Sinai and Palestine in Connection with Their HistoryJohn Murray, 1871 - 560 pages |
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Page xi
... described ; and some spots were seen which I had not been able to visit on the previous journey , and one of which ( the Mosque of Hebron ) I owe entirely to the privilege accorded to the Prince of Wales . The main topographical results ...
... described ; and some spots were seen which I had not been able to visit on the previous journey , and one of which ( the Mosque of Hebron ) I owe entirely to the privilege accorded to the Prince of Wales . The main topographical results ...
Page xviii
... described in the Gospels and in the Acts , it is at least important to know the course of the ancient roads , the situation of the towns and villages , which must have determined the movements there described in one direction or another ...
... described in the Gospels and in the Acts , it is at least important to know the course of the ancient roads , the situation of the towns and villages , which must have determined the movements there described in one direction or another ...
Page xxii
... described to have occurred ; witnesses the more credible , because their very existence was unknown to those by whom the occurrences in question were described . Some change may thus be needful in our mode of conceiving the events . But ...
... described to have occurred ; witnesses the more credible , because their very existence was unknown to those by whom the occurrences in question were described . Some change may thus be needful in our mode of conceiving the events . But ...
Page xlvi
... verify it , and observes ( doubtless with truth ) , that by those deep , unfathomable sources which they described , they meant the violent eddies of the Cataracts . To an inhabitant of Lower Egypt , the sight or xlvi INTRODUCTION .
... verify it , and observes ( doubtless with truth ) , that by those deep , unfathomable sources which they described , they meant the violent eddies of the Cataracts . To an inhabitant of Lower Egypt , the sight or xlvi INTRODUCTION .
Page 7
... described by Rüppell , Burckhardt , and Bartlett from east to west , and by Robin- son from south to north . I did not see it , except from a distance . The passage of the Caravan has been described by Rüppell and Bartlett . " Palmyra ...
... described by Rüppell , Burckhardt , and Bartlett from east to west , and by Robin- son from south to north . I did not see it , except from a distance . The passage of the Caravan has been described by Rüppell and Bartlett . " Palmyra ...
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Akaba amongst Amorite ancient Arabah Arabs Bedouin Beth-horon Bethel called cave Chapter Christian Church cliffs Dead Sea deep descended described Desert Deut east eastern Egypt Egyptian encampment Ephraim Esdraelon Galilee Gibeah Gibeon Greek green Gulf Hebrew Hebron heights Hermon hills Holy Israel Israelites Jebel Mûsa Jericho Jerusalem Jewish Jordan Josephus Josh Joshua Judæa Judah Kings lake land Lebanon Lord Michmash Moab Moses mosque Mount Mount Hor mountains Mussulman natural Nile northern Olivet Palestine pass passage peculiar Petra Philistines Phoenicia pilgrims plain of Esdraelon probably Prophet range ravine river rock rocky round ruins sacred Samaria sanctuary scene scenery Sea of Galilee seen Sepulchre Serbâl Shechem Sheykh shores side Sinai southern spot spring stone stream summit Syria table-land Temple terebinth Tiberias tion tomb tradition travellers trees tribes valley village Wâdy walls western whole wild wilderness word
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Page xxi - And he answered and said unto them, I tell you that, if these should hold their peace, the stones would immediately cry out.
Page 187 - Seek ye the Lord while he may be found, call upon him while he is near...
Page 160 - 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 394 - Dan shall judge his people, as one of the tribes of Israel. Dan shall be a serpent by the way, an adder in the path, that biteth the horse heels, so that his rider shall fall backward.
Page 217 - 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 346 - And of the children of Issachar, which were men that had understanding of the times, to know what Israel ought to do; the heads of them were two hundred; and all their brethren were at their commandment.
Page 217 - 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 299 - 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 113 - Surely the isles shall wait for me, And the ships of Tarshish first, To bring thy sons from far, Their silver and their gold with them, Unto the name of the Lord thy God, And to the Holy One of Israel, because he hath glorified thee.
Page 340 - And the LORD said unto Gideon, The people that are with thee are too many for me to give the Midianites into their hands, lest Israel vaunt themselves against me, saying, Mine own hand hath saved me. 3 Now therefore go to, proclaim in the ears of the people, saying, Whosoever is fearful and afraid, let him return and depart early from mount Gilead.