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... probably understood ; and frequent and safe communication was carried on with the great seats of civilization and commerce , viz .: Mesopotamia in the east , and Egypt in the south - west . If , therefore , we find a considerable degree ...
... probably understood ; and frequent and safe communication was carried on with the great seats of civilization and commerce , viz .: Mesopotamia in the east , and Egypt in the south - west . If , therefore , we find a considerable degree ...
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... Probably , too , he meant thus to signify his meanness and degradation ; for after living with those who used vessels of gold and silver , in Saul's palace , he was obliged to live as the wild Arabs , and to drink like them out of a ...
... Probably , too , he meant thus to signify his meanness and degradation ; for after living with those who used vessels of gold and silver , in Saul's palace , he was obliged to live as the wild Arabs , and to drink like them out of a ...
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... of vessels used in the east . The " cruse of water " which David is said to have taken from beneath Saul's bolster ( 1 Sam . xxvi . 12 ) probably resembled the one depicted in the accompanying HAND - MILL . 19 sketch , viz . ,
... of vessels used in the east . The " cruse of water " which David is said to have taken from beneath Saul's bolster ( 1 Sam . xxvi . 12 ) probably resembled the one depicted in the accompanying HAND - MILL . 19 sketch , viz . ,
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... probably , were the kneading- troughs which the Israelites bound up in their clothes . -Travels , i . 169 . Milk - pails are noticed in Job xxi . 24 : - " His milk- pails ( see margin ) are full of milk . " Sundry pots and pans were ...
... probably , were the kneading- troughs which the Israelites bound up in their clothes . -Travels , i . 169 . Milk - pails are noticed in Job xxi . 24 : - " His milk- pails ( see margin ) are full of milk . " Sundry pots and pans were ...
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... probably refers to some projection in the porch of the palace , similar in shape to a brick - kiln . In Palestine , where stone is abundant , there was no necessity for the use of bricks : yet we find that they used the " brickkiln " as ...
... probably refers to some projection in the porch of the palace , similar in shape to a brick - kiln . In Palestine , where stone is abundant , there was no necessity for the use of bricks : yet we find that they used the " brickkiln " as ...
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Page 298 - And he turned to the woman, and said unto Simon, Seest thou this woman ? I entered into thine house, thou gavest me no water for my feet : but she hath washed my feet with tears, and wiped them with the hairs of her head.
Page 101 - They were stoned, they were sawn asunder, were tempted, were slain with the sword. They wandered about in sheepskins and goatskins; being destitute, afflicted, tormented; of whom the world was not worthy. They wandered in deserts, and in mountains, and in dens and caves of the earth.
Page 485 - And it shall come to pass, that every one that is left of all the nations which came against Jerusalem shall even go up from year to year to worship the King, the Lord of Hosts, and to keep the feast of tabernacles.
Page 443 - And the house, when it was in building, was built of stone made ready before it was brought thither so that there was neither hammer nor axe nor any tool of iron heard in the house, while it was in building.
Page 462 - And it came to pass that while he executed the priest's office before God in the order of his course, according to the custom of the priest's office, his lot was to burn incense when he went into the temple of the Lord.
Page 471 - The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me ; because the Lord hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek ; he hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound ; to proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord...
Page 488 - ... and Aaron shall lay both his hands upon the head of the live goat, and confess over him all the iniquities of the children of Israel, and all their transgressions in all their sins, putting them upon the head of the goat, and shall send him away by the hand of a fit man into the wilderness : And the goat shall bear upon him all their iniquities unto a land not inhabited : and he shall let go the goat in the wilderness.
Page 194 - Israel, and bid them that they make them fringes in the borders of their garments throughout their generations, and that they put upon the fringe of the borders a ribband of blue : and it shall be unto you for a fringe, that ye may look upon it, and remember all the commandments of the Lord, and do them...
Page 447 - I will fill this house with glory, saith the Lord of Hosts. The silver is mine, and the gold is mine, saith the Lord of Hosts. The glory of this latter house shall be greater than of the former, saith the Lord of Hosts : and in this place will I give peace, saith the Lord of Hosts.
Page 519 - And the LORD thy God will circumcise thine heart, and the heart of thy seed, to love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, that thou mayest live.