Narrative of a journey round the Dead sea and in the Bible lands in 1850 and 1851, ed., by count E. de Warren, Volume 2 |
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... kind friend the Abbé Michon , who having returned only a few hours before us , from his excursion to Beyrout , has come to wait our arrival at the gate by which we are expected to enter , as soon as he heard that our dragoman , Francis ...
... kind friend the Abbé Michon , who having returned only a few hours before us , from his excursion to Beyrout , has come to wait our arrival at the gate by which we are expected to enter , as soon as he heard that our dragoman , Francis ...
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... kind consul , at whose house we passed nearly all our evenings , except when it rained so heavily that it become impos- sible to stir beyond the doors . We tried , after dinner , to obtain heat , by means of an enormous brazier filled ...
... kind consul , at whose house we passed nearly all our evenings , except when it rained so heavily that it become impos- sible to stir beyond the doors . We tried , after dinner , to obtain heat , by means of an enormous brazier filled ...
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... kind of barrack by a dozen soldiers of Turkish irregular cavalry . These huts constitute Er - Riha - Jericho ! The tower is called the Bordj - er - Riha - the citadel of Jericho ! There is truly something like mockery in the close ...
... kind of barrack by a dozen soldiers of Turkish irregular cavalry . These huts constitute Er - Riha - Jericho ! The tower is called the Bordj - er - Riha - the citadel of Jericho ! There is truly something like mockery in the close ...
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... kind and accommodating ; he obligingly furnished me with the names of the different localities I pointed out , and showed me several others worthy of observa- tion , which I had not remarked at the first glance , or with the proximity ...
... kind and accommodating ; he obligingly furnished me with the names of the different localities I pointed out , and showed me several others worthy of observa- tion , which I had not remarked at the first glance , or with the proximity ...
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... kind of plat- form extending round the four faces of the tower , whilst the exterior walls serve as a parapet . The entire building is begrimed with smoke , dislocated , and crumbling . Some fine morning , the fortress will tumble down ...
... kind of plat- form extending round the four faces of the tower , whilst the exterior walls serve as a parapet . The entire building is begrimed with smoke , dislocated , and crumbling . Some fine morning , the fortress will tumble down ...
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Page 512 - Whereupon the king took counsel, and made two calves of gold, and said unto them, It is too much for you to go up to Jerusalem: behold thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt . And he set the one in Beth-el, and the other put he in Dan.
Page 547 - And it came to pass, as. the camels had done drinking, that the man took a golden earring of half a shekel weight, and two bracelets for her hands of ten shekels weight of gold; and said, Whose daughter art thou?
Page 193 - And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, See, I have called by name Bezaleel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah : and I have filled him with the spirit of God, in wisdom, and in understanding, and in knowledge, and in all manner of workmanship...
Page 74 - 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 Bethpeor ; but no man knoweth of his sepulchre unto this day.
Page 275 - And it came to pass in the days of Ahaz the son of Jotham, the son of Uzziah, king of Judah, that Rezin the king of Syria, and Pekah the son of Remaliah, king of Israel, went up toward Jerusalem to war against it, but could not prevail against it. , 2. And it was told the house of David, saying, Syria is confederate with Ephraim.
Page 343 - LORD, as well the stranger, as he that was born among them ; half of them over against mount Gerizim, and half of them over against mount Ebal ; as Moses the servant of the LORD had commanded before, that they should bless the people of Israel. 34 And afterward he read all the words of the law, the blessings and cursings, according to all that is written in the book of the law.
Page 75 - 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 37 - And Joshua adjured them at that time, saying, Cursed be the man before the LORD, that riseth up and buildeth this city Jericho: he shall lay the foundation thereof in his firstborn, and in his youngest son shall he set up the gates of it.
Page 22 - And he led them out as far as to Bethany, and he lifted up his hands, and blessed them. And it came to pass, while he blessed them, he was parted from them, and carried up into heaven.
Page 343 - ... and thou shalt write upon them all the words of this law, when thou art passed over, that thou mayest go in unto the land which the Lord thy God...