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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... usual for a Peruvian to sacrifice his son to Vira choca , beseeching him to spare his life , and to be satis- fied with the blood of his child . FABER'S Hora Mosaicæ , vol . i . p . 88 . No. 3. v . 24. God took him . ] The following ...
... usual for a Peruvian to sacrifice his son to Vira choca , beseeching him to spare his life , and to be satis- fied with the blood of his child . FABER'S Hora Mosaicæ , vol . i . p . 88 . No. 3. v . 24. God took him . ] The following ...
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... . p . 132 . 22 No. 75.-x. 11. The Lord cast down great stones from heaven . ] Some writers are of opinion that this was hail , larger and more violent than usual ; others maintain A that Joshua is to be understood literally , of 54 JOSHUA .
... . p . 132 . 22 No. 75.-x. 11. The Lord cast down great stones from heaven . ] Some writers are of opinion that this was hail , larger and more violent than usual ; others maintain A that Joshua is to be understood literally , of 54 JOSHUA .
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... usual for the attendants to retire when secret messages were to be delivered . " I drank a dish of coffee , and told him , that I was a bearer of a confidential message from Ali Bey of Cairo , and wished to deliver it to him without ...
... usual for the attendants to retire when secret messages were to be delivered . " I drank a dish of coffee , and told him , that I was a bearer of a confidential message from Ali Bey of Cairo , and wished to deliver it to him without ...
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... usual thing for them to pronounce sentence . They had not then ( as we have now ) such persons as the Romans called carnifices , or public executioners ; and therefore Saul bade such as waited on him to kill the priests , and Doeg , one ...
... usual thing for them to pronounce sentence . They had not then ( as we have now ) such persons as the Romans called carnifices , or public executioners ; and therefore Saul bade such as waited on him to kill the priests , and Doeg , one ...
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... usual in the East to leave a relation of a person deceased to weep and mourn , till on the third or fourth day at farthest , the relations and friends go to see him , cause him to eat , lead him to a bath , and cause him to put on new ...
... usual in the East to leave a relation of a person deceased to weep and mourn , till on the third or fourth day at farthest , the relations and friends go to see him , cause him to eat , lead him to a bath , and cause him to put on new ...
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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.