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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... probably be more reasonable to look for this Mount Mardes in the hill which I have pointed out in the vicinity of the convent of Mar - Saba , and on the top of which stands the Qalaát - Mardah . This identification I omitted when first ...
... probably be more reasonable to look for this Mount Mardes in the hill which I have pointed out in the vicinity of the convent of Mar - Saba , and on the top of which stands the Qalaát - Mardah . This identification I omitted when first ...
Page 52
... probably are contemporaneous with the catastrophe which destroyed the Pentapolis . I am much inclined to think that these identical vestiges have given birth to the tradition , so often repeated by travellers , and in compliance with ...
... probably are contemporaneous with the catastrophe which destroyed the Pentapolis . I am much inclined to think that these identical vestiges have given birth to the tradition , so often repeated by travellers , and in compliance with ...
Page 60
... probably used for religious purposes , and which I discovered some time after in the midst of the ruins of Hazor , and likewise in the temple of Mount Gerizim , I found pavilions similar in every respect to these , disposed in exactly ...
... probably used for religious purposes , and which I discovered some time after in the midst of the ruins of Hazor , and likewise in the temple of Mount Gerizim , I found pavilions similar in every respect to these , disposed in exactly ...
Page 62
... probably the same boundary ditch that we crossed a moment since ; and has made an elbow in the direction of the north - north - east . portion of these ruins through which we are now pro- ceeding is still called by our Arabs , Kharbet ...
... probably the same boundary ditch that we crossed a moment since ; and has made an elbow in the direction of the north - north - east . portion of these ruins through which we are now pro- ceeding is still called by our Arabs , Kharbet ...
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... probably in the right , and the place which this verse assigns to Zeboïm , between Sodom and Lasha , that is to say between the Djebel - Es - doum and the Ouad- This pronunciation of Gaza for the primitive name " y , authorises com ...
... probably in the right , and the place which this verse assigns to Zeboïm , between Sodom and Lasha , that is to say between the Djebel - Es - doum and the Ouad- This pronunciation of Gaza for the primitive name " y , authorises com ...
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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...