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... Egypt beasts are dying of murrain , in Israel's land of Goshen the cattle are intact . The royal magicians , seeking to compete with the wonders of Moses , become themselves victims to the plague of boils . Now the heavens begin to play ...
... Egypt beasts are dying of murrain , in Israel's land of Goshen the cattle are intact . The royal magicians , seeking to compete with the wonders of Moses , become themselves victims to the plague of boils . Now the heavens begin to play ...
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... Egypt ; particular incidents bring out the miraculous provision of water in the desert , the feeding with bread from heaven . Contact with Amalek gives Israel its first war ; a meeting with Jethro , the father - in - law of Moses ...
... Egypt ; particular incidents bring out the miraculous provision of water in the desert , the feeding with bread from heaven . Contact with Amalek gives Israel its first war ; a meeting with Jethro , the father - in - law of Moses ...
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... Egypt , shall go over to take possession of the land of Canaan . For thirty - eight more years the wilderness life is prolonged ; the older generation dying out , the youth gaining hardihood from desert life . Little is told of the ...
... Egypt , shall go over to take possession of the land of Canaan . For thirty - eight more years the wilderness life is prolonged ; the older generation dying out , the youth gaining hardihood from desert life . Little is told of the ...
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... Egypt gives us the Ordinances of the Passover and of the Firstborn . The incident of Nadab and Abihu connects itself with the Law of the Consecration of Priests ; the more serious outbreak of Korah and his crew leads to a consolidation ...
... Egypt gives us the Ordinances of the Passover and of the Firstborn . The incident of Nadab and Abihu connects itself with the Law of the Consecration of Priests ; the more serious outbreak of Korah and his crew leads to a consolidation ...
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... Egypt had presented Israel in their abase- ment , the Witness of Balaam enables us to see the same people as a unique nation , a terror to all around . Moab is one of the peoples that are trembling before the advance of Israel , and the ...
... Egypt had presented Israel in their abase- ment , the Witness of Balaam enables us to see the same people as a unique nation , a terror to all around . Moab is one of the peoples that are trembling before the advance of Israel , and the ...
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Page 306 - Thou hast had pity on the gourd, for the which thou hast not laboured, neither madest it grow; which came up in a night, and perished in a night: and should not I spare Nineveh, that great city, wherein are more than sixscore thousand persons that cannot discern between their right hand and their left hand; and also much cattle?
Page 138 - There be three things which are too wonderful for me, yea, four which I know not: The way of an eagle in the air; the way of a serpent upon a rock; the way of a ship in the midst of the sea; and the way of a man with a maid.
Page 126 - MAKE a joyful noise unto the LORD, all ye lands. Serve the LORD with gladness : Come before his presence with singing. Know ye that the LORD he is God : It is he that hath made us, and not we ourselves ; We are his people, and the sheep of his pasture.
Page 196 - Blessed are they that have been persecuted for righteousness" sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Blessed are ye when men shall reproach you, and persecute you, and say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake.
Page 51 - Reign thou over us. But the olive tree said unto them, Should I leave my fatness, wherewith by me they honour God and man, and go to be promoted over the trees ? And the trees said to the fig tree, Come thou, and reign over us.
Page 146 - Blessed is the man that heareth me, watching daily at my gates, waiting at the posts of my doors. For whoso findeth me findeth life, and shall obtain favour of the Lord. But he that sinneth against me wrongeth his own soul; all they that hate me love death.
Page 265 - In that day shall Israel be the third with Egypt and with Assyria, even a blessing in the midst of the land : whom the Lord of Hosts shall bless, saying, " Blessed be Egypt my people, and Assyria the work of my hands, and Israel mine inheritance.
Page 205 - But what to those who find ? Ah ! this Nor tongue nor pen can show ; The love of Jesus, what it is None but His loved ones know.
Page 235 - LORD, my heart is not haughty, nor mine eyes lofty: neither do I exercise myself in great matters, or in things too high for me.
Page 310 - A son honoureth his father, and a servant his master: if then I be a father, where is mine honour ? and if I be a master, where is my fear ? saith the Lord of hosts unto you, O priests, that despise my name.