Oriental observations and occasional criticisms ... illustrating ... passages of ScriptureLondon, 1827 - 120 pages |
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... want of confidence in divine protection in the way of duty ; but the more extended application of the word sister than prevails with us , should moderate their fault in the eye of candour . We find terms denoting kindred 4.
... want of confidence in divine protection in the way of duty ; but the more extended application of the word sister than prevails with us , should moderate their fault in the eye of candour . We find terms denoting kindred 4.
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John Callaway. the eye of candour . We find terms denoting kindred , used to express endearment , by superiors to inferiors , as when Egypt's prime - minister , Jo- seph , said to Benjamin , God be gracious unto thee , my son ... denoting ...
John Callaway. the eye of candour . We find terms denoting kindred , used to express endearment , by superiors to inferiors , as when Egypt's prime - minister , Jo- seph , said to Benjamin , God be gracious unto thee , my son ... denoting ...
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... denote the extreme value of water in warm climates , which is often paid for , and fre- quently unprocurable . Numbers xxi . 17 , 18 , is al- luded to in a letter from a Missionary in the interior of South Africa . He says , the heat ...
... denote the extreme value of water in warm climates , which is often paid for , and fre- quently unprocurable . Numbers xxi . 17 , 18 , is al- luded to in a letter from a Missionary in the interior of South Africa . He says , the heat ...
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... denoting kindred are singularly specific : sahodarayâ , is brother ; but aye - ya is an elder brother . Sahô- daree is sister ; but akkâ is an elder sister . Nagâ is a younger sister ; and malayâ , a younger brother . Genesis , xxxi ...
... denoting kindred are singularly specific : sahodarayâ , is brother ; but aye - ya is an elder brother . Sahô- daree is sister ; but akkâ is an elder sister . Nagâ is a younger sister ; and malayâ , a younger brother . Genesis , xxxi ...
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... denotes rather to ask , ( and is so ren- dered Ps . ii . 8 , ) as a recompence for laborious and long - continued servitude . Exodus , iv . 29. And Moses and Aaron went and gathered to- gether all the elders of the children of Israel ...
... denotes rather to ask , ( and is so ren- dered Ps . ii . 8 , ) as a recompence for laborious and long - continued servitude . Exodus , iv . 29. And Moses and Aaron went and gathered to- gether all the elders of the children of Israel ...
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Page 3 - And Shem and Japheth took a garment, and laid it upon both their shoulders, and went backward, and covered the nakedness of their father; and their faces were backward, and they saw not their father's nakedness.
Page 40 - Behold, as the eyes of servants look unto the hand of their masters, and as the eyes of a maiden unto the hand of her mistress; so our eyes wait upon the LORD our God, until that he have mercy upon us.
Page 51 - As many were astonished at thee; his visage was so marred more than any man, and his form more than the sons of men : so shall he sprinkle many nations; the kings shall shut their mouths at him : for that which had not been told them shall they see ; and that which they had not heard shall they consider
Page 63 - But whereunto shall I liken this generation? It is like unto children sitting in the markets, and calling unto their fellows, and saying, We have piped unto you, and ye have not danced; we have mourned unto you, and ye have not lamented.
Page 73 - 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.
Page 66 - And Jesus went into the Temple of God, and cast out all them that sold and bought in the Temple, and overthrew the tables of the money-changers, and the seats of them that sold doves, and said unto them, It is written, My house shall be called the house of prayer ; but ye have made it a den of thieves.
Page 48 - The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, Make straight in the desert a highway for our God. Every valley shall be exalted, And every mountain and hill shall be made low: And the crooked shall be made straight, And the rough places plain: And the glory of the Lord shall be revealed, And all flesh shall see it together: For the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it.
Page 53 - ... in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem, that are desolate, without man, and without inhabitant, and without beast, the voice of joy, and the voice of gladness; the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride...
Page 54 - And the LORD said unto him, Go through the midst of the city, through the midst of Jerusalem, and set a mark upon the foreheads of the men that sigh and that cry for all the abominations that be done in the midst thereof.
Page 1 - My punishment is greater than I can bear. Behold, thou hast driven me out this day from the face of the earth ; and from thy face shall I be hid ; and I shall be a fugitive and a vagabond in the earth; and it shall come to pass, that every one that findeth me shall slay me.