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... Israel ! As the valleys are they spread forth , As gardens by the river's side , As the trees of lign aloes which the Lord hath planted , And as cedar - trees beside the waters . " - ( Num . xxiv . 5 , 6. ) The same general arrangements ...
... Israel ! As the valleys are they spread forth , As gardens by the river's side , As the trees of lign aloes which the Lord hath planted , And as cedar - trees beside the waters . " - ( Num . xxiv . 5 , 6. ) The same general arrangements ...
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... Israel journeyed ; but they have also among their kitchen furniture a round leather coverlid , which they lay on the ground , and which serves them to eat from . It has rings round it , by which it is drawn together with a chain that ...
... Israel journeyed ; but they have also among their kitchen furniture a round leather coverlid , which they lay on the ground , and which serves them to eat from . It has rings round it , by which it is drawn together with a chain that ...
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... Israel , saying , The fifteenth day of this seventh month shall be the feast of tabernacles for seven days unto the Lord .... When ye have gathered in the fruit of the land , ye shall keep a feast unto the Lord seven days : on the first ...
... Israel , saying , The fifteenth day of this seventh month shall be the feast of tabernacles for seven days unto the Lord .... When ye have gathered in the fruit of the land , ye shall keep a feast unto the Lord seven days : on the first ...
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... Israel were located , is a vast alluvial plain , formed by the deposits of the river Nile . Stone was not to be had without great expense , on account of the distance at which it was found ; and hence the inhabitants naturally availed ...
... Israel were located , is a vast alluvial plain , formed by the deposits of the river Nile . Stone was not to be had without great expense , on account of the distance at which it was found ; and hence the inhabitants naturally availed ...
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... Israel strengthened himself and sat upon the bed : " ( Gen. xlviii . 2 ) ; " He arose from the earth , and sat upon the bed " ( 1 Sam . xxviii . 23 ) . The sleeping accommodation in Eastern countries is still of the simplest kind ...
... Israel strengthened himself and sat upon the bed : " ( Gen. xlviii . 2 ) ; " He arose from the earth , and sat upon the bed " ( 1 Sam . xxviii . 23 ) . The sleeping accommodation in Eastern countries is still of the simplest kind ...
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Page 298 - And he turned to the woman, and said unto Simon, Seest thou this woman ? I entered into thine house, thou gavest me no water for my feet : but she hath washed my feet with tears, and wiped them with the hairs of her head.
Page 101 - They were stoned, they were sawn asunder, were tempted, were slain with the sword. They wandered about in sheepskins and goatskins; being destitute, afflicted, tormented; of whom the world was not worthy. They wandered in deserts, and in mountains, and in dens and caves of the earth.
Page 485 - And it shall come to pass, that every one that is left of all the nations which came against Jerusalem shall even go up from year to year to worship the King, the Lord of Hosts, and to keep the feast of tabernacles.
Page 443 - And the house, when it was in building, was built of stone made ready before it was brought thither so that there was neither hammer nor axe nor any tool of iron heard in the house, while it was in building.
Page 462 - And it came to pass that while he executed the priest's office before God in the order of his course, according to the custom of the priest's office, his lot was to burn incense when he went into the temple of the Lord.
Page 471 - The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me ; because the Lord hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek ; he hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound ; to proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord...
Page 488 - ... and Aaron shall lay both his hands upon the head of the live goat, and confess over him all the iniquities of the children of Israel, and all their transgressions in all their sins, putting them upon the head of the goat, and shall send him away by the hand of a fit man into the wilderness : And the goat shall bear upon him all their iniquities unto a land not inhabited : and he shall let go the goat in the wilderness.
Page 194 - Israel, and bid them that they make them fringes in the borders of their garments throughout their generations, and that they put upon the fringe of the borders a ribband of blue : and it shall be unto you for a fringe, that ye may look upon it, and remember all the commandments of the Lord, and do them...
Page 447 - I will fill this house with glory, saith the Lord of Hosts. The silver is mine, and the gold is mine, saith the Lord of Hosts. The glory of this latter house shall be greater than of the former, saith the Lord of Hosts : and in this place will I give peace, saith the Lord of Hosts.
Page 519 - And the LORD thy God will circumcise thine heart, and the heart of thy seed, to love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, that thou mayest live.