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... and I must examine in detail an apparatus so often mentioned in the Bible .
Well , what is there in a mere gate to attract attention ? Very little , perhaps , to
one who has passed in and out daily for twenty years ; but a hundred Biblical
incidents ...
... and I must examine in detail an apparatus so often mentioned in the Bible .
Well , what is there in a mere gate to attract attention ? Very little , perhaps , to
one who has passed in and out daily for twenty years ; but a hundred Biblical
incidents ...
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He has taken the inkhorn , or what answers to that very ancient article of the “
scribes , ” from his girule , and is now pointing one of those “ reeds ” which
prophets and scribes so often mention . All this seems Biblical enough . But here
comes a ...
He has taken the inkhorn , or what answers to that very ancient article of the “
scribes , ” from his girule , and is now pointing one of those “ reeds ” which
prophets and scribes so often mention . All this seems Biblical enough . But here
comes a ...
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Not mentioned in Scripture . Its history . E : urthquake of A.D. 551 . St. George and
thio Diagon . Present condition . Antiquities . Jawry 25th . How is it that you never
told me in any of your letters that Beriût is such a Beirat . beautiful place ?
Not mentioned in Scripture . Its history . E : urthquake of A.D. 551 . St. George and
thio Diagon . Present condition . Antiquities . Jawry 25th . How is it that you never
told me in any of your letters that Beriût is such a Beirat . beautiful place ?
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Is Beirût mentioned in the Bible ? I think not . It is possible that the Berothai of 2
Samuel viii . 8 , from which David took exceeding much brass , was Beirût ,
though that city seems to have been situated to the east or south - east of Hamath
; still ...
Is Beirût mentioned in the Bible ? I think not . It is possible that the Berothai of 2
Samuel viii . 8 , from which David took exceeding much brass , was Beirût ,
though that city seems to have been situated to the east or south - east of Hamath
; still ...
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It is not at all likely that the Berothah mentioned in Ezekiel , xlvii . 16 , as one of
the points in the northern boundary of the land of Israel , was our city ; and from
the similarity of names , and the apparent geographical position of both , we can
...
It is not at all likely that the Berothah mentioned in Ezekiel , xlvii . 16 , as one of
the points in the northern boundary of the land of Israel , was our city ; and from
the similarity of names , and the apparent geographical position of both , we can
...
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| Title | The Land and the Book: Or, Biblical Illustrations Drawn from the Manners and Customs, the Scenes and Scenery, of the Holy Land |
| Author | William McClure Thomson |
| Publisher | T. Nelson, 1869 |
| Original from | National Library of Israel |
| Digitized | 21 Jan 2020 |
| Length | 718 pages |
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