The first eleven books of the Antiquities of the Jews, with a table of the Jewish coins, weights and measuresFor Thomas and Andrews, Boston, and Isaiah Thomas, Jun., Worcester, 1809 |
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... because they were concerned in the facts , and so cannot excuse themselves from committing them to writing , for the advantage of posterity ; nay , there are not a few who are induced to draw their historical facts out of darkness into ...
... because they were concerned in the facts , and so cannot excuse themselves from committing them to writing , for the advantage of posterity ; nay , there are not a few who are induced to draw their historical facts out of darkness into ...
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... because almost all our constitution depends on the wisdom of Moses , our legislator , I cannot avoid saying somewhat concern- ing him before hand , though I shall do it briefly ; I mean , because otherwise those that read my books may ...
... because almost all our constitution depends on the wisdom of Moses , our legislator , I cannot avoid saying somewhat concern- ing him before hand , though I shall do it briefly ; I mean , because otherwise those that read my books may ...
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... because he weakly fubmitted to the counfel of his wife ; and faid , the ground fhould not hence- forth yield its fruit of its own accord , but that when it fhould be harraffed by their labour , it fhould bring forth fome of its fruits ...
... because he weakly fubmitted to the counfel of his wife ; and faid , the ground fhould not hence- forth yield its fruit of its own accord , but that when it fhould be harraffed by their labour , it fhould bring forth fome of its fruits ...
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... Because he had not feen him of many days , whereas he used to obferve them converfing together at other times . But Cain was in doubt with fimfelf , and knew not what answer to give to God . At first he faid , that he was him- felt at a ...
... Because he had not feen him of many days , whereas he used to obferve them converfing together at other times . But Cain was in doubt with fimfelf , and knew not what answer to give to God . At first he faid , that he was him- felt at a ...
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... because he was fo fkillful in matters of di- vine revelation , that he knew he was to be punished for Cain's murder of his brother , he made that known to his wives . Nay even while Adam was alive , it came to pass , that the pofterity ...
... because he was fo fkillful in matters of di- vine revelation , that he knew he was to be punished for Cain's murder of his brother , he made that known to his wives . Nay even while Adam was alive , it came to pass , that the pofterity ...
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Abfalom Abimelech Accordingly affiftance againſt Ahab alfo alſo altar Amaziah Ammonites Antiq army Babylon becauſe befides Benhadad brought caft called Canaan Canaanites caufe CHAP commanded cubits David death defired deftroyed deftruction Egypt Egyptians enemies facrifices faid fame father feaft feems felf fend fent fervants feven fhall fhewed fhould fight filver fince firft flain flew fome foon foretold ftill ftones fuch fuffer fuppofe gave hath Hebrews himſelf honour houfe houſe hundred Ifrael Ifraelites Jeroboam Jerufalem Jews Joab Jofephus Jofephus's king king's kingdom land laws Mofes moft moſt multitude obferved occafion paffed perfon perfuaded Philiftines pleaſed pofterity prefent preferve priests promifed prophet punishment reafon refolved reft reign Samaria Saul Solomon Syria tabernacle temple thee thefe themſelves theſe things thofe thoſe thou thoufand told took tribe tribe of Judah uſe whofe wicked wife worship
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Page 15 - They also were the inventors of that peculiar sort of wisdom which is concerned with the heavenly bodies and their order. 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...
Page 24 - For of the four sons of Ham, time has not at all hurt the name of Chus; for the Ethiopians, over whom he reigned, are even at this day, both by themselves and by all men in Asia, called Chusites.
Page 375 - ... 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...
Page 16 - 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.