The Land and the Book: Or, Biblical Illustrations Drawn from the Manners and Customs, the Scenes and Scenery of the Holy LandThomas Nelson and Sons, 1911 - 727 pages |
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Page 175
... least five miles long . It is more probable that the various wards , separated by deep ravines , had each its independent fortifications . Whenever a good government shall restore order and se- curity to this region , Beisan will ...
... least five miles long . It is more probable that the various wards , separated by deep ravines , had each its independent fortifications . Whenever a good government shall restore order and se- curity to this region , Beisan will ...
Page 281
... least have some painful defect about their eyes , and some are leprous . The peas- ants hereabout must be very poor , to judge by their rags and squalid appearance . I was reminded of Dorcas and the widows around Peter exhibiting the ...
... least have some painful defect about their eyes , and some are leprous . The peas- ants hereabout must be very poor , to judge by their rags and squalid appearance . I was reminded of Dorcas and the widows around Peter exhibiting the ...
Page 592
... least not until after many generations . The prov erb , " To your tents , O Israel ! " was not a mere Oriental met- aphor ; and the tribes , when they assembled at small places , such as Gilgal and Shiloh , must have come up with their ...
... least not until after many generations . The prov erb , " To your tents , O Israel ! " was not a mere Oriental met- aphor ; and the tribes , when they assembled at small places , such as Gilgal and Shiloh , must have come up with their ...
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Abraham Acre ancient Arabs Baalbek Banias beautiful Bedawîn Beirût Beisan Beit Bethsaida Bible built Cæsarea called Capernaum Carmel castle cisterns cliffs coast columns custom David desert doubt east Egypt emeer entire Esdraelon fact farther flocks Gaza Gennesaret Hamath Hazor Hebrew Hebron Hermon hills hour Hûleh hundred feet inhabitants Israel Jabin Jacob Jaffa Jaulan Jerusalem Jews Jezreel Jordan Josephus Joshua Kenites king lake land Lebanon Lord Lydd mentioned miles Moses Moslems mountain never night Oriental Palestine pass Philistines plain probably prophet Ramleh region remarkable ride river road rock round ruins Samaria says scene seen Sheikh shepherd shore side Sidon Sisera stone suppose Syria Tell temple tent terebinth thing thou thousand Tiberias tion tombs trees tribes Tyre unto valley vast village Wady wall whole wild wind