The Land and the Book, Or, Biblical Illustrations Drawn from the Manners and Customs, the Scenes and Scenery of the Holy Land, Volume 2Harper & Brothers, 1859 |
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... feet at the highest part of the road , and much higher west of it toward Safed , where the hills are often buried under deep snow . The flocks and their shepherds can therefore pass from winter to summer in an hour , and for several ...
... feet at the highest part of the road , and much higher west of it toward Safed , where the hills are often buried under deep snow . The flocks and their shepherds can therefore pass from winter to summer in an hour , and for several ...
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... feet of Jesus . I have never been able to understand it . AN ARAB HOUSE . The record in Mark ii . 1-12 and Luke v . 18-26 states that there was such a dense crowd around our Lord that the four men could not force their way through it ...
... feet of Jesus . I have never been able to understand it . AN ARAB HOUSE . The record in Mark ii . 1-12 and Luke v . 18-26 states that there was such a dense crowd around our Lord that the four men could not force their way through it ...
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... feet high , and by stooping down , and holding the corners of the couch - merely a thickly - padded quilt , as at present in this region - they could let down the sick man without any apparatus of ropes or cords to assist them . And ...
... feet high , and by stooping down , and holding the corners of the couch - merely a thickly - padded quilt , as at present in this region - they could let down the sick man without any apparatus of ropes or cords to assist them . And ...
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... feet for the elevation of this site , and we found the air clear , cold , and bracing . Skaik was inhabited until modern times , and celebrated as the general rendezvous and point of departure for caravans to the east and south ; and ...
... feet for the elevation of this site , and we found the air clear , cold , and bracing . Skaik was inhabited until modern times , and celebrated as the general rendezvous and point of departure for caravans to the east and south ; and ...
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... feet above the sea . It is a grand volcanic plateau , comparatively level , but with a line of singular tells running from Hermon southward to the Jermuk . The first is Tell Ahmar , south of Lake Phiala . Three miles south of this is ...
... feet above the sea . It is a grand volcanic plateau , comparatively level , but with a line of singular tells running from Hermon southward to the Jermuk . The first is Tell Ahmar , south of Lake Phiala . Three miles south of this is ...
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Page 497 - And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night. And, lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them, and the glory of the Lord shone round about them : and they were sore afraid. And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people. For unto you is born this day in the City of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord. And this shall be a sign unto you; Ye shall find the babe wrapped...
Page 402 - Thy watchmen shall lift up the voice; with the voice together shall they sing; for they shall see eye to eye, when the Lord shall bring again Zion.
Page 527 - And she spake out with a loud voice, and said, Blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb.
Page 165 - Behold, I dreamed a dream, and, lo, a cake of barley bread tumbled into the host of Midian, and came unto a tent, and smote it that it fell, and overturned it, that the tent lay along.
Page 185 - And it shall come to pass in that day, I will hear, saith the Lord, I will hear the heavens, and they shall hear the earth; and the earth shall hear the corn, and the wine, and the oil; and they shall hear Jezreel.
Page 148 - Blessed above women shall Jael the wife of Heber the Kenite be; Blessed shall she be above women in the tent.
Page 105 - A fire devoureth before them; and behind them a flame burneth: the land is as the garden of Eden before them, and behind them a desolate wilderness; yea, and nothing shall escape them.
Page 220 - And he said, I have been very jealous for the Lord God of hosts: for the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant, thrown down thine altars, and slain thy prophets with the sword; and I, even I only, am left; and they seek my life, to take it away.
Page 226 - And the hand of the LORD was on Elijah : and he girded up his loins ; and ran before Ahab to the entrance of Jezreel.
Page 94 - After whom is the king of Israel come out ? after whom dost thou pursue ? after a dead dog, after a flea.