Sinai and Palestine: In Connection with Their History, 1. köideJ. Murray, 1856 - 535 pages |
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... Christian Hermitages ; Convent of St. Catherine . 5. Mosque in the Convent : Visit of Mahomet . 6. Present State of the Convent . 7. Sanctuary of Sheykh Salch Note A. Mussulman Traditions of the Exodus and Mount Sinai Note B. Sinaitic ...
... Christian Hermitages ; Convent of St. Catherine . 5. Mosque in the Convent : Visit of Mahomet . 6. Present State of the Convent . 7. Sanctuary of Sheykh Salch Note A. Mussulman Traditions of the Exodus and Mount Sinai Note B. Sinaitic ...
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... Christ - Bethany - Scene of the Triumphal entry - The Ascension - Conclusion . 159 165 CHAPTER IV . THE HEIGHTS AND THE PASSES OF BENJAMIN . BENJAMIN , the frontier tribe of Judah and Ephraim - Its independent power . I. The Passes of ...
... Christ - Bethany - Scene of the Triumphal entry - The Ascension - Conclusion . 159 165 CHAPTER IV . THE HEIGHTS AND THE PASSES OF BENJAMIN . BENJAMIN , the frontier tribe of Judah and Ephraim - Its independent power . I. The Passes of ...
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... Christ . 3. Scene of the Preaching of John - Bethabara - Scene of the Temptation - Baptism in the Jordan - Bathing of the Pilgrims 275 281 290 CHAPTER VIII . — PEREA AND THE TRANS - JORDANIC TRIBES . I. General character of the scenery ...
... Christ . 3. Scene of the Preaching of John - Bethabara - Scene of the Temptation - Baptism in the Jordan - Bathing of the Pilgrims 275 281 290 CHAPTER VIII . — PEREA AND THE TRANS - JORDANIC TRIBES . I. General character of the scenery ...
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... Christ . 2. Youth . 3. Pub- lic ministry . 4. Retirement from public ministry . II . The Parables . 1. Parables of Judæa . a . The Vineyard . b . The Fig - tree . c . The Shepherd . d . The good Samaritan . 2. Parables of Galilee . a ...
... Christ . 2. Youth . 3. Pub- lic ministry . 4. Retirement from public ministry . II . The Parables . 1. Parables of Judæa . a . The Vineyard . b . The Fig - tree . c . The Shepherd . d . The good Samaritan . 2. Parables of Galilee . a ...
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... Christian religion itself . That activity and practical energy , which is its chief outward characteristic , turns its earliest records into a perpetual narrative of journeyings to and fro , by lake and mountain , over sea and land ...
... Christian religion itself . That activity and practical energy , which is its chief outward characteristic , turns its earliest records into a perpetual narrative of journeyings to and fro , by lake and mountain , over sea and land ...
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Akaba amongst ancient Arabah Arabic Bedouin Beth-horon Bethlehem called cave Chapter Christian Chron Church cliffs Damascus Dead Sea descended Desert Deut east eastern Edom Egypt Ephraim Esdraelon Exod Ezek Galilee Gebel Mousa Gibeah Gibeon Gospel Greek Hebrew Hebron heights Hermon hills Holy Isai Israel Israelites Jericho Jerusalem Jordan Josephus Josh Joshua Judæa Judah Kings lake land Lebanon Moab Moses Mount mountain Mussulman Nazareth Nile northern Numb Olivet Palestine pass passage peculiar Petra Philistines Phoenicia pilgrims plain probably Prophet ravine rendered river rock rocky round ruins sacred Samaria sanctuary scene Sea of Galilee seen Sepulchre Serbâl Shechem shores side Sinai spot spring stone stream summit Syria Temple terebinth tomb town tradition traveller trees tribes valley viii village Wâdy walls western whole wild wilderness word xvii xviii xxiii
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Page 157 - Judah is a lion's whelp; from the prey, my son, thou art gone up. He stooped down, he couched as a lion, and as an old lion. Who shall rouse him up? The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh come; and unto him shall the gathering of the people be.
Page 293 - So Moses, the servant of the Lord, died there in the land of Moab, according to the word of the Lord. And he buried him in a valley in the land of Moab, over against Bethpeor ; but no man knoweth of his sepulchre unto this day.
Page 291 - Who can count the dust of Jacob, and the number of the fourth part of Israel ? Let me die the death of the righteous, and let my last end be like his ! And Balak said unto Balaam, What hast thou done unto me?
Page 226 - Blessed of the Lord be his land, for the precious things of heaven, for the dew, and for the deep that coucheth beneath.
Page xix - And he answered and said unto them, I tell you that, if these should hold their peace, the stones would immediately cry out.
Page 215 - And the Lord said unto Abram, after that Lot was separated from him, Lift up now thine eyes, and look from the place where thou art, northward, and southward, and eastward, and westward : for all the land which thou seest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed for ever.
Page 216 - And he lighted upon a certain place, and tarried there all night because the sun was set ; and he took of the stones of that place, and put them for his pillows, and lay down in that place to sleep.
Page 206 - And it came to pass as they fled from before Israel, and were in the going down to Bethhoron, that the Lord cast down great stones from heaven upon them, unto Azekah, and they died ; they were more which died with hailstones, than they whom the children of Israel slew with the sword.
Page 216 - And I will make thy seed as the dust of the earth : so that if a man can number the dust of the earth, then shall thy seed also be numbered.
Page 82 - Shall the flocks and the herds be slain for them, to suffice them? or shall all the fish of the sea be gathered together for them, to suffice them? And the LORD said unto Moses, Is the LORD'S hand waxed short ? thou shalt see now whether my word shall come to pass unto thee or not.