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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... wall . Among them was the nakib ( the general , or rather master of the horse ) , Cheir Allah , with whom I had some acquaintance before . He immediately resigned his place to me , and applied himself to draw together stones into an ...
... wall . Among them was the nakib ( the general , or rather master of the horse ) , Cheir Allah , with whom I had some acquaintance before . He immediately resigned his place to me , and applied himself to draw together stones into an ...
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... wall unto them on their right hand and on their left . ] Diodorus Siculus relates that the Ichthyophagi , who lived near the Red Sea , had a tradition handed down to them through a long line of ancestors , that the whole bay was once ...
... wall unto them on their right hand and on their left . ] Diodorus Siculus relates that the Ichthyophagi , who lived near the Red Sea , had a tradition handed down to them through a long line of ancestors , that the whole bay was once ...
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... walls ; on the east side there is a window , by which those that were within drew up the pilgrims into the monastery , with a basket which they let down by a rope that runs in a pulley . " These walls , he observes in the next chapter ...
... walls ; on the east side there is a window , by which those that were within drew up the pilgrims into the monastery , with a basket which they let down by a rope that runs in a pulley . " These walls , he observes in the next chapter ...
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... wall of Beth - shan . Capital offences were sometimes punished by throwing the criminal upon hooks that were fixed in the wall below , where frequently they hung in the most exquisite agonies thirty or forty hours , before they expired ...
... wall of Beth - shan . Capital offences were sometimes punished by throwing the criminal upon hooks that were fixed in the wall below , where frequently they hung in the most exquisite agonies thirty or forty hours , before they expired ...
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... wall , ( i . e . from his attend- ants ) 2 Kings xx . 2. that the fervency of his devotion might be the less taken notice of and observed . The like is related of Ahab , 1 Kings xxi . 4. though probably he did thus , not upon a ...
... wall , ( i . e . from his attend- ants ) 2 Kings xx . 2. that the fervency of his devotion might be the less taken notice of and observed . The like is related of Ahab , 1 Kings xxi . 4. though probably he did thus , not upon a ...
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Page 310 - I say unto you, Though he will not rise and give him, because he is his friend, yet because of his importunity he will rise and give him as many as he needeth.
Page 311 - And he answering said unto him, Lord, let it alone this year also, till I shall dig about it, and dung it: and if it bear fruit, well: and if not, then after that thou shalt cut it down.
Page 348 - And they that were with me saw indeed the light, and were afraid ; but they heard not the voice of him that spake to me.
Page 314 - And he said unto him, Thy brother is come ; and thy father hath killed the fatted calf, because he hath received him safe and sound.
Page 141 - In the day when the keepers of the house shall tremble, and the strong men shall bow themselves, and the grinders cease because they are few, and those that look out of the windows be darkened. And the doors shall be shut in the streets when the sound of the grinding is low...
Page 307 - And he turned to the woman, and said unto Simon, Seest thou this woman ? I entered into thine house, thou gavest me no water for my feet: but she hath washed my feet with tears, and wiped them with the hairs of her head.
Page 222 - This gate shall be shut, it shall not be opened, and no man shall enter in by it ; because the Lord, the God of Israel, hath entered in by it, therefore it shall be shut.
Page 161 - For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north: I will ascend above the heights of the clouds: I will be like the most High.
Page 79 - So Ahab went up to eat and to drink. And Elijah went up to the top of Carmel; and he cast himself down upon the earth, and put his face between his knees, and said to his servant, Go up now, look toward the sea.
Page 394 - And I will give power unto my two witnesses, and they shall prophesy a thousand two hundred and threescore days, clothed in sackcloth.