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 59
... true original . The main source of this river is near ' Ain Zehal- teh , a village five hours to the east , under the lofty ridge of Lebanon . Other streams from the mountain farther north unite with this at Jisr el Kâdy , on the road ...
... true original . The main source of this river is near ' Ain Zehal- teh , a village five hours to the east , under the lofty ridge of Lebanon . Other streams from the mountain farther north unite with this at Jisr el Kâdy , on the road ...
Page 67
... true God had of God's peculiar marks to distinguish them from idolaters , which these " corrupters " refused to wear , imprinting others used by the heathen . In the Revelation , allusions to such religious marks are too numerous to be ...
... true God had of God's peculiar marks to distinguish them from idolaters , which these " corrupters " refused to wear , imprinting others used by the heathen . In the Revelation , allusions to such religious marks are too numerous to be ...
Page 69
... true , means simply any great fish ; but nothing is gained by resorting to such a solution of the difficulty . Our Lord calls it a whale , and I am contented with his translation ; and whale it was , not a shark or lamia , as some ...
... true , means simply any great fish ; but nothing is gained by resorting to such a solution of the difficulty . Our Lord calls it a whale , and I am contented with his translation ; and whale it was , not a shark or lamia , as some ...
Page 71
... true that Palestine has always traded with Asia Minor through Tarsus ; true , also , that from Tarsus to the Grecian islands the distance is not great , and the connection by trade is natural and uninterrupted to this day . It is not ...
... true that Palestine has always traded with Asia Minor through Tarsus ; true , also , that from Tarsus to the Grecian islands the distance is not great , and the connection by trade is natural and uninterrupted to this day . It is not ...
Page 72
... true at the present day . A hard old Druse of Lebanon would edify a Payson or a Martyn . Indeed there is nothing in which modern custom cor- responds more completely with the ancient than in this pious talk . There is scarcely an ...
... true at the present day . A hard old Druse of Lebanon would edify a Payson or a Martyn . Indeed there is nothing in which modern custom cor- responds more completely with the ancient than in this pious talk . There is scarcely an ...
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