Oriental customs: or, An illustration of the Sacred scriptures by an explanatory application of the customs and manners of the Eastern nations, Volume 1Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1812 |
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... practice of justice , put an end to injuries , and re - esta- blish such customs as are immutable in their nature ; that kings should be obedient to him , and advance his affairs ; that the cause of true religion should flourish ; that ...
... practice of justice , put an end to injuries , and re - esta- blish such customs as are immutable in their nature ; that kings should be obedient to him , and advance his affairs ; that the cause of true religion should flourish ; that ...
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... practice of devoting human victims . In honour of the mystical number three , a number deemed particularly dear to Heaven , every ninth month wit- nessed the groans and dying struggles of nine unfor- tunate victims . The fatal blow ...
... practice of devoting human victims . In honour of the mystical number three , a number deemed particularly dear to Heaven , every ninth month wit- nessed the groans and dying struggles of nine unfor- tunate victims . The fatal blow ...
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... practice of eating blood in Abyssinia . This custom , so prevalent in seve- ral places , is forbidden in the scriptures . A recital of the narrative will probably suggest to the reader the reasons of the prohibition . Mr. Bruce tells us ...
... practice of eating blood in Abyssinia . This custom , so prevalent in seve- ral places , is forbidden in the scriptures . A recital of the narrative will probably suggest to the reader the reasons of the prohibition . Mr. Bruce tells us ...
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... practice of Jacob , who , after the famous vision of the celestial ladder , took the stone which he had put for his pillow , and set it up for a pillar , and poured oil upon the top of it . It is added , that he called the name of that ...
... practice of Jacob , who , after the famous vision of the celestial ladder , took the stone which he had put for his pillow , and set it up for a pillar , and poured oil upon the top of it . It is added , that he called the name of that ...
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... from its wetness . It was certainly a very common practice ; and as it ap- pears from the instance of Jacob , a very ancient one . HARMER , vol . iii . p . 215 . No. 24. xxxiii . 13. And he said unto him 20 GENESIS .
... from its wetness . It was certainly a very common practice ; and as it ap- pears from the instance of Jacob , a very ancient one . HARMER , vol . iii . p . 215 . No. 24. xxxiii . 13. And he said unto him 20 GENESIS .
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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
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