The Bible in the Holy Land, extr. from 'Sinai and Palestine' for the use of schools &c, Issue 31 |
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... the east were the rugged mountains of Edom , and far along the horizon the wide downs of Mount Seir , through which the passage had been denied by the wild tribes of Esau who hunted over their long slopes. 10 THE BIBLE IN THE HOLY LAND .
... the east were the rugged mountains of Edom , and far along the horizon the wide downs of Mount Seir , through which the passage had been denied by the wild tribes of Esau who hunted over their long slopes. 10 THE BIBLE IN THE HOLY LAND .
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Arthur Penrhyn Stanley. wild tribes of Esau who hunted over their long slopes . A dreary moment , and a dreary scene , - such at any rate it must have seemed to the aged priest . VII . - APPROACH TO PALESTINE . And It was at ' Akaba that ...
Arthur Penrhyn Stanley. wild tribes of Esau who hunted over their long slopes . A dreary moment , and a dreary scene , - such at any rate it must have seemed to the aged priest . VII . - APPROACH TO PALESTINE . And It was at ' Akaba that ...
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... slope the olive - groves of Hebron . Most startling of all was the hum through the air - hitherto that silent air " which had grown familiar as the sounds of London to those who live constantly within their range - the hum , at first ...
... slope the olive - groves of Hebron . Most startling of all was the hum through the air - hitherto that silent air " which had grown familiar as the sounds of London to those who live constantly within their range - the hum , at first ...
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... slopes of Olivet ; and groves of oak and terebinth , though never frequent , must have been certainly more common than at present . The very labour , which was bestowed on these hills in former times , has increased their pre- sent ...
... slopes of Olivet ; and groves of oak and terebinth , though never frequent , must have been certainly more common than at present . The very labour , which was bestowed on these hills in former times , has increased their pre- sent ...
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... slope . But there can be little doubt that they were always confined to the range of Lebanon , and therefore , properly speaking , were not trees of Pales- tine at all . It was the very remoteness of this noble tree , combined with its ...
... slope . But there can be little doubt that they were always confined to the range of Lebanon , and therefore , properly speaking , were not trees of Pales- tine at all . It was the very remoteness of this noble tree , combined with its ...
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Abraham Ajalon amongst Amos ancient Arabah Arabs ascent beautiful Benjamin Beth-horon Bethany Bethel Bethlehem cave cliffs David Dead Sea deep descended Desert east eastern Edom Egypt encamped eyes Fcap Galilee Gibeah Gibeon Gilgal green Hebron height hills Israel Israelites Jericho Jerusalem Jordan Josh Joshua Judæa Judah Kings lake land Lord Luke Makkedah Mark Matt Michmash Moab mosque Mount Hor Mount of Olives mountains multitude northern Olivet overhanging Palestine palms Parables pass Plain of Gennesareth Post 8vo probably prophets ravine Red Sea ridge rising road rock rocky round ruins sacred sanctuary Saul scene scenery Sea of Galilee seen sepulchres shore side sight slopes southern spot spring stones streams summit Tabernacle table-land Temple terebinth Tiberias tombs towers traveller trees tribe tribe of Benjamin unto valley village vineyards Wâdy walls western whilst whole wild wilderness Woodcuts Ziph
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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.