The Genuine Works of Flavius Josephus: Containing six books of the Antiquities of the JewsW. Borradaile, 1824 |
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... dead of the village of Bethshe- mesh , who not being priests , and so not worthy to touch the ark , and approached to it . Those of the village wept for these that thus suffered , and made such a lamentation as was naturally to be ...
... dead of the village of Bethshe- mesh , who not being priests , and so not worthy to touch the ark , and approached to it . Those of the village wept for these that thus suffered , and made such a lamentation as was naturally to be ...
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... dead man . " So she let him down by a cord out of the win- dow , and saved him : and after she had so done , she fitted up a bed for him as if he were sick , and put under the bed- clothes a goat's liver ; * and when her father , as ...
... dead man . " So she let him down by a cord out of the win- dow , and saved him : and after she had so done , she fitted up a bed for him as if he were sick , and put under the bed- clothes a goat's liver ; * and when her father , as ...
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... dead man by her words , and by that grief which arose from them ; so Na- bal survived ten days , and no more , and then died . And when David heard of his death , he said that " God had just- ly avenged him of this man , for that Nabal ...
... dead man by her words , and by that grief which arose from them ; so Na- bal survived ten days , and no more , and then died . And when David heard of his death , he said that " God had just- ly avenged him of this man , for that Nabal ...
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... dead , that so he might know whe- ther his affairs would succeed to his mind ; for this sort of necromantic women , who bring up the souls of the dead , do by them foretell future events to such as desire them . And one of his servants ...
... dead , that so he might know whe- ther his affairs would succeed to his mind ; for this sort of necromantic women , who bring up the souls of the dead , do by them foretell future events to such as desire them . And one of his servants ...
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... dead , are so to act as they may obtain the same this especially concerns kings , who ought not to think it enough in their high station , that they are not wicked in the government of their subjects , but to be no more than mode ...
... dead , are so to act as they may obtain the same this especially concerns kings , who ought not to think it enough in their high station , that they are not wicked in the government of their subjects , but to be no more than mode ...
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Page 35 - Thou comest to me with a sword, and with a spear, and with a shield: but I come to thee in the name of the LORD of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom thou hast defied.
Page 135 - And if a man lie not in wait, but God deliver him into his hand ; then I will appoint thee a place whither he shall flee. 14 But if a man come presumptuously upon his neighbour, to slay him with guile ; thou shalt take him from mine altar, that he may die.
Page 77 - And of the children of Issachar, which were men that had understanding of the times, to know what Israel ought to do ; the heads of them were two hundred ; and all their brethren were at their commandment.
Page 214 - In this thing the LORD pardon thy servant, that when my master goeth into the house of Rimmon to worship there, and he leaneth on my hand, and I bow myself in the house of Rimmon : when I bow down myself in the house of Rimmon, the LORD pardon thy servant in this thing.
Page 141 - God foretold to my father that such a house should be built by me ; wherefore I desire thee to send some of thy subjects with mine to Mount Lebanon to cut down timber ; for the Sidonians are more skilful than our people in cutting of wood. As for wages to the hewers of wood, I will pay whatsoever price thou shalt determine.
Page 140 - God also enabled him to learn that skill which expels demons,* which is a science useful and sanative to men. He composed such incantations also by which distempers are alleviated. And he left behind him the manner of using exorcisms, by which they drive away demons, so that they never return; and this method of cure is of great force unto this day...
Page 165 - There was a certain place, about fifty furlongs distant from Jerusalem, which is called Etham, very pleasant it is in fine gardens, and abounding in rivulets of water; thither did he use to go out in the morning, sitting on high [in his chariot].
Page 154 - And king Solomon offered a sacrifice of twenty and two thousand oxen, and an hundred and twenty thousand sheep: so the king and all the people dedicated the house of God.
Page 140 - The manner of the cure was this : he put a ring that had a root of one of those sorts mentioned by Solomon to the nostrils of the demoniac, after which he drew out the demon through his nostrils. And, when the man fell down immediately, he adjured him to return into him no more, making still mention of Solomon, and reciting the incantations which he composed.
Page 140 - And he left behind him the manner of using exorcisms, by which they drive away demons, so that they never return; and this method of cure is of great force unto this day; for I have seen a certain man of my own country, whose name was Eleazar, releasing people that were demoniacal in the presence of Vespasian, and his sons, and his captains, and the whole multitude of his soldiers.