An Universal History, from the Earliest Account of Time: Compiled from Original Authors; and Illustrated with Maps, Cuts, Notes, &c. With a General Index to the Whole. ...T. Osborne, in Gray's-Inn; A. Millar, in the Strand; and J. Osborn, in Pater-noster Row., 1747 - World history |
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... Egypt , having quite forgot the feventh day , GOD was pleased to indicate it to them by fending them manna fix days , and with - holding it on the fe- venth ( 8 ) . We find likewise feveral antient writers among the heathen , fuch as ...
... Egypt , having quite forgot the feventh day , GOD was pleased to indicate it to them by fending them manna fix days , and with - holding it on the fe- venth ( 8 ) . We find likewise feveral antient writers among the heathen , fuch as ...
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... inftitution not only to perpetuate the memory of all the wonders which GoD did in Egypt and at the Red Sea , but alfo to make it a standing and irrefragable No fervant or stranger fhall eat of it , unless 20 B.I. The Hiftory of the Jews.
... inftitution not only to perpetuate the memory of all the wonders which GoD did in Egypt and at the Red Sea , but alfo to make it a standing and irrefragable No fervant or stranger fhall eat of it , unless 20 B.I. The Hiftory of the Jews.
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... Egypt , he had learned that way of reckoning from them , because they are generally allowed to be the first inventors of it , as we have feen in their history ( 36 ) ; befides that it must have been the most known and eafy method to the ...
... Egypt , he had learned that way of reckoning from them , because they are generally allowed to be the first inventors of it , as we have feen in their history ( 36 ) ; befides that it must have been the most known and eafy method to the ...
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... Egypt with a mighty hand , and firetched - out arm , and with great terribleness , with figns , and with wonders ; and brought us into this place , and has given us this land , a land flowing with milk and honey . And now , behold , I ...
... Egypt with a mighty hand , and firetched - out arm , and with great terribleness , with figns , and with wonders ; and brought us into this place , and has given us this land , a land flowing with milk and honey . And now , behold , I ...
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... Egypt ; and a fuperiority given to the family of Aaron over all the rest of that tribe , both as to office and dignity , as we fhall presently fhew , under each head . As for the Nethinims , they were not fo much as of the feed of Jacob ...
... Egypt ; and a fuperiority given to the family of Aaron over all the rest of that tribe , both as to office and dignity , as we fhall presently fhew , under each head . As for the Nethinims , they were not fo much as of the feed of Jacob ...
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Page 168 - There shall not be found among you any one that maketh his son or his daughter to pass through the fire, or that useth divination, or an observer of times, or an enchanter, or a witch, or a charmer, or a consulter with familiar spirits, or a wizard, or a necromancer.
Page 149 - WHEN a man hath taken a wife, and married her, and it come to pass that she find no favour in his eyes, because he hath found some uncleanness in her : then let him write her a bill of divorcement, and give it in her hand, and send her out of his house.
Page 78 - This breaftplate was fattened at the 4 corners ; thofe on the top to each (houlder by a golden hook or ring at the end of a wreathed chain ; and thofe below, to the girdle of the cphod, by two ftrings or ribbons, •which had likewife two rings and hooks.
Page 280 - Rachel to you as soon as the seven days" (or nuptial week for Leah) " have expired." This unfair treatment greatly perplexed Jacob, but his distinguished affection for Rachel made him resolve to...
Page 196 - Who layeth the beams of his chambers in the waters, and maketh the clouds his chariot, and walketh upon the wings of the wind.
Page 78 - It was worn on the breast of the high priest, and was set with twelve precious stones, on each of which was engraven the name of one of the tribes. They were set in four rows, three in each row, and were divided from each other by the little golden squares or partitions in which they were set.
Page 61 - What mean the testimonies, and the statutes, and the judgments, which the Lord our God hath commanded you ? then thou shalt say unto thy son, We were Pharaoh's bondmen in Egypt ; and the Lord brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand...
Page 13 - Jehovah, which is the incommunicable name of God, is the Father ; by Elohim is meant the Son, who is the fountain of all knowledge ; and by the...
Page 280 - ... (continued he, in a milder tone), "if you will fulfil the nuptial week with your wife, and consent to serve another seven years for her sister, I am content to take your word for it, and to give Rachel to you as soon as the seven days" (or nuptial week for Leah)
Page 238 - For scarcely for a righteous man will one die: yet perad venture for a good man some would even dare to die. 8 But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.