The Works: Comprising the Antiquities of the Jews; A History of the Jewish Wars, and Life of Flavius JosephusLea, 1850 - 662 pages |
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... tribe of lo- custs consumed the seed which was not hurt by the hail so that to the Egyptians all hopes of the fu- ture fruits of the ground were entirely lost . 5. One would think the forementioned calamities might have been sufficient ...
... tribe of lo- custs consumed the seed which was not hurt by the hail so that to the Egyptians all hopes of the fu- ture fruits of the ground were entirely lost . 5. One would think the forementioned calamities might have been sufficient ...
Page 68
... tribes and their chief men ; both separately and conjointly . The young men he charged to obey their elders , and ... tribe of Ephraim , over them ; one that was of great courage , and pa- tient to undergo labours ; of great abilities ...
... tribes and their chief men ; both separately and conjointly . The young men he charged to obey their elders , and ... tribe of Ephraim , over them ; one that was of great courage , and pa- tient to undergo labours ; of great abilities ...
Page 71
... tribe of Judah , the grandson of Mariam , the sister of their conductor ; and Aholiab , the son of Ahisamach , of the tribe of Dan . Now the people went on with what they had undertaken with so great alacrity , that Moses was obliged to ...
... tribe of Judah , the grandson of Mariam , the sister of their conductor ; and Aholiab , the son of Ahisamach , of the tribe of Dan . Now the people went on with what they had undertaken with so great alacrity , that Moses was obliged to ...
Page 77
... tribe by tribe ; for the heads of the tribes combined together , two by two , and brought a waggon and a yoke of oxen . These amounted to journeyed . Besides which , each head of a tribe six , and they carried the tabernacle when they ...
... tribe by tribe ; for the heads of the tribes combined together , two by two , and brought a waggon and a yoke of oxen . These amounted to journeyed . Besides which , each head of a tribe six , and they carried the tabernacle when they ...
Page 79
... tribe of Levi from com- municating with the rest of the people , and set them apart to be a holy tribe ; and purified them by water taken from perpetual springs , and with such sacrifices as were usually offered to God ou the like ...
... tribe of Levi from com- municating with the rest of the people , and set them apart to be a holy tribe ; and purified them by water taken from perpetual springs , and with such sacrifices as were usually offered to God ou the like ...
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Page 134 - 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 174 - 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 abjured him to return into him no more, making still mention of Solomon, and reciting the incantations which he composed.
Page 294 - I would now explain is this, that the Pharisees have delivered to the people a great many observances by succession from their fathers, which are not written in the law of Moses ; and for that reason it is that the Sadducees reject them, and say, that we are to esteem those observances to be obligatory which are in the written word, but are not to observe what are derived from the tradition of our forefathers.
Page 30 - ... change the opinion all men happened then to have concerning God ; for he was the first that ventured to publish this notion, that there was but one God, the Creator of the universe ; and that as to other [gods,] if they contributed any thing to the happiness of men, that each of them afforded it only according to his appointment, and not by their own power.
Page 32 - And he said unto him, Take me an heifer of three years old, and a she-goat of three years old, and a ram of three years old, and a turtledove, and a young pigeon.