Eastern Arts and Antiquities Mentioned in the Sacred ScripturesReligious Tract Society, 1840 - 366 páginas |
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... hundred and fifty prophets of Baal , as recorded , 1 Kings xviii . 21-40 . Burnt offerings were , therefore , in the patriarchal ages , offered on altars of earth . But although these might still be permitted , as it appears from sacred ...
... hundred and fifty prophets of Baal , as recorded , 1 Kings xviii . 21-40 . Burnt offerings were , therefore , in the patriarchal ages , offered on altars of earth . But although these might still be permitted , as it appears from sacred ...
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... hundred and thirty - two tons ; by far the largest vessel ever constructed . 66 The history of Noah's ark is deeply interesting . In the days of this righteous patriarch , mankind had be- come so lamentably corrupt , so proof against ...
... hundred and thirty - two tons ; by far the largest vessel ever constructed . 66 The history of Noah's ark is deeply interesting . In the days of this righteous patriarch , mankind had be- come so lamentably corrupt , so proof against ...
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... hundred and eighty years it was completed . During the period of its erection , Noah , without doubt , was employed in warning the world of the forthcom- ing wreck of nature . But he was not heeded . By some , we may suppose , he was ...
... hundred and eighty years it was completed . During the period of its erection , Noah , without doubt , was employed in warning the world of the forthcom- ing wreck of nature . But he was not heeded . By some , we may suppose , he was ...
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... hundred men , who went out to war against the Israelites , so skilful in the use of it , that they could sling stones at an hair breadth , and not miss , " Judg . xx . 16. The sling is , however , of much earlier origin than this , for ...
... hundred men , who went out to war against the Israelites , so skilful in the use of it , that they could sling stones at an hair breadth , and not miss , " Judg . xx . 16. The sling is , however , of much earlier origin than this , for ...
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... hundred drachms , twice the distance of stones , with greater force and equal precision . Thus we see that the sling , simple though the instrument be , may , in experienced hands , become a weapon of great power . the But we return to ...
... hundred drachms , twice the distance of stones , with greater force and equal precision . Thus we see that the sling , simple though the instrument be , may , in experienced hands , become a weapon of great power . the But we return to ...
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Página 345 - Thus saith Cyrus, King of Persia, The Lord God of Heaven hath given me all the kingdoms of the earth ; and He hath charged me to build Him an house at Jerusalem which is in Judah.
Página 245 - Therefore, whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock ; and the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house, and it fell not ; for it was founded upon a rock.
Página 250 - How goodly are thy tents, O Jacob, and thy tabernacles, O Israel! As the valleys are they spread forth, as gardens by the river's side, as the trees of lign aloes which the Lord hath planted, and as cedar trees beside the waters.
Página 27 - I know not the day of my death : now therefore take, I pray thee, thy weapons, thy quiver and thy bow, and go out to the field, and take me some venison ; and make me savoury meat, such as I love, and bring it to me, that I may eat ; that my soul may bless thee before I die.
Página 321 - See, the LORD hath called by name Bezaleel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah; 31 And he hath filled him with the spirit of God, in wisdom, in understanding, and in knowledge, and in all manner of workmanship...
Página 265 - And in that day there shall be a root of Jesse, which shall stand for an ensign of the people ; to it shall the Gentiles seek : and his rest shall be glorious.
Página 82 - For if any be a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a glass : for he beholdeth himself, and goeth his way, and straightway forgetteth what manner of man he was.
Página 351 - But into the second went the high priest alone once every year, not without blood, which he offered for himself, and for the errors of the people...
Página 111 - And the vessel that he made of clay was marred in the hand of the potter : so he made it again another vessel, as seemed good to the potter to make it.
Página 10 - And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me; for the earth is filled with violence through them; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth. Make thee an ark of gopher wood; rooms shalt thou make in the ark, and shalt pitch it within and without with pitch.