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... covered the Cities of the Plain is not less striking at the present hour than when Moses with an inspired pen recorded the judgment of God ; the swellings of Jordan are not less regular in their rise than when the Hebrews first ...
... covered the Cities of the Plain is not less striking at the present hour than when Moses with an inspired pen recorded the judgment of God ; the swellings of Jordan are not less regular in their rise than when the Hebrews first ...
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... covered with an unfading ver- * Terra finesque , qua ad Orientem vergunt , Arabia terminantur ; a meridie Ægyptus objacet ; ab occasu Phonices et mare ; septemtrionem a latere Syriae longe prospectant . Corpora hominum salubria et ...
... covered with an unfading ver- * Terra finesque , qua ad Orientem vergunt , Arabia terminantur ; a meridie Ægyptus objacet ; ab occasu Phonices et mare ; septemtrionem a latere Syriae longe prospectant . Corpora hominum salubria et ...
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... covered , identified themselves with the richest returns of agricultural wealth , and more than compensated for the absence of those spreading fields waving with corn which are neces- sary to convey to the mind of a European the ideas ...
... covered , identified themselves with the richest returns of agricultural wealth , and more than compensated for the absence of those spreading fields waving with corn which are neces- sary to convey to the mind of a European the ideas ...
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... covered with chapels and gardens , whereas at the present day nothing is to be seen but scattered ruins amid forests of oak and olives , the bright verdure being only relieved by the white- ness of the calcareous cliffs over which they ...
... covered with chapels and gardens , whereas at the present day nothing is to be seen but scattered ruins amid forests of oak and olives , the bright verdure being only relieved by the white- ness of the calcareous cliffs over which they ...
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... covering from the terror which had fallen upon them in the commencement of the Hebrew invasion , attempted , not only to regain possession of their ancient territory , but even to obliterate all traces of their defeat and subjection ...
... covering from the terror which had fallen upon them in the commencement of the Hebrew invasion , attempted , not only to regain possession of their ancient territory , but even to obliterate all traces of their defeat and subjection ...
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Page 204 - Then cometh He to a city of Samaria, which is called Sychar, near to the parcel of ground that Jacob gave to his son Joseph.
Page 193 - So Moses the servant of the LORD died there in the land of Moab, according to the word of the LORD. And he buried him in a valley in the land of Moab, over against Beth-peor: but no man knoweth of his sepulchre unto this day.
Page 65 - I will add to your yoke : my father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.
Page 96 - BLESS the LORD, O my soul : And all that is within me, bless his holy name. Bless the LORD, 0 my soul, And forget not all his benefits ; Who forgiveth all thine iniquities ; Who healeth all thy diseases ; Who redeemeth thy life from destruction ; Who crowneth thee with loving-kindness and tender mercies ; Who satisfieth thy mouth with good things ; So that thy youth is renewed like the eagle's.
Page 235 - And all they in the synagogue, when they heard these things, were filled with wrath, and rose up and thrust him out of the city, and led him unto the brow of the hill whereon their city was built, that they might cast him down headlong.
Page 315 - The trees of the Lord are full of sap ; the cedars of Lebanon, which he hath planted; where the birds make their nests: as for the stork, the fir trees are her house. The high hills are a refuge for the wild goats; and the rocks for the conies.
Page 107 - Ye shall dwell in booths seven days ; all that are Israelites born shall dwell in booths: that your generations may know that I made the children of Israel to dwell in booths, when I brought them out of the land of Egypt : I am the Lord your God.
Page 97 - The LORD will preserve him, and keep him alive; and he shall be blessed upon the earth: and thou wilt not deliver him unto the will of his enemies. 3 The LORD will strengthen him upon the bed of languishing: thou wilt make all his bed in his sickness.
Page 41 - And ye shall hallow the fiftieth year, and proclaim liberty throughout all the land, unto all the inhabitants thereof: it shall be a jubilee unto you ; and ye shall return every man unto his possession, and ye shall return every man unto his family.
Page 84 - And the people gave a shout, saying ; It is the voice of a god, and not of a man. And immediately the angel of the Lord smote him, because he gave not God the glory ; and he was eaten of worms, and gave up the ghost.