Ancient Egypt: Its Monuments, Worship, and People. [Illustrated.]1874 - 92 pages |
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abomination Amun ANCIENT EGYPT ancient Egyptian animal worship antiquity Apis architecture army astronomical banks Beni Hassan branch bricks built called canals celebrated chariot colossal crocodile Crown 8vo Delta desert dynasty early eastern edifice erected feet fertile figure Foolscap 8vo Ghizeh gods grandeur granite Greek hand heavenly and divine Hebrew Heliopolis hieroglyphics historian honour hundred idolatry immense inscription Isis island Israel Israelites Karnak king of Egypt Kneph labour Lake land of Egypt land of Goshen Lower Egypt massive Memnon Memphis mentioned miles Mizraim monarch monuments Moses Nile Numerous Illustrations obelisks occupied onions Osiris overflow papyrus Pelusium period Persian Pharaoh Price priests principal prophet Psammetichus pyramids quarries reign rise river rock Royal 18mo ruins sacred says Scripture sculptures shadoof shepherd Shishak side soil speak sphinxes statue stone stream supposed Syene temple Theban Thebes Thoth thousand throne tombs traveller Upper Egypt walls
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Page 39 - For the land, whither thou goest in to possess it, is not as the land of Egypt, from whence ye came out, where thou sowedst thy seed, and wateredst it with thy foot, as a garden of herbs : but the land, whither ye go to possess it, is a land of hills and valleys, and drinketh water of the rain of heaven...
Page 33 - And they made their lives bitter with hard bondage, in mortar, and in brick, and in all manner of service in the field: all their service, wherein they made them serve, was with rigour.
Page 79 - 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.
Page 33 - Behold, the people of the children of Israel are more and mightier than we : come on, let us deal wisely with them ; lest they multiply, and it come to pass, that, when there falleth out any war, they join also unto our enemies, and fight against us, and so get them up out of the land.
Page 78 - Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened, Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools. And changed the glory of the incorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and four-footed beasts, and creeping things.
Page 13 - The fishers also shall mourn, and all they that cast angle into the brooks shall lament, and they that spread nets upon the waters shall languish.
Page 80 - Joseph bought all the land of Egypt for Pharaoh ; for the Egyptians sold every man his field, because the famine prevailed over them : so the land became Pharaoh's.
Page 39 - And the Lord spake unto Moses, Say unto Aaron, Take thy rod, and stretch out thine hand upon the waters of Egypt, upon their streams, upon their rivers, and upon their ponds, and upon all their pools of water, that they may become blood; and that there may be blood throughout all the land of Egypt, both in vessels of wood, and in vessels of stone.
Page 79 - The graven images of their gods shall ye burn with fire: thou shalt not desire the silver or gold that is on them, nor take it unto thee, lest thou be snared therein: for it is an abomination to the Lord thy God.