Select parts of the holy Bible, for the use of the negro slaves, in the British West-India islandsLaw and Gilbert, 1807 The bible itself is an edited edition of the King James Bible - there is no extra material in the Bible, just redacted passages. This version of the Bible excludes 90 percent of the Old Testament as well as 50 percent of the New Testament. Absent are all of the Psalms, that talk about hope for God's liberation from oppression, as well as the entire Book of Revelation. |
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... shew kindness , I pray thee , unto me ; and make mention of me unto Pharaoh , and bring me out of this house . 15 For indeed I was stolen away out of the land of the Hebrews : and here also have I done nothing that they should put me ...
... shew kindness , I pray thee , unto me ; and make mention of me unto Pharaoh , and bring me out of this house . 15 For indeed I was stolen away out of the land of the Hebrews : and here also have I done nothing that they should put me ...
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... shew you the word of the LORD : for ye were afraid by reason of the fire , and went not up into the mount ; ) saying , 6¶I am the LORD thy God , which brought thee out of the land of Egypt , from the house of bondage . 7 Thou shalt have ...
... shew you the word of the LORD : for ye were afraid by reason of the fire , and went not up into the mount ; ) saying , 6¶I am the LORD thy God , which brought thee out of the land of Egypt , from the house of bondage . 7 Thou shalt have ...
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... shew favour to the young : 51 And he shall eat the fruit of thy cattle , and the fruit of thy land , until thou be destroyed : which also shall not leave thee either corn , wine , or oil , or the increase of thy kine , or flocks of thy ...
... shew favour to the young : 51 And he shall eat the fruit of thy cattle , and the fruit of thy land , until thou be destroyed : which also shall not leave thee either corn , wine , or oil , or the increase of thy kine , or flocks of thy ...
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... shew thyself unto Ahab ; and I will send rain upon the earth . 2 And Elijah went to shew himself unto Ahab . And there was a sore famine in Samaria . 3 And Ahab called Obadiah , which was the governor of his house . ( Now Obadiah feared ...
... shew thyself unto Ahab ; and I will send rain upon the earth . 2 And Elijah went to shew himself unto Ahab . And there was a sore famine in Samaria . 3 And Ahab called Obadiah , which was the governor of his house . ( Now Obadiah feared ...
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... shew myself unto him to - day . 16 So Obadiah went to meet Ahab , and told him ; and Ahab went to meet Elijah . 17 ¶ And it came to pass , when Ahab saw Elijah , that Ahab said unto him , Art thou he that troubleth Israel ? 13 And he ...
... shew myself unto him to - day . 16 So Obadiah went to meet Ahab , and told him ; and Ahab went to meet Elijah . 17 ¶ And it came to pass , when Ahab saw Elijah , that Ahab said unto him , Art thou he that troubleth Israel ? 13 And he ...
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