The Land and the Book: Or Biblical Illustrations Drawn from the Manners and Customs, the Scenes and Scenery of the Holy Land, Volume 1T. Nelson, 1881 |
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Page iii
... selects from all such passages as contain or suggest the themes he desires to elucidate . This is his chosen field , the limit of his promise . For nearly half a century he has resided amidst the scenes and the scenery.
... selects from all such passages as contain or suggest the themes he desires to elucidate . This is his chosen field , the limit of his promise . For nearly half a century he has resided amidst the scenes and the scenery.
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... half ! This may well have been a whale , if not the iden- tical one in whose belly Jonah passed three days . The fact , also , that in the mythical fable of Perseus and Andromeda the name Iapolis occurs as that of a city connected with ...
... half ! This may well have been a whale , if not the iden- tical one in whose belly Jonah passed three days . The fact , also , that in the mythical fable of Perseus and Andromeda the name Iapolis occurs as that of a city connected with ...
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... half infernal in the night , which , heard once , will never be for- gotten . To what does Moses refer in the eleventh chapter and tenth verse of Deuteronomy ? " For the land , whither thou goest in to possess it , is not as the land of ...
... half infernal in the night , which , heard once , will never be for- gotten . To what does Moses refer in the eleventh chapter and tenth verse of Deuteronomy ? " For the land , whither thou goest in to possess it , is not as the land of ...
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... Half a dozen are seeking a solution this very minute . Remember this is our first walk in the Land of Promise - a land of promises scarcely less interesting to me than were those given to the Father of the Faithful , when the Lord said ...
... Half a dozen are seeking a solution this very minute . Remember this is our first walk in the Land of Promise - a land of promises scarcely less interesting to me than were those given to the Father of the Faithful , when the Lord said ...
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... half , and the variety and quan- tity of fruit produced is quite surprising . Did you ever compare the list of modern fruits with those mentioned in the Bible ? I have never had the specific information necessary for such a comparison ...
... half , and the variety and quan- tity of fruit produced is quite surprising . Did you ever compare the list of modern fruits with those mentioned in the Bible ? I have never had the specific information necessary for such a comparison ...
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Abimelech Abraham amongst ancient Antipatris appears aqueduct Arabs arch Ashdod Askelon Bedawîn Beit Jibrîn Beth-shemesh Bible Biblical bricks built Cæsarea called camels castle cave church cisterns Damascus Gate David Dead Sea deep desert east Egypt En-rogel entire Eshcol farther feet gardens Gate Gaza Gerar Gilgal Hajla Haram Hebrew Hebron Herod hill Holy City hundred inhabitants Isaac Israel Jaffa Jericho Jerusalem Jews Jordan Josephus Joshua Judah king Lachish land Lieutenant Conder Lord Makkedah mentioned miles modern Moses mosk Moslem mountains Palestine pass patriarchs Philistines pilgrims plain pool present probably prophet Ramleh region ride ridge river road rock ruins sacred says scene seen Sepulchre Shephelah shore side south-east stone Sultân suppose Tell Temple thou tion tomb tower Tower of David travellers trees unto valley village Wady wall whole wilderness Yebna Zion