The Pathways & Abiding Places of Our LordD. Appleton, 1851 - 196 pages |
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... and this alone is wanting to restore vegetation . There are evidences , too , that the whole of this district was once thickly ANCIENT CITIES OF THE JEWS . 15 peopled . At Aspect of the Desert, • Difficulty of Describing,
... and this alone is wanting to restore vegetation . There are evidences , too , that the whole of this district was once thickly ANCIENT CITIES OF THE JEWS . 15 peopled . At Aspect of the Desert, • Difficulty of Describing,
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... ancient cities , and they bear to this day , the name Tel el Yehood , or the " Mounds of the Jews . " One of them is supposed to mark the spot where stood that temple , built in the reign of Ptolemy Philometor - of which an account is ...
... ancient cities , and they bear to this day , the name Tel el Yehood , or the " Mounds of the Jews . " One of them is supposed to mark the spot where stood that temple , built in the reign of Ptolemy Philometor - of which an account is ...
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... ancient prosperity , it had no yet become the barren and desert land which it now appears . Indeed , we have every reason to believe , that about the time of our Saviour's birth , the journey from Bethlehem down into Egypt , and back ...
... ancient prosperity , it had no yet become the barren and desert land which it now appears . Indeed , we have every reason to believe , that about the time of our Saviour's birth , the journey from Bethlehem down into Egypt , and back ...
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... ancient structure , and now almost in ruins . There were also , near by , the remains of two other bridges , which are supposed by some to indicate the place where the Pelusiac branch of the Nile emptied itself into the " great sea ...
... ancient structure , and now almost in ruins . There were also , near by , the remains of two other bridges , which are supposed by some to indicate the place where the Pelusiac branch of the Nile emptied itself into the " great sea ...
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... ancient torrent , the Flumen Ægyptiacum , or ' river of Egypt ' so often mentioned in the Old Testament , and perhaps the Sihor before alluded to . It is the boundary between Syria and Egypt . Upon the further bank on the Syrian side we ...
... ancient torrent , the Flumen Ægyptiacum , or ' river of Egypt ' so often mentioned in the Old Testament , and perhaps the Sihor before alluded to . It is the boundary between Syria and Egypt . Upon the further bank on the Syrian side we ...
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Page 88 - And when they drew nigh unto Jerusalem and were come to Bethphage, unto the Mount of Olives, then sent Jesus two disciples, saying unto them, "Go into the village over against you, and straightway ye shall find an ass tied, and a colt with her; loose them and bring them unto me. And if any man say aught unto you, ye shall say, 'The Lord hath need of them,' and straightway he will send them.
Page 3 - And when they were departed, behold, the angel of the Lord appeareth to Joseph in a dream, saying ; Arise, and take the young child and his mother, and flee into Egypt, and be thou there until I bring thee word ; for Herod will seek the young child to destroy him. When he arose, he took the young child and his mother by night, and departed into Egypt...
Page 15 - In that day shall there be an altar to the Lord in the midst of the land of Egypt, and a pillar at the border thereof to the Lord.
Page 4 - But when Herod was dead, behold, an angel of the Lord appeareth in a dream to Joseph in Egypt, » saying, Arise, and take the young child and his mother, and go into the land of Israel ; for they are dead which sought the young child's life.
Page 87 - Then gathered the chief priests and the Pharisees a council, and said, What do we ? for this man doeth many miracles. If we let Him thus alone, all men will believe on Him : and the Romans shall come and take away both our place and nation.
Page 128 - And the three mighty men brake through the host of the Philistines, and drew water out of the well of Beth-lehem, that was by the gate, and took it. and brought it to David : nevertheless he would not drink thereof, but poured it out unto the LORD.
Page 43 - No war, or battle's sound Was heard the world around ; The idle spear and shield were high up hung ; The hooked chariot stood Unstained with hostile blood ; The trumpet spake not to the armed throng ; And kings sat still with awful eye, As if they surely knew their sovran Lord was by.
Page 52 - Let people serve thee, and nations bow down to thee : be lord over thy brethren, and let thy mother's sons bow down to thee : cursed be every one that curseth thee, and blessed be he that blesseth thee.
Page 52 - HOW doth the city sit solitary, that was full of people ! How is she become as a widow ! she that was great among the nations, And princess among the provinces, how is she become tributary!
Page 150 - LORD, as well the stranger, as he that was born among them ; half of them over against mount Gerizim, and half of them over against mount Ebal ; as Moses the servant of the LORD had commanded before, that they should bless the people of Israel. 34 And afterward he read all the words of the law, the blessings and cursings, according to all that is written in the book of the law.