The Reasons Of The Laws Of Moses. From The "More Nevochim" Of Maimonides ; With Notes, Dissertations, And A Life Of The Author. By James Townley, D. D. Author Of "Illustrations Of Biblical Literature, " &c. &c, Volume 9Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, And Green, 1827 |
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... offering explana- tions of single words or sentences ; it has therefore been supposed , by several learned philologers and critics , to have been compiled by various authors , and formed from extracts and collections . It was translated ...
... offering explana- tions of single words or sentences ; it has therefore been supposed , by several learned philologers and critics , to have been compiled by various authors , and formed from extracts and collections . It was translated ...
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... offered human sacrifices . The chief deity of the Heathen Irish was Beal , the sun , to whom also they offered human sacrifices . The sacrifice of beasts was at length substituted among the Carthaginians ; the same custom , we learn ...
... offered human sacrifices . The chief deity of the Heathen Irish was Beal , the sun , to whom also they offered human sacrifices . The sacrifice of beasts was at length substituted among the Carthaginians ; the same custom , we learn ...
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... offering necessary . But this universal practice was greatly corrupted by the heathen , who intrc- duced ... offered . ( Potter , p . 216. ) No distinction of this kind was suffered to offend the Holy One of Israel . With the ...
... offering necessary . But this universal practice was greatly corrupted by the heathen , who intrc- duced ... offered . ( Potter , p . 216. ) No distinction of this kind was suffered to offend the Holy One of Israel . With the ...
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... offering was declined , and a ram substituted in his place . 6. If the heathen had any Temples before the time of Moses , which is uncertain , and not probable , they were constructed in a very different manner from the tabernacle , or ...
... offering was declined , and a ram substituted in his place . 6. If the heathen had any Temples before the time of Moses , which is uncertain , and not probable , they were constructed in a very different manner from the tabernacle , or ...
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... offering blood as a sacrifice to the infernal objects of their worship . * R. Moses Bar Nachman ( on Deut . xii . 23 , ) says , " They gathered together blood for the devils , their idol gods , and then came themselves and ate of that ...
... offering blood as a sacrifice to the infernal objects of their worship . * R. Moses Bar Nachman ( on Deut . xii . 23 , ) says , " They gathered together blood for the devils , their idol gods , and then came themselves and ate of that ...
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