Observations Upon the Plagues Inflicted Upon the Egyptians: In which is Shewn the Peculiarity of Those Judgments, and Their Correspondence with the Rites and Idolatries of that People. To which is Prefixed, a Prefatory Discourse, Concerning the Grecian Colonies from EgyptT. Hamilton and R. Ogle, 1810 - 392 pages |
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... follow the asses of the wilderness , or trace their footsteps , in order to arrive at the pools and fountains , with which those animals were acquainted . Hence the ass , and particularly the wild ass , was held by many nations as ...
... follow the asses of the wilderness , or trace their footsteps , in order to arrive at the pools and fountains , with which those animals were acquainted . Hence the ass , and particularly the wild ass , was held by many nations as ...
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... follows .--- Upon Aha- ziah's being ill he sent to the goddess Accaron , which was stiled the Fly Deity . This is cer- There was no Accaronitæ here , nor any place stiled Ek- ron , or Accaron . εκαλείτο . The deity in the original is ...
... follows .--- Upon Aha- ziah's being ill he sent to the goddess Accaron , which was stiled the Fly Deity . This is cer- There was no Accaronitæ here , nor any place stiled Ek- ron , or Accaron . εκαλείτο . The deity in the original is ...
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... follow their great leader ; who was the immediate agent of Providence both to punish , and to preserve . Exod . c . viii v . 22. The land of Goshen was part of that nome , called afterwards Heliopolis , which had been de serted by the ...
... follow their great leader ; who was the immediate agent of Providence both to punish , and to preserve . Exod . c . viii v . 22. The land of Goshen was part of that nome , called afterwards Heliopolis , which had been de serted by the ...
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... follow . If such then was the disposition of this people , and they were out of a superstitious fear continu- ally attending to portents and presages , and making false inferences , to the great abuse of their own reason , and the ...
... follow . If such then was the disposition of this people , and they were out of a superstitious fear continu- ally attending to portents and presages , and making false inferences , to the great abuse of their own reason , and the ...
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... , saying , Get thee out , and all the people that follow thee ; and after that I will go out . Here should come in three verses of the M preceding chapter ( v . 27 , 28. and 29. 161 The Tenth Plague-DEATH OF THE FIRST-BORN.
... , saying , Get thee out , and all the people that follow thee ; and after that I will go out . Here should come in three verses of the M preceding chapter ( v . 27 , 28. and 29. 161 The Tenth Plague-DEATH OF THE FIRST-BORN.
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Aaron Accaron Ægyptus ancient Arabia Baal behold brought called children of Israel Clysma consequence Coptic darkness deity Diodorus Diodorus Siculus divine earth Egyp Egyptians Ekron emblem esteemed Etham evil Exod Exodus farther fire first-born flies gods Grecians Greek hail hath heaven Heliopolis Hence Herod Herodotus Ibid idolatry Israelites Josephus judgment king land of Egypt land of Goshen learned locusts Lord said unto Manetho mentioned Moses mountain night Nile nome Osiris particularly person Pharaoh plague Plato Pliny Plutarch Pocock priests prophet punished purport Red-sea rendered rites river sacred says seems sent serpent shalt shew shewn signified speaks stiled Strabo supposed swarms temple thee things thou tians tion unto Moses wilderness wisdom word worship writers Αιγυπτιοι γαρ δε δια εις εκ εν θεον και κατα μεν παρα προς τας τε τοις τῷ Ων
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Page 167 - And it came to pass, that at midnight the LORD smote all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh that sat on his throne unto the firstborn of the captive that was in the dungeon; and all the firstborn of cattle.
Page 353 - Moses stretched out his hand over the sea; and the Lord caused the sea to go back by a strong east wind all that night, and made the sea dry land, and the waters were divided. 22 And the children of Israel went into the midst of the sea upon the dry ground: and the waters were a wall unto them on their right hand, and on their left.
Page 205 - And God said moreover unto Moses, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, The Lord God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, hath sent me unto you : this is my name for ever, and this is my memorial unto all generations.
Page 119 - For they covered the face of the whole earth, so that the land was darkened; and they did eat every herb of the land, and all the fruit of the trees which the hail had left: and there remained not any green thing in the trees, or in the herbs of the field, through all the land of Egypt.
Page 213 - And the LORD said unto Moses, Make thee a fiery serpent, and set it upon a pole : and it shall come to pass, that every one that is bitten, when he looketh upon it shall live.
Page 355 - And Israel saw that great work which the Lord did upon the Egyptians; and the people feared the Lord, and believed the Lord, and his servant Moses.
Page 137 - There be four things which are little upon the earth, but they are exceeding wise : the ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their meat in the summer ; the conies are but a feeble folk, yet make they their houses in the rocks; the locusts have no king, yet go they forth all of them by bands; the spider taketh hold with her hands, and is in kings
Page 181 - And the taskmasters of the people went out, and their officers, and they spake to the people, saying, Thus saith Pharaoh, I will not give you straw. Go ye, get you straw where ye can find it : yet not ought of your work shall be diminished.
Page 108 - And Moses went out of the city from Pharaoh, and spread abroad his hands unto the LORD: and the thunders and hail ceased, and the rain was not poured upon the earth. 34 And when Pharaoh saw that the rain and the hail and the thunders were ceased, he sinned yet more, and hardened his heart, he and his servants.
Page 72 - So I went in and saw; and behold every form of creeping things, and abominable beasts, and all the idols of the house of Israel, pourtrayed upon the wall round about.