The Works of Flavius Josephus, the Learned and Authentic Jewish Historian and Celebrated Warrior: To which are Added Three Dissertations Concerning Jesus Christ, John the Baptist, James the Just, God's Command to Abraham, &c. with an Index to the Whole, Volume 1

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T. & J. Allman, 1826
 

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Page 325 - had understanding of the times, to know what Israel ought to do;" that is, Who had so much knowledge in astronomy as to make calendars for the Israelites, that they might keep their festivals, and plough and sow, and gather in their harvests and vintage in due season.
Page 351 - but those things that are revealed belong to us, and to our children, for ever, that we may do all the words of this law." Deut. xxix, 29. Nor have all the subtilties of the moderns,
Page 384 - seem to be other than that of its magical use in such conjurations. As for the following history, it confirms what Christ says, Matt, xii, 27. " If I by Beelzebub cast out devils, by whom do your sons cast them out ?
Page 220 - should gather together in one the children of God that were scattered abroad," xi, 51, 52, he may possibly mean, that this was revealed to the high-priest by an extraordinary voice from between the
Page 383 - Now that which was prepared for me daily was one ox and six choice sheep ; also fowls were prepared for me : and once in ten days store of all sorts of wine : and yet for all this, I required not the bread of the governor, because the bondage was heavy upon this people;
Page 365 - sum of the children of Israel, after their number, then shall they give every man a ransom for his soul unto the Lord, when thou numberest them, that there be no plague amongst them when thou
Page 208 - or anathema, against the Amalekites, 1 • Sam. xv, we may observe what was the true meaning of that law, Lev. xxvii, 28. " None devoted, which shall be devoted of men, shall be redeemed; but shall surely be put to death,
Page 315 - This day is the fourteenth day that ye have tarried and continued fasting, -having taken nothing ;" and as the nature of the thing, and the impossibility of .strictly fasting
Page 385 - soever of thy country thou shall desire, and leave them there, after which thy subjects may carry them to Jerusalem. But do thou take care to procure us corn for this timber, which we stand in need of, because we inhabit in an islan'd.'"*
Page 405 - or bought for silver; for the king had many ships which lay upon the sea of Tarsus: these he commanded to carry out all sorts of merchandise unto the remotest nations, by the sale of which silver and gold were brought to the king, and a great quantity of ivory, and Ethiopians, and apes, and

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