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The tree is the apple - tree . The citron falls far short of candidum ) , which is
abundant in Palestine , but botanical correctness is not to be looked for in the
circumstances . Yellow varieties answer equally well for the aspects of truth
embodied in ...
The tree is the apple - tree . The citron falls far short of candidum ) , which is
abundant in Palestine , but botanical correctness is not to be looked for in the
circumstances . Yellow varieties answer equally well for the aspects of truth
embodied in ...
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In this contrast reference is made to the trees chiefly used for making the vanities
of the heathen— “ He heweth him down cedars ... The fourth tree from whose
wood the idol was sometimes made , is here named " the ash , ' Hebrew oren .
In this contrast reference is made to the trees chiefly used for making the vanities
of the heathen— “ He heweth him down cedars ... The fourth tree from whose
wood the idol was sometimes made , is here named " the ash , ' Hebrew oren .
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good grounds for holding that the words of verse 13 , “ the fir - tree ( běrosh ) , the
pine - tree ( tidhar ) , ” are used generically . Bērosh is equivalent to abies , or fir -
tree kind , and tidhar to pinus , or pine - tree kind , of modern botany .
good grounds for holding that the words of verse 13 , “ the fir - tree ( běrosh ) , the
pine - tree ( tidhar ) , ” are used generically . Bērosh is equivalent to abies , or fir -
tree kind , and tidhar to pinus , or pine - tree kind , of modern botany .
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| Title | Biblical Natural Science: Being the Explanation of All References in Holy Scripture to Geology, Botany, Zoology, and Physical Geography, Volume 2 Biblical Natural Science: Being the Explanation of All References in Holy Scripture to Geology, Botany, Zoology, and Physical Geography, John Duns |
| Author | John Duns |
| Publisher | William MacKenzie, 1869 |
| Original from | University of California, Berkeley |
| Digitized | 13 Apr 2016 |
| Length | 624 pages |
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