An Historical Geography of the Old and New Testament: in Two Volumes, Volume 1F. C. & J. Rivington, 1820 - Bible |
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... and it came to pass , that if a serpent had bitten any man , when he beheld ( or looked up upon ) the serpent of brass , he lived . 5 . emenda . Departing from Oboth , the Israelites encamped at Ije - abarim , in the border of Moab ...
... and it came to pass , that if a serpent had bitten any man , when he beheld ( or looked up upon ) the serpent of brass , he lived . 5 . emenda . Departing from Oboth , the Israelites encamped at Ije - abarim , in the border of Moab ...
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Abraham adjoining Ammonites Amorites ancient Arabia Bochart border Bruyn built called Canaan Chaldees CHAP chapter Chedorlaomer Cush denoted descendants Deut dwelt east Edom Egyptians encamped Euphrates Eusebius Exod expressly feet forasmuch fore-cited Greeks half tribe Hebrew word Hebron hence hundred inhabitants Isaac Israel Israelites Jacob Josh Joshua journey Kadesh Kadesh-barnea king kingdom land of Canaan land of Egypt Lord lying Mamre Mizraim Moab Moabites mount Seir mountains nation Nile Noah observed opinion Paran plain plainly probably Ptolemy pyramid Red sea rendered river Jordan sacred history says Scripture seated SECT seems Seventy Interpreters Shem shewn Shinar side Sihon situation Sodom sons stone supposed taken notice Tarshish tells thereof Thevenot Tigris tion tract tribe of Gad tribe of Judah tribe of Manasseh unto vale of Siddim whence wherein wilderness of Zin writers xxxiii Zoan
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Page 28 - When thou tillest the ground, it shall not henceforth yield unto thee her strength: A fugitive and a vagabond shalt thou be in the earth.
Page 37 - A window shalt thou make to the ark, and in a cubit shalt thou finish it above; and the door of the ark shalt thou set in the side thereof; with lower, second, and third stories shalt thou make it.
Page 193 - And Mizpah ; for he said, The LORD watch between me and thee, when we are absent one from another.
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Page 152 - And that the whole land thereof is brimstone, and salt, and burning, that it is not sown, nor beareth, nor any grass groweth therein, like the overthrow of Sodom, and Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboim, which the LORD overthrew in his anger, and in his wrath: 24 Even all nations shall say, Wherefore hath the LORD done thus unto this land?
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Page 343 - Spikenard and saffron; Calamus and cinnamon, With all trees of frankincense; Myrrh and aloes, With all the chief spices: A fountain of gardens, A well of living waters, And streams from Lebanon.
Page 253 - And Moses stretched out his hand over the sea; and the Lord caused the sea to go back by a strong east wind all that night, and made the sea dry land, and the waters were divided. And the children of Israel went into the midst of the sea upon the dry ground; and the waters were a wall unto them on their right hand and on their left.
Page 156 - And he overthrew those cities, and all the plain, and all the inhabitants of the cities, and that which grew upon the ground.