The Genuine Works of Flavius Josephus: The Jewish Historian: Containing Twenty Books of the Jewish Antiquities, Seven Books of the Jewish War, and the Life of Josephus, Written by Himself, Volume 1James Cundee and M. Jones, 1806 |
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... taken him off also . Now these brethren of his were under distraction and terror , and thought that very great danger hung over them ; yet not at all reflecting upon their brother Joseph , and standing firm under the accu- sations laid ...
... taken him off also . Now these brethren of his were under distraction and terror , and thought that very great danger hung over them ; yet not at all reflecting upon their brother Joseph , and standing firm under the accu- sations laid ...
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... taken such great care in the formation of Moses , that he caused him to be thought worthy of bringing up , and pro- viding for by all those that had taken the most fatal resolutions , on account of their dread of his nativity , N * An ...
... taken such great care in the formation of Moses , that he caused him to be thought worthy of bringing up , and pro- viding for by all those that had taken the most fatal resolutions , on account of their dread of his nativity , N * An ...
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... taken of his own people : and he came into the midst of them , even while they clamoured against him , and had stones in their hands in order to dispatch him . Now he was of an agreeable presence , and very able to persuade the people ...
... taken of his own people : and he came into the midst of them , even while they clamoured against him , and had stones in their hands in order to dispatch him . Now he was of an agreeable presence , and very able to persuade the people ...
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... taken root in the pillars , and stood one row over against another round about ; through which were inserted gilded bars , each of them five cubits long , and these bound together the pillars ; the head of one bar running into another ...
... taken root in the pillars , and stood one row over against another round about ; through which were inserted gilded bars , each of them five cubits long , and these bound together the pillars ; the head of one bar running into another ...
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... taken the day before the sabbath , but were brought into the holy place on the morning of the sabbath , and set upon the holy table six on a heap , one loaf still standing over against another , where two golden cups , full of frankin ...
... taken the day before the sabbath , but were brought into the holy place on the morning of the sabbath , and set upon the holy table six on a heap , one loaf still standing over against another , where two golden cups , full of frankin ...
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Page 4 - And, that their inventions might not be lost before they were sufficiently known, upon Adam's prediction that the world was to be destroyed at one time by the force of fire, and at another time by the violence and quantity of water, they made two pillars ;* the one of brick, the other of stone ; they inscribed their discoveries on them both, that in case the pillar of brick should be destroyed by the flood, the pillar of stone might remain, and exhibit those discoveries to mankind ; and also inform...
Page 325 - In that day shall five cities in the land of Egypt speak the language of Canaan, and swear to the LORD of hosts ; one shall be called, The city of destruction.
Page 229 - In this thing the LORD pardon thy servant, that when my master goeth into the house of Rimmon to worship there, and he leaneth on my hand, and I bow myself in the house of Rimmon : when I bow down myself in the house of Rimmon, the LORD pardon thy servant in this thing.
Page 8 - He would be revenged on God, if he should have a mind to drown the world again ; for that he would build a tower too high for the waters to be able to reach ; and that he would avenge himself on God for destroying their forefathers.
Page 97 - Canaan,) he dismissed the senate; and as he was going to embrace Eleazar and Joshua, and was still discoursing with them, a cloud stood over him on the sudden, and he disappeared in a certain valley, although he wrote in the holy books that he died, which was done out of fear, lest they should venture to say that, because of his extraordinary virtue, he went to God.
Page 192 - He put a ring that had a root of one of those sorts mentioned by Solomon to the nostrils of the demoniac, after which he drew out the demon through his nostrils; and when the man fell down immediately, he adjured him to return into him no more, making still mention of Solomon, and reciting the incantations which he composed.
Page 5 - God to be their enemy, (73) for many angels of God accompanied with women, and begat sons that proved unjust, and despisers of all that was good, on account of the confidence they had in their own strength; for the tradition is, that these men did what resembled the acts of those whom the Grecians call giants.
Page 174 - The secret things belong unto the LORD our God : but those things which are revealed belong unto us and to our children for ever, that we may do all the words of this law.
Page 14 - But Lot's wife continually turning back to view the city, as she went from it, and being too nicely inquisitive what would become of it, although God had forbidden her so to do, was changed into a pillar of salt £ ; for I have seen it, and it remains at this day.
Page 192 - Eleazar would persuade and demonstrate to the spectators that he had such a power, he set a little way off a cup or basin full of water, and commanded the demon as he went out of the man to overturn it, and thereby to let the spectators know that he had left the man...