The Land and the Book: Or, Biblical Illustrations Drawn from the Manners and Customs, the Scenes and Scenery of the Holy Land |
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Ruins of ancient Aqueduct at Tyre .. Tomb of Hiram ...... The Cedars of Lebanon . Cedar Cones ... PAGE 134 134 138 145 147 152 155 , 156 160 162 163 164 166 168 170 171 173 181 182 183 184 185 186 188 189 , 190 195 199 204 207 216 217 ...
Ruins of ancient Aqueduct at Tyre .. Tomb of Hiram ...... The Cedars of Lebanon . Cedar Cones ... PAGE 134 134 138 145 147 152 155 , 156 160 162 163 164 166 168 170 171 173 181 182 183 184 185 186 188 189 , 190 195 199 204 207 216 217 ...
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Wallet , Ruins at Capernaum . PAGE 298 300 307 309 309 310 312 317 , 318 333 , 334 345 , 346 351 , 352 356 359 363 , 364 365 , 366 369 , 370 374 378 380 385 390 396 396 399 , 400 401 402 403 409 414 415 416 418 421 , 422 460 465 ...
Wallet , Ruins at Capernaum . PAGE 298 300 307 309 309 310 312 317 , 318 333 , 334 345 , 346 351 , 352 356 359 363 , 364 365 , 366 369 , 370 374 378 380 385 390 396 396 399 , 400 401 402 403 409 414 415 416 418 421 , 422 460 465 ...
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Mournful deserts and mouldering ruins rebuke the pride of man and vindicate the truth of God ; and yawning gulfs , from Tophet to the Sea of Death , in its sepulchre of bitumen and brimstone , warn the wicked , and prophesy of coming ...
Mournful deserts and mouldering ruins rebuke the pride of man and vindicate the truth of God ; and yawning gulfs , from Tophet to the Sea of Death , in its sepulchre of bitumen and brimstone , warn the wicked , and prophesy of coming ...
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Probably this was only the repetition of a former attempt to protect the quay of Beirût , when these columns were gathered from the ruins of the city and cast into the sea for that purpose . It is otherwise difficult to account for ...
Probably this was only the repetition of a former attempt to protect the quay of Beirût , when these columns were gathered from the ruins of the city and cast into the sea for that purpose . It is otherwise difficult to account for ...
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It is amazing to see how deeply some of these ruins are entombed , suggesting the idea that the very terraces on which these costly structures stood were upheaved and precipitated on those below . And this corresponds with the history ...
It is amazing to see how deeply some of these ruins are entombed , suggesting the idea that the very terraces on which these costly structures stood were upheaved and precipitated on those below . And this corresponds with the history ...
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Page 440 - At her feet he bowed, he fell, he lay down : At her feet he bowed, he fell : Where he bowed, there he fell down dead.
Page 510 - And it came to pass, as they were burying a man, that, behold, they spied a band of men ; and they cast the man into the sepulchre of Elisha : and when the man was let down, and touched the bones of Elisha. he revived, and stood up on his feet.
Page 424 - Curse ye Meroz, said the angel of the LORD, curse ye bitterly the inhabitants thereof; because they came not to the help of the I .n ii ii.
Page 136 - And whatsoever man there be of the house of Israel, or of the strangers that sojourn among you, that eateth any manner of blood ; I will even set my face against that soul that eateth blood, and will cut him off from among his people.
Page 17 - And Moses went up from the plains of Moab unto the mountain of Nebo, to the top of Pisgah, that is over against Jericho. And the Lord shewed him all the land of Gilead, unto Dan, and all Naphtali, and the land of Ephraim, and Manasseh, and all the land of Judah, unto the utmost sea, and the south, and the plain of the valley of Jericho, the city of palm trees, unto Zoar.
Page 381 - Praise the Lord from the earth, ye dragons, and all deeps: Fire and hail; snow and vapours: stormy wind fulfilling his word: Mountains and all hills; fruitful trees, and all cedars: Beasts, and all cattle; creeping things, and flying fowl...
Page 17 - And I will make thy seed as the dust of the earth : so that if a man can number the dust of the earth, then shall thy seed also be numbered. Arise, walk through the land in the length of it and in the breadth of it ; for I will give it unto thee.
Page 136 - For the life of the flesh is in the blood: and I have given it to you upon the altar to make an atonement for your souls : for it is the blood that maketh an atonement for the soul.
Page 427 - The earth shook, the heavens also dropped at the presence of God: even Sinai itself was moved at the presence of God, the God of Israel.
Page 223 - Their poison is like the poison of a serpent ; they are like the deaf adder that stoppeth her ear ; Which will not hearken to the voice of charmers, charming never so wisely.