Oriental customs: or, An illustration of the Sacred scriptures by an explanatory application of the customs and manners of the Eastern nations, Volume 1Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1812 - Bible |
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... ancient Goths , having " laid it down as a prin- ciple , that the effusion of the blood of animals appeased the anger of the gods , and that their justice turned aside upon the victims those strokes which were des- tined for men ...
... ancient Goths , having " laid it down as a prin- ciple , that the effusion of the blood of animals appeased the anger of the gods , and that their justice turned aside upon the victims those strokes which were des- tined for men ...
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... ancient capital of Abyssinia , we overtook three travellers driving a cow before them : they had black goat skins upon their shoulders , and lances and shields in their hands ; in other respects they were but thinly clothed ; they ap ...
... ancient capital of Abyssinia , we overtook three travellers driving a cow before them : they had black goat skins upon their shoulders , and lances and shields in their hands ; in other respects they were but thinly clothed ; they ap ...
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... ancient eastern saddles were like our modern ones . Such were not known to the Greeks and Romans till many ages after the Hebrew judges . " No nation of antiquity knew the use of either saddles or stirrups : " ( GOGUET , Origin of Laws ...
... ancient eastern saddles were like our modern ones . Such were not known to the Greeks and Romans till many ages after the Hebrew judges . " No nation of antiquity knew the use of either saddles or stirrups : " ( GOGUET , Origin of Laws ...
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... also from its wetness . It was certainly a very common practice ; and as it ap- pears from the instance of Jacob , a very ancient one . HARMER , vol . iii . p . 215 . No. 24. xxxiii . 13. And he said unto him 20 GENESIS .
... also from its wetness . It was certainly a very common practice ; and as it ap- pears from the instance of Jacob , a very ancient one . HARMER , vol . iii . p . 215 . No. 24. xxxiii . 13. And he said unto him 20 GENESIS .
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... ancient , and is frequently mentioned in scripture . Levi ( Rites and Ceremonies of the Jews , p . 174. ) says , it ... ancients , in keeping thei : reckonings or accounts of time , or their list of domestic officers or servants , made ...
... ancient , and is frequently mentioned in scripture . Levi ( Rites and Ceremonies of the Jews , p . 174. ) says , it ... ancients , in keeping thei : reckonings or accounts of time , or their list of domestic officers or servants , made ...
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