Sinai and Palestine in Connection with Their HistoryJohn Murray, 1871 - 560 pages |
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... interest and instruc- tion are so manifold that , even after all which has been seen and said of it , there still remain points of view unexhausted . Much has been written , and still remains to be written , both on the History and the ...
... interest and instruc- tion are so manifold that , even after all which has been seen and said of it , there still remain points of view unexhausted . Much has been written , and still remains to be written , both on the History and the ...
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... interest of Sacred Geography , though belonging in various degrees to Mesopotamia , Egypt , Asia Minor , Greece , and Italy , is , like the Sacred History itself , concentrated on the Peninsula of Sinai and on Palestine . Even in its ...
... interest of Sacred Geography , though belonging in various degrees to Mesopotamia , Egypt , Asia Minor , Greece , and Italy , is , like the Sacred History itself , concentrated on the Peninsula of Sinai and on Palestine . Even in its ...
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... interest in Sacred Geography , though in some respects . repelled , yet in some respects is invited by the Scriptures them- selves . From Genesis to the Apocalypse there are - even when not intending , nay even when deprecating , any ...
... interest in Sacred Geography , though in some respects . repelled , yet in some respects is invited by the Scriptures them- selves . From Genesis to the Apocalypse there are - even when not intending , nay even when deprecating , any ...
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... interest , in this its most general aspect , both for the philosopher and theologian ' . on forms of II . Next to the importance of illustrating the general character of a nation from its geographical situation Influence is the ...
... interest , in this its most general aspect , both for the philosopher and theologian ' . on forms of II . Next to the importance of illustrating the general character of a nation from its geographical situation Influence is the ...
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... interest to know how far the traditions and the institutions of those times have been fostered by local considerations ' . Explana- tions of particular events . III . In the two points just noticed , the connection between history and ...
... interest to know how far the traditions and the institutions of those times have been fostered by local considerations ' . Explana- tions of particular events . III . In the two points just noticed , the connection between history and ...
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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 Feirân Galilee Gibeah Gibeon Greek 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.