Narrative of a journey round the Dead sea and in the Bible lands in 1850 and 1851, ed., by count E. de Warren, Volume 2 |
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... enclosures , bearing the name of Deïr - el - Benat . A convent of nuns has evidently existed here at the period of the Crusades . A little further on , to the westward , we see the village of Ertas , * and in front , a fortress of the ...
... enclosures , bearing the name of Deïr - el - Benat . A convent of nuns has evidently existed here at the period of the Crusades . A little further on , to the westward , we see the village of Ertas , * and in front , a fortress of the ...
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... enclosure of the Harem - the present name of the flat eminence upon which formerly stood the temple of Solomon . The bed of the Kedron is hollowed out precisely in the middle of that distance , at about one hundred and fifty yards to ...
... enclosure of the Harem - the present name of the flat eminence upon which formerly stood the temple of Solomon . The bed of the Kedron is hollowed out precisely in the middle of that distance , at about one hundred and fifty yards to ...
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... enclosures , the original use of which it is very difficult to guess at the present day . Were these enclosures sacred ones ? or were they merely parks in which cattle could be collected at night ? This is a point impossible to ...
... enclosures , the original use of which it is very difficult to guess at the present day . Were these enclosures sacred ones ? or were they merely parks in which cattle could be collected at night ? This is a point impossible to ...
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... enclosure . Delighted with our archæological discovery , we returned to our tent , with the satisfaction of people who feel that they have not lost their time . Whilst at work , we had forgotten the mosquitoes ; as soon as we are doing ...
... enclosure . Delighted with our archæological discovery , we returned to our tent , with the satisfaction of people who feel that they have not lost their time . Whilst at work , we had forgotten the mosquitoes ; as soon as we are doing ...
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... enclosure . I have said that the ruins through which we are proceeding are not easily distinguished , and that it is very probable a hundred successive travellers might pass them by without the slightest idea of their existence . This ...
... enclosure . I have said that the ruins through which we are proceeding are not easily distinguished , and that it is very probable a hundred successive travellers might pass them by without the slightest idea of their existence . This ...
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Page 512 - Whereupon the king took counsel, and made two calves of gold, and said unto them, It is too much for you to go up to Jerusalem: behold thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt . And he set the one in Beth-el, and the other put he in Dan.
Page 547 - And it came to pass, as. the camels had done drinking, that the man took a golden earring of half a shekel weight, and two bracelets for her hands of ten shekels weight of gold; and said, Whose daughter art thou?
Page 193 - And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, See, I have called by name Bezaleel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah : and I have filled him with the spirit of God, in wisdom, and in understanding, and in knowledge, and in all manner of workmanship...
Page 74 - So Moses, the servant of the Lord, died there in the land of Moab, according to the word of the Lord. And he buried him in a valley in the land of Moab, over against Bethpeor ; but no man knoweth of his sepulchre unto this day.
Page 275 - And it came to pass in the days of Ahaz the son of Jotham, the son of Uzziah, king of Judah, that Rezin the king of Syria, and Pekah the son of Remaliah, king of Israel, went up toward Jerusalem to war against it, but could not prevail against it. , 2. And it was told the house of David, saying, Syria is confederate with Ephraim.
Page 343 - 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.
Page 75 - And Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the plain of Jordan, that it was well watered every where, before the LORD destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, even as the garden of the LORD, like the land of Egypt, as thou comest unto Zoar.
Page 37 - And Joshua adjured them at that time, saying, Cursed be the man before the LORD, that riseth up and buildeth this city Jericho: he shall lay the foundation thereof in his firstborn, and in his youngest son shall he set up the gates of it.
Page 22 - And he led them out as far as to Bethany, and he lifted up his hands, and blessed them. And it came to pass, while he blessed them, he was parted from them, and carried up into heaven.
Page 343 - ... and thou shalt write upon them all the words of this law, when thou art passed over, that thou mayest go in unto the land which the Lord thy God...