Travelling Sketches in Egypt and Sinai: Including a Visit to Mount Horeb, and Other Localities of the ExodusJ. W. Parker, 1839 - 308 pages |
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... Suez , until we had seen this species of prospectus . In this first bargain we agreed to pay fifty piastres ( about fifteen shillings ) per dromedary . I had seen the Arabs and their cattle enter the court of our hotel , and for the ...
... Suez , until we had seen this species of prospectus . In this first bargain we agreed to pay fifty piastres ( about fifteen shillings ) per dromedary . I had seen the Arabs and their cattle enter the court of our hotel , and for the ...
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... It was the tree of the Desert ; it was the land - mark which divides into two equal parts the road between Cairo and Suez . This tree is a sycamore , isolated like an islet in the midst of the sea , for which the eye 154 THE DESERT .
... It was the tree of the Desert ; it was the land - mark which divides into two equal parts the road between Cairo and Suez . This tree is a sycamore , isolated like an islet in the midst of the sea , for which the eye 154 THE DESERT .
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... should find excellent water at Suez . This was enough to drive us mad . Nor was this all . We supposed that we had reached our encampment ; but Taleb had decided otherwise . After a rest of half an hour , 156 THE DESERT .
... should find excellent water at Suez . This was enough to drive us mad . Nor was this all . We supposed that we had reached our encampment ; but Taleb had decided otherwise . After a rest of half an hour , 156 THE DESERT .
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... Suez , they could manage to do without eating until they reached that city . ” " Well ; I suppose that they cannot hold out . " " Oh ! yes they can , but they are sorrowful . " " No doubt of it - so they ought to be . Have they eaten ...
... Suez , they could manage to do without eating until they reached that city . ” " Well ; I suppose that they cannot hold out . " " Oh ! yes they can , but they are sorrowful . " " No doubt of it - so they ought to be . Have they eaten ...
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... Suez , or from Suez to Cairo , he sent an emissary to tell the warriors who watched it that their camp was attacked , and the warriors returned at full speed to their tents ; in the mean time Salem , the master and king of the Desert ...
... Suez , or from Suez to Cairo , he sent an emissary to tell the warriors who watched it that their camp was attacked , and the warriors returned at full speed to their tents ; in the mean time Salem , the master and king of the Desert ...
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Page 252 - And mount Sinai was altogether on a smoke, because the LORD descended upon it in fire: and the smoke thereof ascended as the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mount quaked greatly.
Page 250 - Moses' hands were heavy; and they took a stone, and put it under him, and he sat 51 thereon; and Aaron and Hur stayed up his hands, the one on the one side, and the other on the other side; and his hands were steady until the going down of the sun. And Joshua discomfited Amalek and his people with the edge of the sword.
Page 173 - Fear ye not, stand still, and see the salvation of the Lord, which He will show to you to-day : for the Egyptians whom ye have seen to-day, ye shall see them again no more for ever. The Lord shall fight for you, and ye shall hold your peace.
Page 253 - And the LORD said unto Moses, I will do this thing also that thou hast spoken : for thou hast found grace in my sight, and I know thee by name.
Page 252 - And Moses said unto the LORD, See, thou sayest unto me, Bring up this people : and thou hast not let me know whom thou wilt send with me. Yet thou hast said, I know thee by name, and thou hast also found grace in my sight.
Page 243 - And he said, Draw not nigh hither : put off thy shoes from off thy feet, for the place whereon thou standest is holy ground. Moreover he said, I am the God of thy father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. And Moses hid his face ; for he was afraid to look upon God.
Page 253 - And the Lord said, Behold, there is a place by me, and thou shalt stand upon a rock : and it shall come to pass, while my glory passeth by, that I will put thee in a clift of the rock, and will cover thee with my hand while I pass by: and I will take away mine hand, and thou shalt see my back parts : but my face shall not be seen.
Page 181 - And Miriam, the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a timbrel in her hand ; and all the women went out after her with timbrels and with dances. And Miriam answered them, Sing ye to the Lord, for he hath triumphed gloriously : the horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea.
Page 256 - Behold, I will stand before thee there upon the rock in Horeb; and thou shalt smite the rock, and there shall come water out of it, that the people may drink.
Page 253 - And He said, Thou canst not see My face: for there shall no man see Me, and live.