A Journey to Damascus Through Egypt, Nubia, Arabia Petræa, Palestine, and Syria, Volume 2H. Colburn, 1847 |
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Page 10
... position on the fact , that the ex- pressions in the Bible are always upon Sinai , " and " in Horeb , " wherefore he con- siders Horeb as a district . I cannot con- ceive why one of the peaks of Sinai should be selected as the ...
... position on the fact , that the ex- pressions in the Bible are always upon Sinai , " and " in Horeb , " wherefore he con- siders Horeb as a district . I cannot con- ceive why one of the peaks of Sinai should be selected as the ...
Page 14
... position . They have stores of every sort , and large granaries in the con- vent , of which , however , they take care to make no display . - May 28th . We left the convent this morning , shaping our course towards the base of Sassafeh ...
... position . They have stores of every sort , and large granaries in the con- vent , of which , however , they take care to make no display . - May 28th . We left the convent this morning , shaping our course towards the base of Sassafeh ...
Page 61
... position which commanded our encampment , and laid their matchlocks upon the stones . It was easy to guess that these were the demanders of tribute from the Oulad Said . They did not molest or meddle with me , and TO DAMASCUS . 61.
... position which commanded our encampment , and laid their matchlocks upon the stones . It was easy to guess that these were the demanders of tribute from the Oulad Said . They did not molest or meddle with me , and TO DAMASCUS . 61.
Page 67
... position , posted behind their camels , that were lying down on the height , with their guns pointed . This was an unforeseen obstacle , but we soon found out that the new enemy were the relations and friends of the old Tiyayah Arab ...
... position , posted behind their camels , that were lying down on the height , with their guns pointed . This was an unforeseen obstacle , but we soon found out that the new enemy were the relations and friends of the old Tiyayah Arab ...
Page 69
... positions , was dis- graceful in the extreme , and that I would not fail to make his conduct known in pro- per quarters . As usual , he came humble and submissive , and promised all I desired ; said , as he had done fifty times before ...
... positions , was dis- graceful in the extreme , and that I would not fail to make his conduct known in pro- per quarters . As usual , he came humble and submissive , and promised all I desired ; said , as he had done fifty times before ...
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Akaba Alouins appeared Arabs Armenian arrived ascended Baalbec baggage beautiful Bedouins Beirout camels chapel CHAPTER chasm church cliffs colour convent covered crags cultivated Dead Sea defile desert dromedary Edom encamped entered excavations Fellaheen gardens glen goats Hebron hills Holy Horeb horses Howâts Hussein Ibrahim Jehoshaphat Jerusalem JOURNEY TO DAMASCUS July Khasné ladies land Lebanon looked Mehemet Ali Mezeiné monks morning mosque Mount Hor Mount Lebanon Mount of Olives mountain ornaments Oulad Pacha party passed peaks Petra pitched plain pool of Siloam precipices ravines reached rising road rocks rode round ruins sacred sand scene seems seen sepulchres Sheikh side Sinai spot stone summit Taif Allah Tancred temple tent Tiyayah told tombs took Toualeb town track travellers trees tribe valley valley of Jehoshaphat village visited Wady Araba Wady Mousa walls wild winding Zion
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Page 135 - Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that it shall no more be called Tophet, nor the valley of the son of Hinnom, but the valley of Slaughter ; for they shall bury in Tophet, till there be no place.
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Page 136 - For, behold, in those days, and in that time, when I shall bring again the captivity of Judah and Jerusalem, I will also gather all nations, and will bring them down into the valley of Jehoshaphat, and will plead with them there for My people and for My heritage Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations, and parted My land.
Page 135 - And they have built the high places of tophet, which is in the valley of the son of Hinnom, to burn their sons and their daughters in the fire; which J commanded them not, neither came it into my heart.