Texts from the holy Bible explained by the help of the ancient monuments, containing 160 drawings on wood chiefly by J. BonomiDay and Son, Limited, 1866 - 193 pages |
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... Egyptian and Assyrian sculptures ; the later include some coins . A few maps and plans are given , but only such as ex- plain points in geography that are not shown in the more common maps . It would have been easy to have added a ...
... Egyptian and Assyrian sculptures ; the later include some coins . A few maps and plans are given , but only such as ex- plain points in geography that are not shown in the more common maps . It would have been easy to have added a ...
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... Egyptian priest and his soul in the form of a bird with human head and hands . They are being fed by the goddess Neith out of the sacred tree . From a funereal tablet in the British Museum . This tree , with the goddess in its branches ...
... Egyptian priest and his soul in the form of a bird with human head and hands . They are being fed by the goddess Neith out of the sacred tree . From a funereal tablet in the British Museum . This tree , with the goddess in its branches ...
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... Egyptian Serpent of Goodness , which is sometimes represented with a human head . It stands upon its folds , and is thus distinguished from the Serpent of Evil that creeps on its belly . It is the Cobra , a snake that has the power of ...
... Egyptian Serpent of Goodness , which is sometimes represented with a human head . It stands upon its folds , and is thus distinguished from the Serpent of Evil that creeps on its belly . It is the Cobra , a snake that has the power of ...
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Samuel Sharpe. The chief ornament of the Egyptian King was a small serpent of this kind made of gold , and tied to his ... Egyptian sarcophagus now at Paris , and published in Egypt . Inscrip . , 2d Series , pl . 16 . GENESIS , X. 1 ...
Samuel Sharpe. The chief ornament of the Egyptian King was a small serpent of this kind made of gold , and tied to his ... Egyptian sarcophagus now at Paris , and published in Egypt . Inscrip . , 2d Series , pl . 16 . GENESIS , X. 1 ...
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... Egypt . Phut , or North Africa . Canaan . Seba , or Meroë . Havilah , or Arabia . Sheba , part of ditto . Dedan , part of ditto . Nimrod , who dwelt in Babylon ; whence Asshur , or the Assyrians , and Nineveh . Ludim , or the Egyptian ...
... Egypt . Phut , or North Africa . Canaan . Seba , or Meroë . Havilah , or Arabia . Sheba , part of ditto . Dedan , part of ditto . Nimrod , who dwelt in Babylon ; whence Asshur , or the Assyrians , and Nineveh . Ludim , or the Egyptian ...
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Page 149 - When ye therefore shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place, (whoso readeth, let him understand:) 16 Then let them which be in Judea flee into the mountains...
Page 145 - And unto him that smiteth thee on the one cheek offer also the other ; and him that taketh away thy cloak forbid not to take thy coat also.
Page 31 - And the Lord said unto Moses, Write this for a memorial in a book, and rehearse it in the ears of Joshua : for I will utterly put out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven.
Page 179 - It is sown in corruption; it is raised in incorruption; it is sown in dishonour; it is raised in glory; it is sown in weakness; it is raised in power; it is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body. There is a natural body, and there is a spiritual body.
Page 103 - It shall never be inhabited, neither shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation: neither shall the Arabian pitch tent there; neither shall the shepherds make their fold there. But wild beasts of the desert shall lie there; and their houses shall be full of doleful creatures; and owls shall dwell there, and satyrs shall dance there.
Page 178 - For a man indeed ought not to cover his head, forasmuch as he is the image and glory of God: but the woman is the glory of the man.
Page 40 - Just balances, just weights, a just ephah, and a just hin, shall ye have : I am the Lord your God, which brought you out of the land of Egypt.
Page 193 - And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are, and shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever.
Page 35 - And thou shalt put in the breastplate of judgment the Urim and the Thummim ; and they shall be upon Aaron's heart, when he goeth in before the LORD : and Aaron shall bear the judgment of the children of Israel upon his heart before the LORD continually.
Page 71 - And Hezekiah king of Judah sent to the king of Assyria to Lachish, saying, "I have offended ; return from me: that which thou puttest on me will I bear.