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... animals were common objects of worship by the Egyp tians , and above all the bull Apis , this ( as well as the calves which were afterwards set up at Dan and Bethel by Jeroboam , who lived some- time in Egypt , 1 Kings xi . 40 ; xii . 2 ...
... animals were common objects of worship by the Egyp tians , and above all the bull Apis , this ( as well as the calves which were afterwards set up at Dan and Bethel by Jeroboam , who lived some- time in Egypt , 1 Kings xi . 40 ; xii . 2 ...
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... animals themselves were an abomina- tion to the Egyptians , seeing they worshipped them as gods . What he must therefore have meant was , that the sacrificing of these animals- in other words , their gods - was an abomination to them ...
... animals themselves were an abomina- tion to the Egyptians , seeing they worshipped them as gods . What he must therefore have meant was , that the sacrificing of these animals- in other words , their gods - was an abomination to them ...
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... animals declared unclean by the law ; 137 years old at the time of Sarah's death , while and from the fat of such as were sacrificed to she was ten years younger ; and three years the Lord ; and from the blood of all ( Lev . xi . after ...
... animals declared unclean by the law ; 137 years old at the time of Sarah's death , while and from the fat of such as were sacrificed to she was ten years younger ; and three years the Lord ; and from the blood of all ( Lev . xi . after ...
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... animal crea- tion long before man was made . In the oldest of the sedimentary rocks the remains of animals occur in vast numbers . Through the whole series of rocks - six miles in thickness - we find these remains ever increasing in ...
... animal crea- tion long before man was made . In the oldest of the sedimentary rocks the remains of animals occur in vast numbers . Through the whole series of rocks - six miles in thickness - we find these remains ever increasing in ...
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... animals can breathe in it much longer than in the same quantity of common air . Nitrogen also possesses the mechanical properties of common air ; but it does not support combus- tion , nor can animals breathing it live . The atmosphere ...
... animals can breathe in it much longer than in the same quantity of common air . Nitrogen also possesses the mechanical properties of common air ; but it does not support combus- tion , nor can animals breathing it live . The atmosphere ...
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Page 194 - And it came to pass, that at midnight the Lord smote all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh that sat on his throne unto the firstborn of the captive that was in the dungeon; and all the firstborn of cattle.
Page 218 - And Pharaoh took off his ring from his hand, and put it upon Joseph's hand, and arrayed him in vestures of fine linen, and put a gold chain about his neck; and he made him to ride in the second chariot which he had; and they cried before him, Bow the knee: and he made him ruler over all the land of Egypt.
Page 413 - Lord thine oaths, but I say unto you, Swear not at all; neither by heaven; for it is God's throne; nor by the earth; for it is his footstool: neither by Jerusalem; for it is the city of the great King. Neither shalt thou swear by thy head, because thou canst not make one hair white or black. But let your communication be, Yea, yea; Nay, nay: for whatsoever is more than these cometh of evil.
Page 54 - For they covered the face of the whole earth, so that the land was darkened; and they did eat every herb of the land, and all the fruit of the trees which the hail had left: and there remained not any green thing in the trees, or in the herbs of the field, through all the land of Egypt.
Page 379 - ... AND when the people saw that Moses delayed to come down out of the mount, the people gathered themselves together unto Aaron, and said unto him, Up, make us gods, which shall go before us; for as for this Moses, the man that brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we wot not what is become of him.
Page 397 - The mystery of the seven stars which thou sawest in my right hand, and the seven golden candlesticks. The seven stars are the angels of the seven churches : and the seven candlesticks which thou sawest are the seven churches.
Page 198 - And Jesus knew their thoughts, and said unto them, Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation; and every city or house divided against itself shall not stand : and if Satan cast out Satan, he is divided against himself; how shall then his kingdom stand?
Page 130 - Thou shalt also consider in thine heart, that, as a man chasteneth his son, so the Lord thy God chasteneth thee. Therefore thou shalt keep the commandments of the Lord thy God, to walk in his ways, and to fear him. For the Lord thy God bringeth thee into a good land, a land of brooks of water, of fountains and depths that spring out of valleys and hills...
Page 12 - Nevertheless death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over them that had not sinned after the similitude of Adam's transgression, who is the figure of him that was to come.
Page 182 - And Miriam, the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a timbrel in her hand ; and all the women went out after her with timbrels and with dances. And Miriam answered them, Sing ye to the Lord, for he hath triumphed gloriously : the horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea.