The Bible in the Holy Land, extr. from 'Sinai and Palestine' for the use of schools &c, Issue 31 |
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... forest of Hareth , and the thicket - wood of Ziph , in Judæa ; * the forest of Bethel ; † the forest of Sharon ; the forests which gave its name to Kirjath- Jearim , " the city of forests , " have long since disappeared . Palm - trees ...
... forest of Hareth , and the thicket - wood of Ziph , in Judæa ; * the forest of Bethel ; † the forest of Sharon ; the forests which gave its name to Kirjath- Jearim , " the city of forests , " have long since disappeared . Palm - trees ...
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... forests and pastures . 66 Secondly , we must remember that , compared with the surrounding countries of the East , with their waterless deserts , only varied here and there by strips and patches of vegetation , Palestine would appear as ...
... forests and pastures . 66 Secondly , we must remember that , compared with the surrounding countries of the East , with their waterless deserts , only varied here and there by strips and patches of vegetation , Palestine would appear as ...
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... forest and large timber ( with a few exceptions ) are not known . Cornfields , and occasionally vineyards , creep along the ancient terraces . In the spring the hills and valleys are covered with thin grass and the aromatic shrubs which ...
... forest and large timber ( with a few exceptions ) are not known . Cornfields , and occasionally vineyards , creep along the ancient terraces . In the spring the hills and valleys are covered with thin grass and the aromatic shrubs which ...
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... forest . On the table - lands of Gilead are thick oak woods of Bashan , often spoken of in the Prophets , || as presenting the most familiar image of forest scenery ; famous in history as the scene of the capture and death of Absalom ...
... forest . On the table - lands of Gilead are thick oak woods of Bashan , often spoken of in the Prophets , || as presenting the most familiar image of forest scenery ; famous in history as the scene of the capture and death of Absalom ...
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... . xiii . 16 , xiv . 2 , 18 . +1 Sam . xiii . 16 . 1 Sam . xiv . 4. Seneh = Acacia . § 1 Sam . xiv . 16 , 19 . || 1 Sam . xiv . 21 , 22 . 1 Sam . xiv . 23 * through the forest , now destroyed , where , HEIGHTS AND PASSES OF BENJAMIN . 71.
... . xiii . 16 , xiv . 2 , 18 . +1 Sam . xiii . 16 . 1 Sam . xiv . 4. Seneh = Acacia . § 1 Sam . xiv . 16 , 19 . || 1 Sam . xiv . 21 , 22 . 1 Sam . xiv . 23 * through the forest , now destroyed , where , HEIGHTS AND PASSES OF BENJAMIN . 71.
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Page 148 - Is not this the carpenter's son ? is not his mother called Mary? and his brethren, James, and Joses, and Simon, and Judas? And his sisters, are they not all with us?
Page 29 - And Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the plain of Jordan, that it was well watered every where, before the LORD destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, even as the garden of the LORD, like the land of Egypt, as thou comest unto Zoar.
Page 135 - Behold the fig-tree, and all the trees; when they now shoot forth, ye see and know of your own selves that summer is now nigh at hand. So likewise ye, when ye see these things come to pass, know ye that the Kingdom of God is nigh at hand.
Page 25 - 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 77 - And it came to pass at the time of the going down of the sun, that Joshua commanded, and they took them down off the trees, and cast them into the cave wherein they had been hid, and laid great stones in the cave's mouth, which remain until this very day.
Page 99 - So Moses the servant of the LORD died there in the land of Moab, according to the word of the LORD. And he buried him in a valley in the land of Moab, over against Beth-peor: but no man knoweth of his sepulchre unto this day.
Page 41 - Judah is a lion's whelp; from the prey, my son, thou art gone up. He stooped down, he couched as a lion, and as an old lion. Who shall rouse him up? The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh come; and unto him shall the gathering of the people be.
Page 51 - Judah seven years and six months : and in Jerusalem he reigned thirty and three years over all Israel and Judah. And the king and his men went to Jerusalem unto the Jebusites, the inhabitants of the land : which spake unto David, saying, Except thou take away the blind and the lame, thou shalt not come in hither: thinking, David cannot come in hither.
Page 27 - Who can stand before his indignation? and who can abide in the fierceness of his anger? his fury is poured out like fire, and the rocks are thrown down by him.
Page 28 - Therefore will we not fear, though the earth be moved, and though the hills be carried into the midst of the sea.