The Land and the Book: Or, Biblical Illustrations Drawn from the Manners and Customs, the Scenes and Scenery, of the Holy LandT. Nelson, 1869 - 718 pages |
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Page viii
... Jordan - Pilgrim's Bath- Scorpion , 246 ing , ... opposite 614 Buffalo , 250 Jerusalem , opposite 624 Babeer Cane , 259 Tower of David , 630 Pelican , 260 Absalom's Tomb , 633 Fountain of Sabbatic River , 265 Tombs of the Kings , 636 ...
... Jordan - Pilgrim's Bath- Scorpion , 246 ing , ... opposite 614 Buffalo , 250 Jerusalem , opposite 624 Babeer Cane , 259 Tower of David , 630 Pelican , 260 Absalom's Tomb , 633 Fountain of Sabbatic River , 265 Tombs of the Kings , 636 ...
Page ix
... Jordan , we pass through UPPER GALILEE , and return to the sea at the BAY OF ACRE . There we spend some time in the survey of a neighbourhood memorable in all history , ancient and modern . Again we strike eastwards , and cross to the ...
... Jordan , we pass through UPPER GALILEE , and return to the sea at the BAY OF ACRE . There we spend some time in the survey of a neighbourhood memorable in all history , ancient and modern . Again we strike eastwards , and cross to the ...
Page 63
... Jordan " to Canaan's fair and happy land ; " and there the scene was even more striking and impressive . The river was broader , the current stronger , and the flocks larger ; while the shepherds were more pic- turesque and Biblical ...
... Jordan " to Canaan's fair and happy land ; " and there the scene was even more striking and impressive . The river was broader , the current stronger , and the flocks larger ; while the shepherds were more pic- turesque and Biblical ...
Page 153
... Jordan beating herself in dotes . despair because some one had stolen her meal - bag . There were Arab tents not far off , and , as Arabs are by profession thieves , he suspected that one of them had the missing bag . Calling them all ...
... Jordan beating herself in dotes . despair because some one had stolen her meal - bag . There were Arab tents not far off , and , as Arabs are by profession thieves , he suspected that one of them had the missing bag . Calling them all ...
Page 175
... north than even Sidon . Thus Josephus seems to imply that Arca , beyond Tripoli , was subject to Asher ; but the 1 Job xxxix . 29 2 Ps . ciii . 5 . well Railway . land of Israel . PART I. A sort of second Jordan . identity of.
... north than even Sidon . Thus Josephus seems to imply that Arca , beyond Tripoli , was subject to Asher ; but the 1 Job xxxix . 29 2 Ps . ciii . 5 . well Railway . land of Israel . PART I. A sort of second Jordan . identity of.
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