Oriental customs: or, An illustration of the Sacred scriptures by an explanatory application of the customs and manners of the Eastern nations1839 |
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... PSALM XX . 5. In the name of our God we will set up our banners . ] The banners formerly so much used were a part of military equipage , borne in times of war to assemble , direct , dis- tinguish , and encourage the troops . They might ...
... PSALM XX . 5. In the name of our God we will set up our banners . ] The banners formerly so much used were a part of military equipage , borne in times of war to assemble , direct , dis- tinguish , and encourage the troops . They might ...
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... PSALM CXviii . 27. Bind the sacrifice with cords even unto the horns of the altar . ] Luther would render this passage , adorn the feast with leaves and others , bind on the feast - day branches , as was usual on the feast of ...
... PSALM CXviii . 27. Bind the sacrifice with cords even unto the horns of the altar . ] Luther would render this passage , adorn the feast with leaves and others , bind on the feast - day branches , as was usual on the feast of ...
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... PSALM lxiv . 3. And bend their bows to shoot their arrows , even bitter words . ] This appears to be an allusion to the prac- tice of fixing letters in arrows , and shooting or directing them where it was desired they should fall and be ...
... PSALM lxiv . 3. And bend their bows to shoot their arrows , even bitter words . ] This appears to be an allusion to the prac- tice of fixing letters in arrows , and shooting or directing them where it was desired they should fall and be ...
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... Psalms . " LOWTH'S Lect . on Hebrew poetry , vol . ii . p . 25 . CHAPLET OF FLOWERS WORN IN THE EAST . ISAIAH Xxviii . 1. Woe to the crown of pride , to the drunkards of Ephraim , whose glorious beauty is a fading flower . ] The city of ...
... Psalms . " LOWTH'S Lect . on Hebrew poetry , vol . ii . p . 25 . CHAPLET OF FLOWERS WORN IN THE EAST . ISAIAH Xxviii . 1. Woe to the crown of pride , to the drunkards of Ephraim , whose glorious beauty is a fading flower . ] The city of ...
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... Psalm xviii . 34 , and Job xx . 24 , mention is made of a bow of brass . If the Persian bows were of metal , we may easily conceive that with a metalline bow of three cubits length and proportionably strong , the soldiers might dash and ...
... Psalm xviii . 34 , and Job xx . 24 , mention is made of a bow of brass . If the Persian bows were of metal , we may easily conceive that with a metalline bow of three cubits length and proportionably strong , the soldiers might dash and ...
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Page 382 - I say unto you, Though he will not rise and give him, because he is his friend, yet because of his importunity he will rise and give him as many as he needeth.
Page 95 - And I looked, and behold a pale horse: and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him. And power was given unto them over the fourth part of the earth, to kill with sword, and with hunger, and with death, and with the beasts of the earth.
Page 438 - And he answering said unto him, Lord, let it alone this year also, till I shall dig about it, and dung it: and if it bear fruit, well: and if not, then after that thou shalt cut it down.
Page 72 - O thou afflicted, tossed with tempest, and not comforted, behold, I will lay thy stones with fair colours, and lay thy foundations with sapphires. And I will make thy windows of agates, and thy gates of carbuncles, and all thy borders of pleasant stones.
Page 237 - Lord, how manifold are thy works! in wisdom hast thou made them all: the earth is full of thy riches. So is this great and wide sea, wherein are things creeping innumerable, both small and great beasts. There go the ships: there is that leviathan, whom thou hast made to play therein.
Page 252 - And he took butter, and milk, and the calf which he had dressed, and set it before them; and he stood by them under the tree, and they did eat.
Page 394 - And David put his hand in his bag, and took thence a stone, and slang it, and smote the Philistine in his forehead, that the stone sunk into his forehead; and he fell upon his face to the earth.
Page 357 - Thou shalt rise up before the hoary head, and honour the face of the old man, and fear thy God : I am the LORD.
Page 51 - And when they were come to the place, which is called Calvary, there they crucified him, and the malefactors, one on the right hand, and the other on the left. Then said Jesus, Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do.
Page 461 - Finally, brethren, pray for us, that the word of the Lord may have free course, and be glorified, even as it is with you: 2.