The Land and the Book: Or, Biblical Illustrations Drawn from the Manners and Customs, the Scenes and Scenery, of the Holy LandT. Nelson, 1869 - 718 pages |
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Page 49
... tion . They bring forth fruit in old age . The allusion to being planted in the house of the Lord is probably drawn from the custom of planting beauti- tiful and long - lived trees in the courts of temples and palaces , and in all Fruit ...
... tion . They bring forth fruit in old age . The allusion to being planted in the house of the Lord is probably drawn from the custom of planting beauti- tiful and long - lived trees in the courts of temples and palaces , and in all Fruit ...
Page 51
... tion of the dove with the olive , however , is quite natural . These groves are their favourite resort . In them they build their nests and rear their young , and there may be heard all day long their low , soft cooing , in sweet unison ...
... tion of the dove with the olive , however , is quite natural . These groves are their favourite resort . In them they build their nests and rear their young , and there may be heard all day long their low , soft cooing , in sweet unison ...
Page 57
... tion of when it will have swept over the whole cape to the bay on the north of the city , unless its course can be arrested . I never take this ride without watch- ing , with weary sadness , this ever - changing desert . Upon the great ...
... tion of when it will have swept over the whole cape to the bay on the north of the city , unless its course can be arrested . I never take this ride without watch- ing , with weary sadness , this ever - changing desert . Upon the great ...
Page 64
... tion . Without being resposible for your accommodation of Habakkuk , the idea is correct enough , and should be remembered and acted upon continually in our travels . Let us try the experiment with this man that comes to meet us . Ask ...
... tion . Without being resposible for your accommodation of Habakkuk , the idea is correct enough , and should be remembered and acted upon continually in our travels . Let us try the experiment with this man that comes to meet us . Ask ...
Page 78
... tion ; and no threatenings against the workers of iniquity are more terrible than that they shall be set in slippery places ; that " their feet shall slide in due time . " 3 One needs a steady eye and obedient nerves to ride along the ...
... tion ; and no threatenings against the workers of iniquity are more terrible than that they shall be set in slippery places ; that " their feet shall slide in due time . " 3 One needs a steady eye and obedient nerves to ride along the ...
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Acre allusions ancient Arabs Baalbek Banias beautiful Bedawîn Beirût Beisan Beit Bethsaida Bible built Cæsarea called Capernaum Carmel castle cave CHAPTER cisterns columns custom David desert doubt east Egypt entire Esdraelon fact flocks gate Gaza Gennesaret Hamath Hazor Hebrew Hebron Hermon hills Holy hour Hûleh hundred feet inhabitants Israel Jacob Jaffa Jaulan Jerusalem Jews Jordan Josephus Joshua Kenites king lake land Lebanon Lord Lydd mentioned miles Moses Moslems mountains Naphtali neighbourhood never night north-west olive Oriental Palestine pass Philistines plain probably prophet Ramleh region ride river road rock round ruins sacred says scene seen sepulchres sheikh shore side Sidon Sisera Solomon south-east stone suppose Syria Tell temple tent terebinth thing thou thousand Tiberias tion tombs travellers trees tribes Tyre unto valley vast village Wady wall whole wild wind Zion