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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... 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 months can graduate their range so ...
... 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 months can graduate their range so ...
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... road , or even path , for more than an hour , to Skaik , probably the Sacaca mentioned by Ptolemy . It is one of the largest ruins in Gaulanitis , and was better built than most cities of this region . My aneroid marked 2670 feet for ...
... road , or even path , for more than an hour , to Skaik , probably the Sacaca mentioned by Ptolemy . It is one of the largest ruins in Gaulanitis , and was better built than most cities of this region . My aneroid marked 2670 feet for ...
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... road that I could see , or my horse either . We crossed many tracks , however , which led down to the Hûleh , to Jisr Benat Yacobe , and to this Butaiha , and encountered numerous wadies , some shallow , others deep and ugly , which ...
... road that I could see , or my horse either . We crossed many tracks , however , which led down to the Hûleh , to Jisr Benat Yacobe , and to this Butaiha , and encountered numerous wadies , some shallow , others deep and ugly , which ...
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... road to Damascus from Jisr Benat Yacobe , but one more ancient , and much larger than that ever was . Sehm Jaulan is the name of a well - known ruin to the east of this , and I suppose it marks the site of the Biblical Golan , from ...
... road to Damascus from Jisr Benat Yacobe , but one more ancient , and much larger than that ever was . Sehm Jaulan is the name of a well - known ruin to the east of this , and I suppose it marks the site of the Biblical Golan , from ...
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... road quite to the end of this Butaiha , and this bold headland marks the spot , according to my topography , where the five thousand were fed with five barley - loaves and two small fishes.2 From the four narratives of this stupendous ...
... road quite to the end of this Butaiha , and this bold headland marks the spot , according to my topography , where the five thousand were fed with five barley - loaves and two small fishes.2 From the four narratives of this stupendous ...
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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.