The Bible in the Holy Land, extr. from 'Sinai and Palestine' for the use of schools &c, Issue 31 |
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... immediately called out to be the sea , but which was , in fact , the mirage , -that delusive appearance of water so familiar to the traveller in the desert ; but above these , the long silvery line of even hills - the hills of ASIA ...
... immediately called out to be the sea , but which was , in fact , the mirage , -that delusive appearance of water so familiar to the traveller in the desert ; but above these , the long silvery line of even hills - the hills of ASIA ...
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... immediately a wide circle of level desert , stone and sand , free as air , but with no trace of human habitation or art , where they might wander , as far as they saw , for ever and ever . And between the two rolled the deep waters of ...
... immediately a wide circle of level desert , stone and sand , free as air , but with no trace of human habitation or art , where they might wander , as far as they saw , for ever and ever . And between the two rolled the deep waters of ...
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... immediately cry out " if " these were to hold their peace . " 66 · peace Again the procession advanced . The road descends a slight declivity , and the city is again lost sight of behind the ridge of Olivet . A few moments , and the ...
... immediately cry out " if " these were to hold their peace . " 66 · peace Again the procession advanced . The road descends a slight declivity , and the city is again lost sight of behind the ridge of Olivet . A few moments , and the ...
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... Immediately below was the Valley of the Kedron , here seen in its greatest depth as it joins the Valley of Hinnom , and thus giving full effect to the great peculiarity of Jerusalem seen only on its eastern side -its situation as of a ...
... Immediately below was the Valley of the Kedron , here seen in its greatest depth as it joins the Valley of Hinnom , and thus giving full effect to the great peculiarity of Jerusalem seen only on its eastern side -its situation as of a ...
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... immediately overhang the village , He finally withdrew from the eyes of His disciples , in a seclusion which , perhaps , could nowhere else be found so near the stir of a mighty city ; the long ridge of Olivet screening those hills ...
... immediately overhang the village , He finally withdrew from the eyes of His disciples , in a seclusion which , perhaps , could nowhere else be found so near the stir of a mighty city ; the long ridge of Olivet screening those hills ...
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The Bible in the Holy Land, Extr. from 'Sinai and Palestine' for the Use of ... Arthur Penrhyn Stanley No preview available - 2019 |
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ancient appearance approach ascent banks beautiful Benjamin Bethel called cave chief close David Dead deep descended described Desert distance earth east eastern Egypt eyes feet forest Galilee gardens Gibeon green hand height hills important inhabitants Israel Israelites Jericho Jerusalem John Jordan Josh Joshua Judæa Judah Judges Kings lake land less looked Lord Luke Mark Matt miles Mount mountains natural night northern Olives Olivet once Palestine pass passage plain Post 8vo present probably prophets range ravine remains rest ridge rising river road rock rocky rose round ruins sacred scene seen shore side sight situation slopes southern spring stands stones stood streams striking summit Temple Terebinth took towers town traveller trees tribe unto valley village walls western whole wide wild wilderness
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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.