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 : Together with Observations on Many Difficult and Obscure Texts Collected from the Most Celebrated Travellers, and the Most Eminent Critics, Volume 2C. Whittingham and sold by Williams and Smith, 1807 - Bible |
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... appear at all unnatural , if we consider what Dr. Chandler has related . He says , ( Trav . in Asia Minor , p . 84. ) that the olive groves are the principal places for shooting birds . And in the account of his travels in Greece , ( p ...
... appear at all unnatural , if we consider what Dr. Chandler has related . He says , ( Trav . in Asia Minor , p . 84. ) that the olive groves are the principal places for shooting birds . And in the account of his travels in Greece , ( p ...
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... appears to have been very ancient . St. Cyril , in his tenth book against Julian , derives this custom from the ancient Chaldĉans . Others derive the word n , birith , which signifies a covenant , from л , batar , which signifies to ...
... appears to have been very ancient . St. Cyril , in his tenth book against Julian , derives this custom from the ancient Chaldĉans . Others derive the word n , birith , which signifies a covenant , from л , batar , which signifies to ...
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... appear like a pillar of salt , her body being , as it were , candied in it . Kimchi calls it a heap of salt ... appears in after ages to have become a common practice . It prevailed at Athens , It was lawful there to marry a ...
... appear like a pillar of salt , her body being , as it were , candied in it . Kimchi calls it a heap of salt ... appears in after ages to have become a common practice . It prevailed at Athens , It was lawful there to marry a ...
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... appear to have used silver in lumps , perhaps of various dimensions and weights ; and certainly , on some occasions at least , impressed with a particular stamp . The Chinese also do the same . For there is no silver coin in China ...
... appear to have used silver in lumps , perhaps of various dimensions and weights ; and certainly , on some occasions at least , impressed with a particular stamp . The Chinese also do the same . For there is no silver coin in China ...
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... appears extraordinary . But Chardin assures us , that even heavier were worn by the women of the East when he was there . He says that the women wear rings and bracelets of as great weight as this , through all Asia , and even heavier ...
... appears extraordinary . But Chardin assures us , that even heavier were worn by the women of the East when he was there . He says that the women wear rings and bracelets of as great weight as this , through all Asia , and even heavier ...
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Page 29 - I am to be gathered unto my people: bury me with my fathers in the cave that is in the field of Ephron the Hittite, in the cave that is in the field of Machpelah, which is before Mamre, in the land of Canaan, which Abraham bought with the field of Ephron the Hittite for a possession of a buryingplace.
Page 5 - And she called the name of the LORD that spake unto her, Thou God seest me: for she said, Have I also here looked after him that seeth me?
Page 250 - O thou afflicted, tossed with tempest, and not comforted, behold, I will lay thy stones with fair colours, and lay thy foundations with sapphires. And I will make thy windows of agates, and thy gates of carbuncles, and all thy borders of pleasant stones.
Page 339 - And when they were come to the place, which is called Calvary, there they crucified him, and the malefactors, one on the right hand, and the other on the left. Then said Jesus, Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do.
Page 390 - But the court which is without the temple leave out, and measure it not; for it is given unto the Gentiles: and the holy city shall they tread under foot forty and two months.
Page 306 - The kingdom of heaven is like unto a certain king, which made a marriage for his son, and sent forth his servants to call them that were bidden to the wedding: and they would not come.
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Page 8 - And yet indeed she is my sister; she is the daughter of my father, but not the daughter of my mother; and she became my wife.
Page 11 - And it came to pass, as the camels had done drinking, that the man took a golden earring of half a shekel weight, and two bracelets for her hands of ten shekels weight of gold; and said, Whose daughter art thou?
Page 377 - And he that doubteth is damned if he eat, because he eateth not of faith : for whatsoever is not of faith is sin.