The Conciliator of R. Manasseh Ben Israel: A Reconcilement of the Apparent Contradictions in Holy Scripture, Volume 1Published and sold by the translator, 1842 |
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... says that the darkness mentioned in verse 2 is the element of fire . God having made it descend to that of air , it ignited and formed light ; so that he holds the light of the first day to have been inflamed air : this , he says ...
... says that the darkness mentioned in verse 2 is the element of fire . God having made it descend to that of air , it ignited and formed light ; so that he holds the light of the first day to have been inflamed air : this , he says ...
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... says " God created man , " in the singular , and not they created , in the plural . Some give their reason why it says " Let us make ; " and , firstly , " Let R. Joshua ( in the name of R. Levi , in " Bereshit Raba , " 5 ) says , us ...
... says " God created man , " in the singular , and not they created , in the plural . Some give their reason why it says " Let us make ; " and , firstly , " Let R. Joshua ( in the name of R. Levi , in " Bereshit Raba , " 5 ) says , us ...
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... says , " Let us make " in the plural , signifying ( as Plato also said ) that the Lord spoke with secondary causes , to which he said , I have yet to make an animated creature with a nature approaching to an equality with immortals ...
... says , " Let us make " in the plural , signifying ( as Plato also said ) that the Lord spoke with secondary causes , to which he said , I have yet to make an animated creature with a nature approaching to an equality with immortals ...
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... says what agrees very well with the text , which is , that where the scripture says " Male and female created he them , " is not to say that Eve was at Adam's side , or attached to his back ; but that it says nothing more than on the ...
... says what agrees very well with the text , which is , that where the scripture says " Male and female created he them , " is not to say that Eve was at Adam's side , or attached to his back ; but that it says nothing more than on the ...
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... says , And to every beast of the earth , and to every bird of the heavens , and to every thing that creepeth upon the earth , wherein there is a living soul , I have given every green herb for food . " We see by this that herbs and ...
... says , And to every beast of the earth , and to every bird of the heavens , and to every thing that creepeth upon the earth , wherein there is a living soul , I have given every green herb for food . " We see by this that herbs and ...
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Page 44 - That which hath been is now; and that which is to be hath already been ; and God requireth that which is past.
Page 37 - And of every living thing of all flesh two of every sort shalt thou bring into the ark to keep them alive with thee ; they shall be male and female.
Page 213 - Speak ye unto all the congregation of Israel, saying, In the tenth day of this month they shall take to them every man a lamb, according to...
Page 163 - And it came to pass, when Joshua was by Jericho, that he lifted up his eyes and looked, and, behold, there stood a man over against him with his sword drawn in his hand; and Joshua went unto him, and said unto him, 'Art thou for us, or for our adversaries?' And he said, 'Nay; but as captain of the host of the Lord am I now come.
Page 186 - And he said, Hear now my words : If there be a prophet among you, I the LORD will make myself known unto him in a vision, and will speak unto him in a dream.
Page 283 - I will raise them up a prophet from among their brethren, like unto thee, and will put my words in his mouth. and he shall speak unto them all that I shall command him.
Page 69 - And He said, I will make all my goodness pass before thee, and I will proclaim the name of the Lord before thee ; and will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and will shew mercy on whom I will shew mercy.
Page 114 - And the LORD God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil : and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever...
Page 29 - But if the wicked will turn from all his sins that he hath committed, and keep all my statutes, and do that which is lawful and right, he shall surely live, he shall not die.
Page 63 - To fulfil the word of the LORD by the mouth of Jeremiah, until the land had enjoyed her sabbaths: for as long as she lay desolate she kept sabbath, to fulfil threescore and ten years.