A Short History of the Hebrews to the Roman PeriodMacmillan, 1901 - 324 pages |
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... Dorus and Aeolus , and his grandsons Achaeus and Ion . The same method of tracing tribal descent is found among the Arabs . influence , another branch of the immigrants gradually expelled the 50 [ CHAP . A Short History of the Hebrews .
... Dorus and Aeolus , and his grandsons Achaeus and Ion . The same method of tracing tribal descent is found among the Arabs . influence , another branch of the immigrants gradually expelled the 50 [ CHAP . A Short History of the Hebrews .
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Robert L. Ottley. influence , another branch of the immigrants gradually expelled the Horites of Mount Seir , and consolidated themselves into a powerful nation ( Edom ) in a region that lay beyond the reach of Egyptian domination . A ...
Robert L. Ottley. influence , another branch of the immigrants gradually expelled the Horites of Mount Seir , and consolidated themselves into a powerful nation ( Edom ) in a region that lay beyond the reach of Egyptian domination . A ...
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... influence of Egypt in Western Asia declined . Some of the vassal princes of Palestine revolted , and we hear of the rise of a powerful Hittite kingdom in Northern Syria . After an ineffective campaign , Sethos ( Seti I. ) , one of the ...
... influence of Egypt in Western Asia declined . Some of the vassal princes of Palestine revolted , and we hear of the rise of a powerful Hittite kingdom in Northern Syria . After an ineffective campaign , Sethos ( Seti I. ) , one of the ...
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... that with a civil rebellion against the authority of the Lawgiver was combined a religious revolt against Korah : Num . xvi . the influence of the Aaronic priesthood . The revolt against III . ] 73 Israel in Egypt and in the Wilderness .
... that with a civil rebellion against the authority of the Lawgiver was combined a religious revolt against Korah : Num . xvi . the influence of the Aaronic priesthood . The revolt against III . ] 73 Israel in Egypt and in the Wilderness .
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Robert L. Ottley. the influence of the Aaronic priesthood . The revolt against Moses was led by Dathan and Abiram , of the tribe of Reuben.2 As members of the oldest tribe they resented his supremacy , and rudely reproached him with his ...
Robert L. Ottley. the influence of the Aaronic priesthood . The revolt against Moses was led by Dathan and Abiram , of the tribe of Reuben.2 As members of the oldest tribe they resented his supremacy , and rudely reproached him with his ...
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Page 65 - Now, therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all people : for all the earth is mine : and ye shall be unto me a kingdom of priests, and an holy nation.
Page 75 - As an eagle stirreth up her nest, fluttereth over her young, spreadeth abroad her wings, taketh them, beareth them on her wings; so the Lord alone did lead him, and there was no strange god with him.
Page 207 - For my people have committed two evils; they have forsaken me the fountain of living waters, and hewed them out cisterns, broken cisterns, that can hold no water.
Page 76 - And the people spake against God, and against Moses, Wherefore have ye brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness ? for there is no bread, neither is there any water ; and our soul loatheth this light bread.
Page 176 - So he went and took Gomer the daughter of Diblaim; which conceived, and bare him a son. And the Lord said unto him, "Call his name Jezreel ; for yet a little while, and I will avenge the blood of Jezreel upon the house of Jehu, and will cause to cease the kingdom of the house of Israel.
Page 128 - For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry. Because thou hast rejected the word of the Lord, He hath also rejected thee from being king.
Page 282 - By the torture, prolonged from age to age, "By the infamy, Israel's heritage, "By the Ghetto's plague, by the garb's disgrace, "By the badge of shame, by the felon's place, "By the branding-tool, the bloody whip, "And the summons to Christian fellowship, — "We boast our proof that at least the Jew "Would wrest Christ's name from the Devil's crew.
Page 121 - And Samuel grew, and the LORD was with him, and did let none of his words fall to the ground. And all Israel from Dan even to Beer-sheba knew that Samuel was established to be a prophet of the LORD.
Page 59 - And they met Moses and Aaron, who stood in the way, as they came forth from Pharaoh: and they said unto them, The LORD look upon you, and judge; because ye have made our savour to be abhorred in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of his servants, to put a sword in their hand to slay us.
Page 32 - And he brought him forth abroad, and said, Look now toward heaven, and tell the stars, if thou be able to number them: and he said unto him, So shall thy seed be.