A Journey to Damascus Through Egypt, Nubia, Arabia Petræa, Palestine, and Syria, Volume 2H. Colburn, 1847 |
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... round the base of Horeb , arrived at the stone where the Israel- ites are said to have worshipped the golden calf . Following up the valley which separates Sinai and Horeb from the mountain of St. Catherine , we reached some ruined con ...
... round the base of Horeb , arrived at the stone where the Israel- ites are said to have worshipped the golden calf . Following up the valley which separates Sinai and Horeb from the mountain of St. Catherine , we reached some ruined con ...
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... round his shoulders . We had all agreed not to fire unless attacked , and to let the rival tribes settle their own differences . We could hear the shouts long and loud of our own people as they bounded like deer along the crags , and ...
... round his shoulders . We had all agreed not to fire unless attacked , and to let the rival tribes settle their own differences . We could hear the shouts long and loud of our own people as they bounded like deer along the crags , and ...
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... round him , and was belabouring his camel and shouting like a madman . I never saw a more striking sight than the sudden rush of Bedouins into action , or what they supposed to be one . The Alouins were three hundred strong . They had ...
... round him , and was belabouring his camel and shouting like a madman . I never saw a more striking sight than the sudden rush of Bedouins into action , or what they supposed to be one . The Alouins were three hundred strong . They had ...
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... round our tent , and it seems the Howâts kept guard on us all night . June 5th . - This morning , to my surprise , I found a body of Howâts accompanying Toualeb and ourselves . They kept apart , and though they saluted us , were ...
... round our tent , and it seems the Howâts kept guard on us all night . June 5th . - This morning , to my surprise , I found a body of Howâts accompanying Toualeb and ourselves . They kept apart , and though they saluted us , were ...
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... round the camp , as there were robbers in the vicinity , and that as we were on the borders of the territory of the Tiyayah tribe , if they did not make an open attack they would attempt to pilfer . In consequence of this strange ...
... round the camp , as there were robbers in the vicinity , and that as we were on the borders of the territory of the Tiyayah tribe , if they did not make an open attack they would attempt to pilfer . In consequence of this strange ...
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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 309 - It contains a mass of every kind of historical matter of interest, which industry and research could collect. We have derived much entertainment and instruction from the work.
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.