they were afflicted with the pesti- lence , they ...
... thou a lustration for us . The people of Marseilles , originally a Grecian colony , had a similar custom , for we learn from Servius , on the third book of the Æneid , that as often as they were afflicted with the pesti- lence , they ...
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... thou sat for them , as the Arabian in the wilderness . ] Chardin has given a very strong and lively de- scription of the eagerness with which the Arabians look out for prey . " The Arabs wait for caravans with the most violent avidity ...
... thou sat for them , as the Arabian in the wilderness . ] Chardin has given a very strong and lively de- scription of the eagerness with which the Arabians look out for prey . " The Arabs wait for caravans with the most violent avidity ...
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Expressions et termes fréquents
Aleppo alludes allusion altar amongst ancient apostle appears Arabs blessing bread called caravanserais ceremony Chardin Christ circumstance cloth common custom dead death described DEUT divine drink earth East EASTERN COUNTRIES Egypt Egyptians EXOD expression father feast feet fire garments gate GILL give gold Greeks ground hand HARMER hath head heathens Hebrew Herodotus Hist Homer honour horse Iliad instance ISAIAH Israel Israelites Jerusalem Jewish Jews Josephus Judea kind king king of Persia Lord LUKE Maimonides manner MATT mentioned mourning nations observed occasion offered Ovid passage passover Persians person Plutarch practice priest princes prophet PROV PSALM refers Romans sacred sacrifice says scripture sepulchres servants signifies sometimes speaking stone supposed Syria temple thee thing thou tion Trav Travels trees unto usual Virgil walls wash wine women words xviii xxii xxiv