A Journey to Damascus Through Egypt, Nubia, Arabia Petræa, Palestine, and Syria, Volume 2H. Colburn, 1847 |
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... steps , formed of pieces of granite laid one above the other , lead from the base to the summit , except where the path is worn away . The first halting - place is a small chapel , built on the spot where once some monks , going up to ...
... steps , formed of pieces of granite laid one above the other , lead from the base to the summit , except where the path is worn away . The first halting - place is a small chapel , built on the spot where once some monks , going up to ...
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... step by step , to the summit . The print of a camel's foot upon the granite , is curious , and very distinct ; and by tradition is ascribed both to Mahomet and Moses . Mount St. Catherine , which we see rising before us , is the finest ...
... step by step , to the summit . The print of a camel's foot upon the granite , is curious , and very distinct ; and by tradition is ascribed both to Mahomet and Moses . Mount St. Catherine , which we see rising before us , is the finest ...
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... are several horizontal fissures , about a foot long , one over another , like steps , from which , at some time or other , water certainly appears to have filtered . On the other side of the rock are more of the TO DAMASCUS . 7.
... are several horizontal fissures , about a foot long , one over another , like steps , from which , at some time or other , water certainly appears to have filtered . On the other side of the rock are more of the TO DAMASCUS . 7.
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... step further . There was much hesitation , upon which I sent for the Sheikh of the Howâts , and , before our English friends , made the parties understand , as well as I could , through the wretched interpretation of our servants , that ...
... step further . There was much hesitation , upon which I sent for the Sheikh of the Howâts , and , before our English friends , made the parties understand , as well as I could , through the wretched interpretation of our servants , that ...
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... step the altered character of the country . The desert was passed . We had traversed the heart of the Paran wilderness , the great , the terrible , I should add , the howling , for surely we had heard more of this quality within its ...
... step the altered character of the country . The desert was passed . We had traversed the heart of the Paran wilderness , the great , the terrible , I should add , the howling , for surely we had heard more of this quality within its ...
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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.