Observations Upon the Plagues Inflicted Upon the Egyptians: In which is Shewn the Peculiarity of Those Judgments, and Their Correspondence with the Rites and Idolatries of that People. To which is Prefixed, a Prefatory Discourse, Concerning the Grecian Colonies from Egypt |
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Page 249
In the third month from their departure they came into the wilderness of Sinai ;
and approached the mountain , of which God had apprized Moses , that , when
he brought forth the people out of Egypt , they should serve God upon that
mountain ...
In the third month from their departure they came into the wilderness of Sinai ;
and approached the mountain , of which God had apprized Moses , that , when
he brought forth the people out of Egypt , they should serve God upon that
mountain ...
Page 279
All the way to this place the river Nile ran for the most part in one channel , and
the region was bounded on one side with the mountains of Libya ; and on the
other , which was to the east , with the mountains of Arabia . As the latter
consisted of ...
All the way to this place the river Nile ran for the most part in one channel , and
the region was bounded on one side with the mountains of Libya ; and on the
other , which was to the east , with the mountains of Arabia . As the latter
consisted of ...
Page 320
... and was at a very proper distance for the Israelites to make their first station . In
going this journey eastward , travellers are obliged to take a small circuit on
account of a mountain , called by Herodotus the Mountain of Arabia . This
mountain ...
... and was at a very proper distance for the Israelites to make their first station . In
going this journey eastward , travellers are obliged to take a small circuit on
account of a mountain , called by Herodotus the Mountain of Arabia . This
mountain ...
Page 321
For the Arabian mountain extends itself all the way in a parallel direction towards
the meridian and the south . All this is very plain ; but he afterwards adds --- ale
avao τείνον εις την Ερυθρην καλέομενην θαλασσαν --- the mountain all the way ...
For the Arabian mountain extends itself all the way in a parallel direction towards
the meridian and the south . All this is very plain ; but he afterwards adds --- ale
avao τείνον εις την Ερυθρην καλέομενην θαλασσαν --- the mountain all the way ...
Page 328
My reason is , because , when a mountain terminates in a high cliff towards the
sea , as the Arabian mountain does , though it leaves sufficient room below , yet
this passage cannot be stiled soud , a mouth ; or as the Latins would express it ...
My reason is , because , when a mountain terminates in a high cliff towards the
sea , as the Arabian mountain does , though it leaves sufficient room below , yet
this passage cannot be stiled soud , a mouth ; or as the Latins would express it ...
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| Title | Observations Upon the Plagues Inflicted Upon the Egyptians: In which is Shewn the Peculiarity of Those Judgments, and Their Correspondence with the Rites and Idolatries of that People. To which is Prefixed, a Prefatory Discourse, Concerning the Grecian Colonies from Egypt |
| Author | Jacob Bryant |
| Publisher | T. Hamilton and R. Ogle, 1810 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 2 Oct 2007 |
| Length | 392 pages |
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