The Land and the Book: Or, Biblical Illustrations Drawn from the Manners and Customs, the Scenes and Scenery of The Holy LandT. Nelson & Sons, 1877 - 718 pages |
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Page 23
... carried to market in large quantities , and appeared to be more valued there than with us . Still they are at best very insipid , and none but the poorer classes eat them . This agrees with and explains an allusion in Amos . He had ...
... carried to market in large quantities , and appeared to be more valued there than with us . Still they are at best very insipid , and none but the poorer classes eat them . This agrees with and explains an allusion in Amos . He had ...
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... carried up to the top of a hill that is before Hebron.3 And over this gate is a chamber , like that to which David ... carry on their business is This one is Bab es Shurraiyeh , because the governor's palace is near it . And thus , too ...
... carried up to the top of a hill that is before Hebron.3 And over this gate is a chamber , like that to which David ... carry on their business is This one is Bab es Shurraiyeh , because the governor's palace is near it . And thus , too ...
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... carried over the river of Beirût on a series of lofty arches . The highest tier numbers twenty - five , and the canal upon them was one hundred and sixty feet above the bed of the river . The next tier below has fifteen arches ; the ...
... carried over the river of Beirût on a series of lofty arches . The highest tier numbers twenty - five , and the canal upon them was one hundred and sixty feet above the bed of the river . The next tier below has fifteen arches ; the ...
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... carrying donkeys are a great nuisance ; but we are free from them at last , and you will not encounter a similar ... carry such documents , and that I had it not with me . This did not satisfy him . He ordered me back , swearing roundly ...
... carrying donkeys are a great nuisance ; but we are free from them at last , and you will not encounter a similar ... carry such documents , and that I had it not with me . This did not satisfy him . He ordered me back , swearing roundly ...
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... carried by a dove from Pho- nicia to the temple of Jupiter in Epirus , is certainly very remarkable . The connec- tion of the dove with the olive , however , is quite natural . These groves are their favourite resort . In them they ...
... carried by a dove from Pho- nicia to the temple of Jupiter in Epirus , is certainly very remarkable . The connec- tion of the dove with the olive , however , is quite natural . These groves are their favourite resort . In them they ...
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Abraham Acre allusions ancient appear Arabs Baalbek Banias beautiful Bedawîn Beirût Beit Beth-horon Bethsaida Bible built Cæsarea called Capernaum Carmel castle cave CHAPTER church cisterns columns custom David Dead Sea deep descended desert doubt east Egypt En-rogel entire Esdraelon fact flocks gate Gaza Gennesaret Gerar Hamath Hazor Hebrew Hebron hills Holy hour Hûleh inhabitants Israel Jacob Jaffa Jaulan Jerusalem Jews Jordan Josephus Joshua Kenites king lake land Lebanon Lord Lydd mentioned miles Moses Moslems mountains never night north-west Palestine pass Philistines plain pools prophet Ramleh remarkable ride river road rock round ruins sacred says scene seen sepulchres sheikh shore side Sidon Solomon south-east stone suppose Syria Tell Temple tent terebinth thing thou thousand Tiberias tion tombs towers travellers trees tribes Tyre unto valley vast village Wady wall whole wild wind Zion