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Page 84
THE conduct of the Israelites toward the Edomites , I teaches us to guard against
a love of contention and revenge . The Israelites request was a reasonable one ;
the Edomites ' denial was stiff and unjustifiable : especially consider , ing what ...
THE conduct of the Israelites toward the Edomites , I teaches us to guard against
a love of contention and revenge . The Israelites request was a reasonable one ;
the Edomites ' denial was stiff and unjustifiable : especially consider , ing what ...
Page 88
We have shot at them ; Heshbon is perished even unto Dibon , and we have laid
them waste even unto Nophah , which [ reacheth ) unto Medeba , first the Amo31
rites , and then the Israelites . t Thus Israel dwelt in the 32 land of the Amorites .
We have shot at them ; Heshbon is perished even unto Dibon , and we have laid
them waste even unto Nophah , which [ reacheth ) unto Medeba , first the Amo31
rites , and then the Israelites . t Thus Israel dwelt in the 32 land of the Amorites .
Page 169
10 . nor are they empowered thus forcibly to attempt to recover any native
Israelite , who should revolt to idolatry , and go to settle in a gentile country . 5 .
As God had placed the Israelites under such an extraordinary equal providence ,
that the ...
10 . nor are they empowered thus forcibly to attempt to recover any native
Israelite , who should revolt to idolatry , and go to settle in a gentile country . 5 .
As God had placed the Israelites under such an extraordinary equal providence ,
that the ...
Page 266
3 . Let us learn to avoid rash judgment . The Israelites hastily made a league ,
without consulting the Lord , which might easily have been done : then they had
acted wisely and safely . Let us guard against too lasty a temper , especially in
such ...
3 . Let us learn to avoid rash judgment . The Israelites hastily made a league ,
without consulting the Lord , which might easily have been done : then they had
acted wisely and safely . Let us guard against too lasty a temper , especially in
such ...
Page 399
The Israelites were so much under an equal Providence , that had it not been for
their iniquities they would not have been disappointed ; but they were vainly
confident in their numbers and strength , and the goodness of their cause .
The Israelites were so much under an equal Providence , that had it not been for
their iniquities they would not have been disappointed ; but they were vainly
confident in their numbers and strength , and the goodness of their cause .
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Aaron according altar appear behold blessing border brethren bring brought burnt called camp Canaan CHAP chapter children of Israel commanded congregation covenant curse danger daughters death delivered destroyed earth Egypt enemies evil eyes faith families fathers fear fire five gave give given God's gods hand hast hath heart heaven holy honour hundred inheritance Israelites Jordan Joshua judges judgments keep king land Levites live LORD thy LORD thy God manner Moses mount numbered observe offering pass peace persons possess pray priest princes probably promise punishment reason REFLECTIONS religion rest saying sent servant serve seven side sons soul spake unto speak spirit stand tabernacle taken thee thereof thine thing thou shalt thought thousand took tribe turn unto Moses unto the LORD whole wife wilderness woman
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Page 183 - If a bird's nest chance to be before thee in the way in any tree, or on the ground, whether they be young ones, or eggs, and the dam sitting upon the young, or upon the eggs, thou shalt not take the dam with the young...
Page 337 - And the Lord said unto Gideon, By the three hundred men that lapped will I save you, and deliver the Midianites into thine hand : and let all the other people go every man unto his place.
Page 163 - Therefore shall ye lay up these my words in your heart and in your soul, and bind them for a sign upon your hand, that they may be as frontlets between your eyes.
Page 236 - Only be thou strong and very courageous, that thou mayest observe to do according to all the law, which Moses my servant commanded thee: turn not from it to the right hand or to the left, that thou mayest prosper whithersoever thou goest.
Page 136 - Ye shall not respect persons in judgment; but ye shall hear the small as well as the great; ye shall not be afraid of the face of man; for the judgment is God's: and the cause that is too hard for you, bring it unto me, and I will hear it.
Page 171 - Thou shalt surely give him, and thine heart shall not be grieved when thou givest unto him : because that for this thing the LORD thy God shall bless thee in all thy works, and in all that thou puttest thine hand unto.
Page 187 - Thou shalt not oppress an hired servant that is poor and needy, whether he be of thy brethren, or of thy strangers that are in thy land within thy gates : at his day thou shalt give him his hire, neither shall the sun go down upon it ; for he is poor, and setteth his heart upon it : lest he cry against thee unto the Lord, and it be sin unto thee.
Page 147 - And remember that thou wast a servant in the land of Egypt, and that the LORD thy God brought thee out thence through a mighty hand and by a stretched out arm: therefore the LORD thy God commanded thee to keep the sabbath day.
Page 210 - See, I have set before thee this day life and good, and death and evil ; in that I command thee this day to love the LORD thy God, to walk in his ways, and to keep his commandments and his statutes and his judgments, that thou mayest live and multiply: and the LORD thy God shall bless thee in the land whither thou goest to possess it.
Page 183 - THOU shalt not see thy brother's ox or his sheep go astray, and hide thyself from them : thou shalt in any case bring them again unto thy brother. And if thy brother be not nigh unto thee, or if thou know him not, then thou shalt bring it unto thine own house, and it shall be with thee until thy brother seek after it, and thou shalt restore it to him again.
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| Title | A Short and Plain Exposition of the Old Testament: With Devotional and Practical Reflections, for the Use of Families, Volume 2 Volume 2 of A SHORT AND PLAIN EXPOSITION OF THE OLD TESTAMENT, JOB ORTON A Short and Plain Exposition of the Old Testament: With Devotional and Practical Reflections, for the Use of Families, Robert Gentleman |
| Authors | Job Orton, Robert Gentleman |
| Editor | Robert Gentleman |
| Publisher | S. Etheridge, 1805 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 28 Feb 2008 |
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