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... situation might be discovered . Where situated . The name borne by several places not possessing the marks characterizing the residence of our first parents . Celebrated for its fertility , and as a place of delight , -most of all for ...
... situation might be discovered . Where situated . The name borne by several places not possessing the marks characterizing the residence of our first parents . Celebrated for its fertility , and as a place of delight , -most of all for ...
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... situation not known . - Scripture and profane authors agree in their descriptions of it . Its works . Account of it by Rosen- muller . Employed by God , like Babylon , as an instrument , whereby to chastise his rebellious people ...
... situation not known . - Scripture and profane authors agree in their descriptions of it . Its works . Account of it by Rosen- muller . Employed by God , like Babylon , as an instrument , whereby to chastise his rebellious people ...
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... situation of Canaan , and the surrounding states , ascertain the site of their principal towns and cities , and acquire some knowledge of their history . " * The propriety of these remarks may be illustrated by ex- amples . In those ...
... situation of Canaan , and the surrounding states , ascertain the site of their principal towns and cities , and acquire some knowledge of their history . " * The propriety of these remarks may be illustrated by ex- amples . In those ...
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... situation in which it ought to be found . This practice , if perseveringly pursued , will give us great familiarity with the situation of places of Scripture . But while maps are a very valuable , they are not an unerring , guide . We ...
... situation in which it ought to be found . This practice , if perseveringly pursued , will give us great familiarity with the situation of places of Scripture . But while maps are a very valuable , they are not an unerring , guide . We ...
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... situation of the places , but also the manners of the in- habitants , whose history he meant to write . It is pleasing to observe , that while these writers enter more fully into biblical topography than it is consistent with their ...
... situation of the places , but also the manners of the in- habitants , whose history he meant to write . It is pleasing to observe , that while these writers enter more fully into biblical topography than it is consistent with their ...
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Abraham Amorites ancient appears Arabia Arabs Ararat Assyria Babylon beautiful border built called Canaan Canaanites canton celebrated Christian Chron David deluge descendants described Deut divine dwelt earth east Edom Egypt encamped Euphrates fertile furlongs Galilee Greek Hebrew hence Hermon hills Holy hundred inhabitants Israel Israelites Japhet Jericho Jerusalem Jews Jordan Josephus Josh Joshua journey Judah Judea king kingdom lake land of Canaan land of Shinar latter Lebanon Lord mentioned Mesopotamia miles Moab Moses Mount Mount Hor Mount Seir mountains nations neighbourhood Noah Palestine passage Philistines plain possessed probably prophet province rain Red Sea Rehoboam rendered river Romans ruins sacred Samaria says Scripture Shem Shinar side Sinai situation Solomon stones stood Strabo summit supposed Syria temple thou Tigris tion took tower town travellers trees tribe tribe of Manasseh Turks Tyre unto valley wall whence whole wilderness
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Page 15 - And a river went out of Eden to water the garden; and from thence it was parted, and became into four heads.
Page 86 - And Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, the beauty of the Chaldees' excellency, shall be as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah. It shall never be inhabited, neither shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation: neither shall the Arabian pitch tent there; neither shall the shepherds make their fold there. But wild beasts of the desert shall lie there; and their houses shall be full of doleful creatures; and owls shall dwell there, and Satyrs shall dance there.
Page 398 - And it shall come to pass in that day, that the Lord shall set his hand again the second time to recover the remnant of his people, which shall be left, from Assyria, and from Egypt, and from Pathros, and from.
Page 385 - I am the LORD, and there is none else, there is no God beside me : I girded thee, though thou hast not known me : that they may know from the rising of the sun, and from the west, that there is none beside me. I am the LORD, and •'/••.-• is none else. I form the light, and create darkness : I make peace, and create evil : I the LORD do all these things.
Page 286 - Then shall two be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left. Two women shall be grinding at the mill; the one shall be taken, and the other left.
Page 237 - And ye shall hallow the fiftieth year, and proclaim liberty throughout all the land unto all the inhabitants thereof: it shall be a jubilee unto you: and ye shall return every man unto his possession, and ye shall return every man unto his family.
Page 96 - For they got not the land in possession by their own sword, neither did their own arm save them: But thy right hand, and thine arm, and the light of thy countenance, because thou hadst a favour unto them.
Page 386 - This shall be written for the generation to come : And the people which shall be created . Shall praise THE LORD.
Page 230 - So Joshua smote all the country of the hills, and of the south, and of the vale, and of the springs, and all their kings : he left none remaining, but utterly destroyed all that breathed, as the Lord God of Israel commanded.
Page 354 - 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. These are the words which thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel.