Oriental customs: or, An illustration of the Sacred scriptures by an explanatory application of the customs and manners of the Eastern nations, Volumen1Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1812 |
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... that the army was defiled by eat- ing blood , or living animals . 1 Sam . xiv . 33. To prevent this , Saul caused to be rolled to him a great stone , and JU 11 2 -ordered those that killed their oxen , tofcut their throats 6 GENESIS .
... that the army was defiled by eat- ing blood , or living animals . 1 Sam . xiv . 33. To prevent this , Saul caused to be rolled to him a great stone , and JU 11 2 -ordered those that killed their oxen , tofcut their throats 6 GENESIS .
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... stone . This was the only lawful way of killing animals for food ; the tying of the ox , and throwing it upon the ground was not permitted as equivalent . The Israelites did probably , in that case , as the Abyssinians do at this day ...
... stone . This was the only lawful way of killing animals for food ; the tying of the ox , and throwing it upon the ground was not permitted as equivalent . The Israelites did probably , in that case , as the Abyssinians do at this day ...
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... stone fifty cubits high . Tavernier observed an idol of black stone in the pagoda of Benares , and that the statue of Creeshna , in his celebrated temple of Mathura , is of black marble . It is very remarkable , that one of the ...
... stone fifty cubits high . Tavernier observed an idol of black stone in the pagoda of Benares , and that the statue of Creeshna , in his celebrated temple of Mathura , is of black marble . It is very remarkable , that one of the ...
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... stone by this holy person , in grateful memory of the celestial vision , probably became the occasion of the idolatry in succeeding ages , to these shapeless masses of unhewn stone , of which so many astonish- ing remains are scattered ...
... stone by this holy person , in grateful memory of the celestial vision , probably became the occasion of the idolatry in succeeding ages , to these shapeless masses of unhewn stone , of which so many astonish- ing remains are scattered ...
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... stones , and they took stones and made an heap , and they did eat there upon the heap . ] Niebuhr relating his audience with the Imam of Yemen , says , " I had gone from my lodgings indisposed , and by standing so long found myself so ...
... stones , and they took stones and made an heap , and they did eat there upon the heap . ] Niebuhr relating his audience with the Imam of Yemen , says , " I had gone from my lodgings indisposed , and by standing so long found myself so ...
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Abyssinia according agreeable Aleppo alluded allusion amongst ancient apostle appears Arabs bread called camel caravanserais carried ceremony Chardin says Christ circumstance cloth court covered custom dead death deities describes Diodorus Siculus DODDRIDGE earth East eastern Egypt Egyptian expression Ezekiel feast feet fire frequently gate give Greeks ground hand HARMER hath head heathens Hebrew Herodotus Hist honour horse Iliad Isaiah Israel Israelites Jerusalem Jews Judea kind king Lord Maimonides manner MAUNDRELL mentioned Mingrelia mountain nations observed occasion passage Persian person Plutarch practice present prince probably prophet Psalm refers remarkable rites Romans sacred sacrifice salt scribes scriptures seal seems Septuagint sepulchres servants SHAW's Travels shekels shew signifies Sir John Chardin sometimes sort speaking stone supposed Syria temple thee thing thou tion Trav trees Turks unto vessel walls wine women words writing
Pasajes populares
Página 310 - I say unto you, Though he will not rise and give him, because he is his friend, yet because of his importunity he will rise and give him as many as he needeth.
Página 311 - And he answering said unto him, Lord, let it alone this year also, till I shall dig about it, and dung it: and if it bear fruit, well: and if not, then after that thou shalt cut it down.
Página 348 - And they that were with me saw indeed the light, and were afraid ; but they heard not the voice of him that spake to me.
Página 314 - And he said unto him, Thy brother is come ; and thy father hath killed the fatted calf, because he hath received him safe and sound.
Página 141 - In the day when the keepers of the house shall tremble, and the strong men shall bow themselves, and the grinders cease because they are few, and those that look out of the windows be darkened. And the doors shall be shut in the streets when the sound of the grinding is low...
Página 307 - And he turned to the woman, and said unto Simon, Seest thou this woman ? I entered into thine house, thou gavest me no water for my feet: but she hath washed my feet with tears, and wiped them with the hairs of her head.
Página 222 - This gate shall be shut, it shall not be opened, and no man shall enter in by it ; because the Lord, the God of Israel, hath entered in by it, therefore it shall be shut.
Página 161 - For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north: I will ascend above the heights of the clouds: I will be like the most High.
Página 79 - So Ahab went up to eat and to drink. And Elijah went up to the top of Carmel; and he cast himself down upon the earth, and put his face between his knees, and said to his servant, Go up now, look toward the sea.
Página 394 - And I will give power unto my two witnesses, and they shall prophesy a thousand two hundred and threescore days, clothed in sackcloth.