The Works of Josephus: With a Life Written by Himself, Volume 4Oakley, Mason, 1869 |
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... stones , and where they lay all other engines that can annoy the enemy , all ready for their several opera- tions . They also erect four gates , one at every side of the circumference , and those large enough for the entrance of the ...
... stones , and where they lay all other engines that can annoy the enemy , all ready for their several opera- tions . They also erect four gates , one at every side of the circumference , and those large enough for the entrance of the ...
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... stones , besides the wood they had cut down , some of them brought hurdles , in order to avoid the effects of the darts that were shot from above them . These hurdles they spread over their banks , under cover whereof they formed their ...
... stones , besides the wood they had cut down , some of them brought hurdles , in order to avoid the effects of the darts that were shot from above them . These hurdles they spread over their banks , under cover whereof they formed their ...
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... stones were thrown at them , might receive them ; for that the other darts would slide off them , and the fire that was thrown would be quenched by the moisture that was in them : and these he set before the work- men ; and under them ...
... stones were thrown at them , might receive them ; for that the other darts would slide off them , and the fire that was thrown would be quenched by the moisture that was in them : and these he set before the work- men ; and under them ...
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... stones at them ; nor was there any intermission of the great number of their offensive . engines . Now the Jews suffered greatly by these engines , without being able to escape from them , and when these en- gines threw their stones or ...
... stones at them ; nor was there any intermission of the great number of their offensive . engines . Now the Jews suffered greatly by these engines , without being able to escape from them , and when these en- gines threw their stones or ...
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... stones and javelins at them ; in the like manner did the archers and slingers come both together closer to the walls . This brought matters to such a pass that none of the Jews durst mount the walls ; and then it was that the other ...
... stones and javelins at them ; in the like manner did the archers and slingers come both together closer to the walls . This brought matters to such a pass that none of the Jews durst mount the walls ; and then it was that the other ...
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Page 479 - By myself have I sworn, saith the Lord, for because thou hast done this thing, and hast not withheld thy son, thine only son, that in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which is upon the...
Page 485 - And he said, Lay not thine hand upon the lad, neither do thou any thing unto him : for now I know that thou fearest God, seeing thou hast not withheld thy son, thine only son, from me.
Page 482 - Whosoever he be of the children of Israel, or of the strangers that sojourn in Israel, that giveth any of his seed unto Molech; he shall surely be put to death: the people of the land shall stone him with stones.
Page 453 - He was the Christ ; and when Pilate, at the suggestion of the principal men amongst us, had condemned him to the cross, those that loved him at the first did not forsake him, for he appeared to them alive again the third •day, as the divine prophets had foretold these and ten thousand other wonderful things concerning him ; and the ;tribe of Christians, so named from him, are not extinct at this day.
Page 456 - Jesus, a wise man, if it be lawful to call him a man; for he was a doer of wonderful works, a teacher of such men as receive the truth with pleasure. He drew over to him both many of the Jews, and many of the Gentiles. He was [the] Christ. And when Pilate, at the suggestion of the principal men...
Page 451 - Now, there was about this time Jesus, a wise man, if it be lawful to call him a man, for he was a doer of wonderful works, a teacher of such men as receive the truth with pleasure. He drew over to him both many of the Jews, and many of the Gentiles. He was the Christ...
Page 477 - Deliver me from all my transgressions : make me not the reproach of the foolish. 9 I was dumb, I opened not my mouth; because thou didst it.
Page 259 - A voice from the east, a voice from the west, a voice from the four winds, a voice against Jerusalem and the temple, a voice against the bridegrooms and the brides, a voice against all the people.
Page 485 - And Abraham lifted up his eyes, and looked, and behold behind him a ram caught in a thicket by his horns: and Abraham went and took the ram, and offered him up for a burnt offering in the stead of his son.
Page 479 - And said, By myself have I sworn, saith the Lord, for because thou hast done this thing, and hast not withheld thy son, thine only son: That in blessing I will bless thee...