Palestine, Or the Holy Land: From the Earliest Period to the Present Time |
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... mentioned at some length in that volume of our series which is devoted to the latter country . The topographical description of the Holy Land is drawn from the works of the numerous travellers and pilgrims , who , since the time of the ...
... mentioned at some length in that volume of our series which is devoted to the latter country . The topographical description of the Holy Land is drawn from the works of the numerous travellers and pilgrims , who , since the time of the ...
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... mentioned from time to time by the inspired writers of either Testament . The Map is recommended to the notice of the reader as containing a most accurate delineation of the country , as well as a good selection of ancient and modern ...
... mentioned from time to time by the inspired writers of either Testament . The Map is recommended to the notice of the reader as containing a most accurate delineation of the country , as well as a good selection of ancient and modern ...
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... mentioned in the Sacred Writings . Repeatedly fortified and dismantled , this fa- mous harbour has presented such a variety of appear- ances , that the description given of it in one age has hardly ever been found to apply to its ...
... mentioned in the Sacred Writings . Repeatedly fortified and dismantled , this fa- mous harbour has presented such a variety of appear- ances , that the description given of it in one age has hardly ever been found to apply to its ...
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... mentioned by Hecateus would maintain only three millions three hundred and seventy - five thousand men , —a computation which is liable to many objections , and has therefore not been generally received . It is obvious for instance that ...
... mentioned by Hecateus would maintain only three millions three hundred and seventy - five thousand men , —a computation which is liable to many objections , and has therefore not been generally received . It is obvious for instance that ...
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... mention the provision made by Moses , and established by Joshua , for the due administration of justice throughout the land . 66 Judges and officers , " said the former , " shalt thou make thee in all thy gates , which the Lord thy God ...
... mention the provision made by Moses , and established by Joshua , for the due administration of justice throughout the land . 66 Judges and officers , " said the former , " shalt thou make thee in all thy gates , which the Lord thy God ...
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Page 274 - 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 99 - 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.
Page 123 - Then led they Jesus from Caiaphas unto the hall of judgment: and it was early; and they themselves went not into the judgment hall, lest they should be defiled; but that they might eat the passover.
Page 225 - And Moses went up from the plains of Moab unto the mountain of Nebo, to the top of Pisgah, that is over against Jericho. And the Lord shewed him all the land of Gilead, unto Dan, and all Naphtali, and the land of Ephraim, and Manasseh, and all the land of Judah, unto the utmost sea, and the south, and the plain of the valley of Jericho, the city of palm trees, unto Zoar.
Page 83 - HOW doth the city sit solitary, that was full of people ! How is she become as a widow ! she that was great among the nations, And princess among the provinces, how is she become tributary!
Page 369 - ... a land of brooks of water, of fountains and depths that spring out of valleys and hills ; a land of wheat, and barley, and vines, and...
Page 112 - Who coverest thyself with light as with a garment: who stretchest out the heavens like a curtain : Who layeth the beams of his chambers in the waters : who maketh the clouds his chariot ; who walketh upon the wings of the wind...
Page 125 - 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 114 - 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 128 - Thus saith the Lord of hosts ; The fast of the fourth month, and the fast of the fifth, and the fast of the seventh, and the fast of the tenth, shall be to the house of Judah joy and gladness, and cheerful feasts; therefore love the truth and peace.