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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... thing is oftener done . Hundreds of them are plucked up every year in this vicinity , and brought to the city for firewood . It is not to be supposed that He who spake as man never spoke would select this tree , with its short , feeble ...
... thing is oftener done . Hundreds of them are plucked up every year in this vicinity , and brought to the city for firewood . It is not to be supposed that He who spake as man never spoke would select this tree , with its short , feeble ...
Page 27
... but here we have the thing itself , with the void place about it , 1 like that where Boaz made the elders of Bethlehem sit while he contracted for Ruth , the fair 11 Kings xxii . 10 . FART . I. Public tions , Moabitess ; 1 where.
... but here we have the thing itself , with the void place about it , 1 like that where Boaz made the elders of Bethlehem sit while he contracted for Ruth , the fair 11 Kings xxii . 10 . FART . I. Public tions , Moabitess ; 1 where.
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... thing , at the mercy of every brute who may choose to abuse her . The veil is , therefore , the virtuous woman's " power , " and when- ever she appears in public she ought to have this " power on her head ; " — in church , " because of ...
... thing , at the mercy of every brute who may choose to abuse her . The veil is , therefore , the virtuous woman's " power , " and when- ever she appears in public she ought to have this " power on her head ; " — in church , " because of ...
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... thing is at least possible , and without resorting to supernatural interfer- ence . A little manoeuvring , or a little money , could set either real or spurious Jews at work in the exact way to bring on the catastrophe . But let that ...
... thing is at least possible , and without resorting to supernatural interfer- ence . A little manoeuvring , or a little money , could set either real or spurious Jews at work in the exact way to bring on the catastrophe . But let that ...
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... thing out of his house . " 1 Is it a correct inference from this that the stairway landed on the outside of the house ? The stair- Outside of the house , but within the exterior court . It would not be either way . agreeable or safe to ...
... thing out of his house . " 1 Is it a correct inference from this that the stairway landed on the outside of the house ? The stair- Outside of the house , but within the exterior court . It would not be either way . agreeable or safe to ...
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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