A Short History of the Hebrews to the Roman PeriodMacmillan, 1901 - 324 pages |
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... offered the first choice of a settle- ment to his nephew . Is not the whole land before thee ? if thou wilt take the left hand , then I will go to the right ; or if thou take the right hand , then I will go to the left . Lot selected ...
... offered the first choice of a settle- ment to his nephew . Is not the whole land before thee ? if thou wilt take the left hand , then I will go to the right ; or if thou take the right hand , then I will go to the left . Lot selected ...
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... the seven , ' because the two parties to the covenant pledged themselves by setting apart seven things . See Dillmann on Gen. xxi . 31 . The offering of Isaac : Gen. xxii . 1-20 . 36 [ CHAP . A Short History of the Hebrews .
... the seven , ' because the two parties to the covenant pledged themselves by setting apart seven things . See Dillmann on Gen. xxi . 31 . The offering of Isaac : Gen. xxii . 1-20 . 36 [ CHAP . A Short History of the Hebrews .
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Robert L. Ottley. The offering of Isaac : Gen. xxii . 1-20 . And now came the culminating trial of Abraham's life . He felt himself impelled to sacrifice his son Isaac as a burnt - offering to Jehovah . Such an act was entirely in ...
Robert L. Ottley. The offering of Isaac : Gen. xxii . 1-20 . And now came the culminating trial of Abraham's life . He felt himself impelled to sacrifice his son Isaac as a burnt - offering to Jehovah . Such an act was entirely in ...
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... offering sacrifice to Jehovah . Three signs were accordingly vouchsafed to confirm the truth of his mission.1 But Moses still hesitated : he had no gift of eloquence . Slow of speech and of a slow tongue , how should he persuade Pharaoh ...
... offering sacrifice to Jehovah . Three signs were accordingly vouchsafed to confirm the truth of his mission.1 But Moses still hesitated : he had no gift of eloquence . Slow of speech and of a slow tongue , how should he persuade Pharaoh ...
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... offered by the Hebrew women he fashioned a molten calf , built an altar before it , and proclaimed a feast to Jehovah . On the morrow sacrifices were offered , and the people sat down to eat and rose up to play . This worship of the ...
... offered by the Hebrew women he fashioned a molten calf , built an altar before it , and proclaimed a feast to Jehovah . On the morrow sacrifices were offered , and the people sat down to eat and rose up to play . This worship of the ...
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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.