The Land and the Book, Or, Biblical Illustrations Drawn from the Manners and Customs, the Scenes and Scenery of the Holy LandHarper, 1859 |
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... probably to make a long flight for its leaf , which it could easily do before " evening . " And the objection to the literal meaning or strict veracity of this statement has no solid foundation , in the fact that the olive is not an ...
... probably to make a long flight for its leaf , which it could easily do before " evening . " And the objection to the literal meaning or strict veracity of this statement has no solid foundation , in the fact that the olive is not an ...
Page 82
... probably by the Romans , and with no better success than they . The river frequently changes its channel , and the Romans constructed this heavy wall running up the stream to confine it to its proper bed , but in winter it sets all ...
... probably by the Romans , and with no better success than they . The river frequently changes its channel , and the Romans constructed this heavy wall running up the stream to confine it to its proper bed , but in winter it sets all ...
Page 103
... probably covered over with some sort of composition , not unlike the crushed rock of our modern macadamized roads . I have seen specimens of this in good preservation . One of my fair friends in America charged me to bring her some ...
... probably covered over with some sort of composition , not unlike the crushed rock of our modern macadamized roads . I have seen specimens of this in good preservation . One of my fair friends in America charged me to bring her some ...
Page 121
... probably designed to borrow solemnity and magnificence to aid their worship from this association with the handiworks of the Almighty . It was amid this grand scenery that the celebrated Druse chief , Fakhr ed Dîn , closed his long ...
... probably designed to borrow solemnity and magnificence to aid their worship from this association with the handiworks of the Almighty . It was amid this grand scenery that the celebrated Druse chief , Fakhr ed Dîn , closed his long ...
Page 140
... probably did not originate , but , as in many other cases , merely availed himself of the custom , in order to keep the precepts of the Lord ever before the eyes and in the hearts of the people . Indeed , it is certain that the Egyp ...
... probably did not originate , but , as in many other cases , merely availed himself of the custom , in order to keep the precepts of the Lord ever before the eyes and in the hearts of the people . Indeed , it is certain that the Egyp ...
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Acre Amorites ancient antiquity Arabs Baalbek Banias beautiful Beirût Bible birds called Capernaum castle charms Christian cliffs coast columns custom doubt Druses east entire eyes fact farther flocks friends gate Gennesaret Greek Hamath Hasbany Hazor head Hebrew Hermon hills hour Hûleh hundred feet inhabitants Jabin Jews Jordan Josephus Joshua Kings Kurn ladies lake land Lebanon look Lord mentioned miles Moses Moslems mountains Naphtali never night olive once Oriental Palestine pass Phoenicians plain plow poor probably prophet ravine region Rehob ride river road rock round ruins Safed sarcophagi says seen Sheikh shepherd shore side Sidon Solomon stone suppose Syria tarbush Tell temple tent terebinth thee thing thorns thou thousand Tiberias tion tombs trees tribes Tyre unto vast village wady wall whole wild wind Zaanaim
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Page 440 - At her feet he bowed, he fell, he lay down : At her feet he bowed, he fell : Where he bowed, there he fell down dead.
Page 510 - And it came to pass, as they were burying a man, that, behold, they spied a band of men ; and they cast the man into the sepulchre of Elisha : and when the man was let down, and touched the bones of Elisha. he revived, and stood up on his feet.
Page 424 - Curse ye Meroz, said the angel of the LORD, curse ye bitterly the inhabitants thereof; because they came not to the help of the I .n ii ii.
Page 136 - And whatsoever man there be of the house of Israel, or of the strangers that sojourn among you, that eateth any manner of blood ; I will even set my face against that soul that eateth blood, and will cut him off from among his people.
Page 17 - And Moses went up from the plains of Moab unto the mountain of Nebo, to the top of Pisgah, that is over against Jericho. And the Lord shewed him all the land of Gilead, unto Dan, and all Naphtali, and the land of Ephraim, and Manasseh, and all the land of Judah, unto the utmost sea, and the south, and the plain of the valley of Jericho, the city of palm trees, unto Zoar.
Page 381 - Praise the Lord from the earth, ye dragons, and all deeps: Fire and hail; snow and vapours: stormy wind fulfilling his word: Mountains and all hills; fruitful trees, and all cedars: Beasts, and all cattle; creeping things, and flying fowl...
Page 17 - And I will make thy seed as the dust of the earth : so that if a man can number the dust of the earth, then shall thy seed also be numbered. Arise, walk through the land in the length of it and in the breadth of it ; for I will give it unto thee.
Page 136 - For the life of the flesh is in the blood: and I have given it to you upon the altar to make an atonement for your souls : for it is the blood that maketh an atonement for the soul.
Page 427 - The earth shook, the heavens also dropped at the presence of God: even Sinai itself was moved at the presence of God, the God of Israel.
Page 223 - Their poison is like the poison of a serpent ; they are like the deaf adder that stoppeth her ear ; Which will not hearken to the voice of charmers, charming never so wisely.