Oriental Customs: Or, An Illustration of the Sacred Scriptures, by an Explanatory Application of the Customs and Manners of the Eastern Nations and Especially the Jews Therein Alluded to : Together with Observations on Many Difficult and Obscure Texts Collected from the Most Celebrated Travellers, and the Most Eminent Critics, Volumen2William W. Woodward, 1807 |
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... divine institution , even whatsoever openeth the womb , whether of man or beast , was sacred to the Lord . ( Numb . xviii . 12. ) There was , according to Porphyry ( De Abstinentia , p . 73. ) a very curious and ancient festival ...
... divine institution , even whatsoever openeth the womb , whether of man or beast , was sacred to the Lord . ( Numb . xviii . 12. ) There was , according to Porphyry ( De Abstinentia , p . 73. ) a very curious and ancient festival ...
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... that I am . WARBURTON'S Divine Legation , b . iv . sec . 6 . No. 609. - xvii . 10. This is my covenant . ] Covenants were anciently made in the eastern countries by dipping their weapons in blood , ( as Zenophon tells us GENESIS . 5.
... that I am . WARBURTON'S Divine Legation , b . iv . sec . 6 . No. 609. - xvii . 10. This is my covenant . ] Covenants were anciently made in the eastern countries by dipping their weapons in blood , ( as Zenophon tells us GENESIS . 5.
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... divine authority , but by custom : it being the practice among those people whenever they prayed to God for any per- son , to lay their hands on his head . Our Saviour ob- served the same custom , both when he conferred his bles- sing ...
... divine authority , but by custom : it being the practice among those people whenever they prayed to God for any per- son , to lay their hands on his head . Our Saviour ob- served the same custom , both when he conferred his bles- sing ...
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... divine , and discern more of futurity . We find this opinion as early as Homer , ( Il . xvi . 852. et xxii.358 . ) for he represents the dyingPatroclus foretelling the fate of Hector , and the dying Hector denouncing no less certainly ...
... divine , and discern more of futurity . We find this opinion as early as Homer , ( Il . xvi . 852. et xxii.358 . ) for he represents the dyingPatroclus foretelling the fate of Hector , and the dying Hector denouncing no less certainly ...
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... Divine Legation , b . iv . sec . 3. § 3 . No 658. - 1 . 3. And forty days were fulfilled for him , ( for so are fulfilled the days of those who are embalmed ) and the Egyptians mourned for him three - score and ten days . ] We learn ...
... Divine Legation , b . iv . sec . 3. § 3 . No 658. - 1 . 3. And forty days were fulfilled for him , ( for so are fulfilled the days of those who are embalmed ) and the Egyptians mourned for him three - score and ten days . ] We learn ...
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Aleppo Alex alludes allusion altar amongst ancient appears Arabs blessing blood bread brought caliph called ceremony Chardin Christ circumstance clothes crown custom customary David death divine drink earth East eastern Egypt Egyptians expression father feast fire garments GILL give gods gold Greeks hair hands HARMER hath head heathens Hebrews Hence Herodotus Hist Homer honour horse instance Israel Israelites JENNINGS's Jewish Jerusalem Jewish Jews Josephus Judea kind king king of Persia Lord Maimonides manner mentioned Moses mourning nations night observed Odyss offered Ovid passage passover PATRICK Persians person Philistines Plutarch practice prayer priest prince prophet Psalm Romans round sacred sacrifice Saul says Scythians servants shalt shew signifies Solomon speaking stones supposed Syria temple thee thing thou tion Trav Travels unto usual Vathek viii Virgil wash wine women words worship
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Página 210 - He shall have dominion also from sea to sea, and from the river unto the ends of the earth. They that dwell in the wilderness shall bow before him; and his enemies shall lick the dust.
Página 211 - Lord, how manifold are thy works! in wisdom hast thou made them all: the earth is full of thy riches. So is this great and wide sea, wherein are things creeping innumerable, both small and great beasts. There go the ships: there is that leviathan, whom thou hast made to play therein.
Página 389 - And when he had opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven about the space of half an hour.
Página 118 - And David put his hand in his bag, and took thence a stone, and slang it, and smote the Philistine in his forehead, that the stone sunk into his forehead; and he fell upon his face to the earth.
Página 329 - Now when he came nigh to the gate of the city, behold, there was a dead man carried out, the only son of his mother, and she was a widow: and much people of the city was with her.
Página 390 - But the court which is without the temple leave out, and measure it not; for it is given unto the Gentiles: and the holy city shall they tread under foot forty and two months.
Página 306 - The kingdom of heaven is like unto a certain king, which made a marriage for his son, and sent forth his servants to call them that were bidden to the wedding: and they would not come.
Página 250 - O thou afflicted, tossed with tempest, and not comforted, behold, I will lay thy stones with fair colours, and lay thy foundations with sapphires. And I will make thy windows of agates, and thy gates of carbuncles, and all thy borders of pleasant stones.
Página 339 - And when they were come to the place, which is called Calvary, there they crucified him, and the malefactors, one on the right hand, and the other on the left. Then said Jesus, Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do.
Página 207 - They have seen thy goings, O God; even the goings of my God, my King, in the sanctuary.