Scripture Topography: Being Some Account of Places Mentioned in Holy Scripture, Given Principally in Extracts from the Works of TravellersSociety for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1843 - 411 pages |
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... scenes of antiquity were acted . It was in this quarter that the Most High placed his once favoured people , the Jews , that revelations were delivered to the prophets , and those oracles of truth communicated which shall endure for ...
... scenes of antiquity were acted . It was in this quarter that the Most High placed his once favoured people , the Jews , that revelations were delivered to the prophets , and those oracles of truth communicated which shall endure for ...
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... at noon ; ' to - day being the Mahommedan sabbath . We were thus left to calculate our distance . The reply sounded very foreign to the ears of one , h who knew that formerly there were scenes of purer 22 THE COUNTRY ABOUT JERUSALEM .
... at noon ; ' to - day being the Mahommedan sabbath . We were thus left to calculate our distance . The reply sounded very foreign to the ears of one , h who knew that formerly there were scenes of purer 22 THE COUNTRY ABOUT JERUSALEM .
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... scenes of purer worship on this spot . Thither the tribes go up , the tribes of the Lord , to the testimony of Israel , to give thanks unto the name of the Lord . ' At length , while the sun was yet two hours high , my long and ...
... scenes of purer worship on this spot . Thither the tribes go up , the tribes of the Lord , to the testimony of Israel , to give thanks unto the name of the Lord . ' At length , while the sun was yet two hours high , my long and ...
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... scene of miracles ! " It shall be trodden down of the Gentiles until the times of the Gentiles be fulfilled ; " and the time shall come when the crescent shall no longer glitter over its battlements , nor the banner of the prophet wave ...
... scene of miracles ! " It shall be trodden down of the Gentiles until the times of the Gentiles be fulfilled ; " and the time shall come when the crescent shall no longer glitter over its battlements , nor the banner of the prophet wave ...
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... scene . The beautiful mount of Olives was on the right , and at its feet the valley of Jehoshaphat . The only stream ... scenes . Amidst them a stranger will ever delight to 1 " The author would here add , that he has , subsequently ...
... scene . The beautiful mount of Olives was on the right , and at its feet the valley of Jehoshaphat . The only stream ... scenes . Amidst them a stranger will ever delight to 1 " The author would here add , that he has , subsequently ...
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Page 297 - Now, when he came nigh to the gate of the city, behold, there was a dead man carried out, the only son of his mother, and she was a widow ; and much people of the city was with her.
Page 63 - Then spake Joshua to the Lord in the day when the Lord delivered up the Amorites before the children of Israel, and he said in the sight of Israel, "Sun, stand thou still upon Gibeon, and thou, Moon, in the valley of Ajalon.
Page 38 - And his feet shall stand in that day upon the mount of Olives, which is before Jerusalem on the east, and the mount of Olives shall cleave in the midst thereof toward the east and toward the west, and there shall be a very great valley; and half of the mountain shall remove toward the north, and half of it toward the south.
Page 102 - And it came to pass, when Pharaoh had let the people go, that God led them not through the way of the land of the Philistines, although that was near; for God said, Lest peradventure the people repent when they see war, and they return to Egypt...
Page 239 - Now when the apostles which were at Jerusalem heard that Samaria had received the word of God, they sent unto them Peter and John: who, when they were come down, prayed for them, that they might receive the Holy Ghost...
Page 15 - And many nations shall come, and say, "Come, and let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, and to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his Ways, and we will walk in his paths:" for the law shall go forth of Zion, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.
Page 174 - And Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the plain of Jordan, that it was well watered every where, before the LORD destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, even as the garden of the LORD, like the land of Egypt, as thou comest unto Zoar.
Page 164 - And he said, Bring me a new cruse, and put salt therein. And they brought it to him. And he went forth unto the spring of the waters, and cast the salt in there, and said, Thus saith the LORD, I have healed these waters; there shall not be from thence any more death or barren land.
Page 42 - Then cometh Jesus with them unto a place called Gethsemane, and saith unto the disciples, Sit ye here, while I go and pray yonder.
Page 68 - Are here all thy children?' And he said, 'There remaineth yet the youngest, and, behold, he keepeth the sheep.' And Samuel said unto Jesse, 'Send and fetch him, for we will not sit down till he come hither.' "And he sent, and brought him in. Now he was ruddy, and withal of a beautiful countenance, and goodly to look to. And the Lord said, 'Arise, anoint him, for this is he.