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... called by the Bedouins the Tomb of Aaron , towered high above us as we passed along its eastern base . The ascent , for a considerable distance up the side of the mount- ain , is not very steep ; and we saw many ruined terraces , the ...
... called by the Bedouins the Tomb of Aaron , towered high above us as we passed along its eastern base . The ascent , for a considerable distance up the side of the mount- ain , is not very steep ; and we saw many ruined terraces , the ...
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... called , was paved for the better pres- ervation of its water from waste and filth , and its sides were faced with a wall of hewn stone . Considerable remains of the walls and pavement , and some large flagstones be- longing to a paved ...
... called , was paved for the better pres- ervation of its water from waste and filth , and its sides were faced with a wall of hewn stone . Considerable remains of the walls and pavement , and some large flagstones be- longing to a paved ...
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... called the central parts of Petra . A large surface on the north side of the river is covered with substructions , which proba- bly belonged to private habitations . An extensive region still farther north retains no vestiges of the ...
... called the central parts of Petra . A large surface on the north side of the river is covered with substructions , which proba- bly belonged to private habitations . An extensive region still farther north retains no vestiges of the ...
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... called the Corinthian tomb , and is certainly one of the most striking objects in Petra . It is elevated upon a broad platform ten feet high , formed , like the tombs , of the native rock . The front , which is fifty paces in length ...
... called the Corinthian tomb , and is certainly one of the most striking objects in Petra . It is elevated upon a broad platform ten feet high , formed , like the tombs , of the native rock . The front , which is fifty paces in length ...
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... called Ain Muridah . The water is brackish , and unfit to drink , but the eye is cheered with a green spot of grass and shrubs , that derive life and beauty from the moisture which it diffuses around . A few neg- lected palm - trees ...
... called Ain Muridah . The water is brackish , and unfit to drink , but the eye is cheered with a green spot of grass and shrubs , that derive life and beauty from the moisture which it diffuses around . A few neg- lected palm - trees ...
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already ancient city appearance aqueduct arches Armenian ascending beautiful Bedouins Bethlehem built Calvary camel Cedron Christian church cisterns cliff considerable convent covered deep distance east eastern edifice En-rogel enclosure erected evidently excavated extending farther favour feet gardens Gate Gihon grotto ground half Haram Hebron height hill Hinnom holy city houses immense Jaffa Gate Jericho Jerusalem Jewish Jews Jordan Josephus length limestone Lower Pool Mamre marble miles Mohammedan monks monuments mosque Mount of Olives Mount Zion mountain nearly occupied olive-trees Ophel Palestine passed perhaps Petra pilgrims plain Pool of Siloam present probably ravine region religious reservoir road rock ruinous ruins seems seen Sepulchre side Siloam Solomon southern spot steep stones summit Temple Tiberias tion tomb tower town tract tradition travellers trees Turkish Upper Pool Valley of Hinnom Valley of Jehoshaphat village Wady wall western wheat worship
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Page 73 - And Abraham gat up early in the morning to the place where he stood before the LORD : and he looked toward Sodom and Gomorrah, and toward all the land of the plain, and beheld, and, lo, the smoke of the country went up as the smoke of a furnace.
Page 79 - I made me great works; I builded me houses; I planted me vineyards: I made me gardens and orchards, and I planted trees in them of all kind of fruits: I made me pools of water, to water therewith the wood that bringeth forth trees...
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Page 142 - For an Angel went down at a certain season into the pool, and troubled the water : whosoever then first after the troubling of the water stepped in, was made whole of whatsoever disease he had.