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... Arabian author ; the opinion of Kimchi , and other Rabbinnical writers , there- for , is unsupported by any proof , and consequently is en- titled to no regard . In the Holy Scriptures , the term ( 72 ) Gedi is very Prov . xxvii , 27 ...
... Arabian author ; the opinion of Kimchi , and other Rabbinnical writers , there- for , is unsupported by any proof , and consequently is en- titled to no regard . In the Holy Scriptures , the term ( 72 ) Gedi is very Prov . xxvii , 27 ...
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... Arabians , a man is occasionally called Celb , and a woman Celba ; both of which are de- rived from the Hebrew root ( 24 ) Celeb , a dog . A prince * Buffon's Nat . Hist . vol . iv , p . 2. Bochart . Hieroz . lib . ii , p . 77. Plin ...
... Arabians , a man is occasionally called Celb , and a woman Celba ; both of which are de- rived from the Hebrew root ( 24 ) Celeb , a dog . A prince * Buffon's Nat . Hist . vol . iv , p . 2. Bochart . Hieroz . lib . ii , p . 77. Plin ...
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... Arabians call drinking with the tongue . The orientals often imitated the dog in his man- ner of drinking ; and among the ancient people of God , the practice seems to have been very common . By this custom , Jehovah tried the forces of ...
... Arabians call drinking with the tongue . The orientals often imitated the dog in his man- ner of drinking ; and among the ancient people of God , the practice seems to have been very common . By this custom , Jehovah tried the forces of ...
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... Arabian shepherds encircle their flocks ; notwithstanding the bark- ing of their dogs , and their own repeated cries and excla- mations during the whole night , when he is suspected to be upon the prey , —it frequently happens that the ...
... Arabian shepherds encircle their flocks ; notwithstanding the bark- ing of their dogs , and their own repeated cries and excla- mations during the whole night , when he is suspected to be upon the prey , —it frequently happens that the ...
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George Paxton. prey , are slow , firm , and majestic . Among the Arabian writers , the man who moves with a proud and solemn step is said to walk as a lion . The wise man , who was deeply skilled in natural history , makes an observation ...
George Paxton. prey , are slow , firm , and majestic . Among the Arabian writers , the man who moves with a proud and solemn step is said to walk as a lion . The wise man , who was deeply skilled in natural history , makes an observation ...
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Page 167 - AS the hart panteth after the water brooks, •** so panteth my soul after thee, O God. ' My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God : when shall I come and appear before God?
Page 32 - As a shepherd seeketh out his flock in the day that he is among his sheep that are scattered ; so will I seek out my sheep, and will deliver them out of all places where they have been scattered in the cloudy and dark day.
Page 271 - If I shut up heaven that there be no rain, or if I command the locusts to devour the land, or if I send pestilence among my people; if my people which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways : then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.
Page 547 - OH THAT I were as in months past, as in the days when God preserved me; When his candle shined upon my head, and when by his light I walked through darkness...
Page 272 - And brake up for it my decreed place, and set bars and doors, And said, "Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further: and here shall thy proud waves be stayed?
Page 17 - Therefore they shall come and • sing in the height of Zion, and shall flow together to the goodness of the LORD, for wheat, and for wine, and for oil, and for the young of the flock and of the herd : and their soul shall be as a watered garden ; and they shall not sorrow any more at all.
Page 59 - He that killeth an ox is as if he slew a man; He that sacrificeth a lamb, as if he cut off a dog's neck; He that offereth an oblation, as if he offered swine's blood; He that burneth incense, as if he blessed an idol.
Page 434 - And he took butter, and milk, and the calf which he had dressed, and set it before them; and he stood by them under the tree, and they did eat.
Page 150 - Who hath sent out the wild ass free? Or who hath loosed the bands of the wild ass? Whose house I have made the wilderness, And the barren land his dwellings. He scorneth the multitude of the city, Neither regardeth he the crying of the driver. The range of the mountains is his pasture, And he searcheth after every green thing.
Page 504 - And another angel came out from the altar, which had power over fire ; and cried with a loud cry to him that had the sharp sickle, saying, Thrust in thy sharp sickle, and gather the clusters of the vine of the earth; for her grapes are fully ripe.