Literary leaves for general readers [by A. Hall |
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... thou shalt make the breast- plate of judgment with cunning work : after the work of the ephod thou shalt make it ; of gold , of blue , and of pur- ple , and of scarlet , and of fine twined linen , shalt thou make it . Four- square it ...
... thou shalt make the breast- plate of judgment with cunning work : after the work of the ephod thou shalt make it ; of gold , of blue , and of pur- ple , and of scarlet , and of fine twined linen , shalt thou make it . Four- square it ...
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... Thou art weighed in the balances and found want- peres . " Thy kingdom is divided , and given to the Medes . and Persians . " v . 28 . 4. The Book of Daniel having shown us the influence of captivity in modifying the national dialects ...
... Thou art weighed in the balances and found want- peres . " Thy kingdom is divided , and given to the Medes . and Persians . " v . 28 . 4. The Book of Daniel having shown us the influence of captivity in modifying the national dialects ...
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... Thou who art the highest : blessed is He that cometh in the name of the Lord ! ' " The Jews cry out and say to the runner , † ' The sons of the Hebrews shouted in Hebrew ; whence , then , hast thou the Greek ? The runner says to them ...
... Thou who art the highest : blessed is He that cometh in the name of the Lord ! ' " The Jews cry out and say to the runner , † ' The sons of the Hebrews shouted in Hebrew ; whence , then , hast thou the Greek ? The runner says to them ...
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... Thou wentest in to men uncircumcised , and did eat with them . " xi . 8 , " Nothing common or unclean hath at any time entered into my mouth . " 3. In xiii . 9 , Saul of Tarsus is first called Paul ; the statement is made as a mere ...
... Thou wentest in to men uncircumcised , and did eat with them . " xi . 8 , " Nothing common or unclean hath at any time entered into my mouth . " 3. In xiii . 9 , Saul of Tarsus is first called Paul ; the statement is made as a mere ...
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Page 1 - The blessings of thy father have prevailed above the blessings of my progenitors unto the utmost bound of the everlasting hills; they shall be on the head of Joseph, and on the crown of the head of him that was separate from his brethren.
Page 1 - Judah, thou art he whom thy brethren shall praise; thy hand shall be in the neck of thine enemies; thy father's children shall bow down before thee. Judah is a lion's whelp; from the prey, my son, thou art gone up. He stooped down, he couched as a lion, and as an old lion. Who shall rouse him up? The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh come; and unto him shall the gathering of the people be.
Page 6 - And they of the circumcision which believed were astonished, as many as came with Peter, because that on the Gentiles also was poured out the gift of the Holy Ghost.
Page 10 - And he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up: and, as his custom was, he went into the synagogue on the sabbath day, and stood up for to read. And there was delivered unto him the book of the prophet Esaias. And when he had opened the book, he found the place where it was written...
Page 1 - Issachar is a strong ass couching down between two burdens : and he saw that rest was good, and the land that it was pleasant ; and bowed his shoulder to bear, and became a servant unto tribute.
Page 1 - And he charged them, and said unto them, I am to be gathered unto my people: bury me with my fathers in the cave that is in the field of Ephron the...
Page 1 - Joseph is a fruitful bough, even a fruitful bough by a well ; whose branches run over the wall. The archers have sorely grieved him, and shot at him, and hated him : but his bow abode in strength, and the arms of his hands were made strong by the hands of the mighty God of Jacob...
Page 1 - And the stones were according to the names of the children of Israel, twelve according to their names, like the engravings of a signet, every one with his name according to the twelve tribes.
Page 6 - And he said unto them, Ye know how that it is an unlawful thing for a man that is a Jew to keep company, or come unto one of another nation; but God hath shewed me that I should not call any man common or unclean.
Page 2 - Men and brethren, this Scripture must needs have been fulfilled, which the Holy Ghost by the mouth of David spake before concerning Judas, which was guide to them that took Jesus: for he was numbered with us, and had obtained part of this ministry.