Helon's Pilgrimage to Jerusalem: A Picture of Judaism, in the Century which Preceded the Advent of Our SaviourW. D. Ticknor, 1835 - 298 pages |
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... lived without a law , sunk in heathen vice and immorality . He now perceived that nothing but the most faithful obedience to the law could make him truly happy , * Prov . xxx . 17 . that in this way only he became a partaker in THE ...
... lived without a law , sunk in heathen vice and immorality . He now perceived that nothing but the most faithful obedience to the law could make him truly happy , * Prov . xxx . 17 . that in this way only he became a partaker in THE ...
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... lived , had not even heard of the law , and was no better than one of us . " Helon was for a while silent and perplexed . At length he replied , " The example of our father Abraham urges us to obedience to the law ; for circumcision ...
... lived , had not even heard of the law , and was no better than one of us . " Helon was for a while silent and perplexed . At length he replied , " The example of our father Abraham urges us to obedience to the law ; for circumcision ...
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... lived , Jehovah bade him leave his native country and his father's house , to go to a land which the Lord should show him . That land was Canaan . This Abram is our father Abrahaın , who when he arrived at Bethel , erected a tabernacle ...
... lived , Jehovah bade him leave his native country and his father's house , to go to a land which the Lord should show him . That land was Canaan . This Abram is our father Abrahaın , who when he arrived at Bethel , erected a tabernacle ...
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... ' † " Thus he lived a complete century in Canaan ; he came thither not as an old man , but in the prime of life , in his * Gen. xiv . 14 . + Gen. xviii . 17 . seventy - fifth year , and in his hundred and 34 THE CARAVAN .
... ' † " Thus he lived a complete century in Canaan ; he came thither not as an old man , but in the prime of life , in his * Gen. xiv . 14 . + Gen. xviii . 17 . seventy - fifth year , and in his hundred and 34 THE CARAVAN .
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... lived in nominal federation and virtual independence . He united all the five millions of his subjects by a common bond , and made Jerusalem the capital . For the first time , under him , it was possible to observe the civil laws of ...
... lived in nominal federation and virtual independence . He united all the five millions of his subjects by a common bond , and made Jerusalem the capital . For the first time , under him , it was possible to observe the civil laws of ...
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Page 34 - Shall I hide from Abraham that thing which I do; seeing that Abraham shall surely become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth shall be blessed in him? For I know him, that he 'will command his children and his household after him, and they shall keep the way of the LORD, to do justice and judgment; that the LORD may bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken of him.
Page 70 - Behold, O My people, I will open your graves, and cause you to come up out of your graves, and bring you into the land of Israel.
Page 70 - Then said he unto me, Prophesy unto the wind, prophesy, son of man, and say to the wind, Thus saith the Lord God; Come from the four winds, O breath, and breathe upon these slain, that they may live.
Page 49 - And Solomon's wisdom excelled the wisdom of all the children of the east country, and all the wisdom of Egypt.
Page 49 - Behold, I have done according to thy words : lo, I have given thee a wise and an understanding heart, so that there was none like thee before thee, neither after thee shall any arise like unto thee.
Page 41 - And mount Sinai was altogether on a smoke, because the LORD descended upon it in fire : and the smoke thereof ascended as the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mount quaked greatly.
Page 83 - He delighteth not in the strength of the horse : he taketh not pleasure in the legs of a man. 11 The LORD taketh pleasure in them that fear him, in those that hope in his mercy.
Page 161 - Blow ye the trumpet in Zion, and sound an alarm in my holy mountain : let all the inhabitants of the land tremble : for the day of the Lord cometh, for it is nigh at hand...
Page 72 - But many of the priests and Levites and chief of the fathers, who were ancient men, that had seen the first house, when the foundation of this house was laid before their eyes, wept with a loud voice; and many shouted aloud for joy: so that the people could not discern the noise of the shout of joy from the noise of the weeping of the people: for the people shouted with a loud shout, and the noise was heard afar off.
Page 21 - For the LORD God is a sun and shield : the LORD will give grace and glory : no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly.