Sinai and Palestine in Connection with Their HistoryJohn Murray, 1871 - 560 pages |
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Page xx
... be instanced the exag- gerated descriptions of the precipices round Jerusalem ( Ant . XV . ii . 5 ) , and of the Cave at Paneas ( B. J. I. xxi . 3 ) . See Chapters VII . and X. mitted ( if so be ) the error into which XX PREFACE .
... be instanced the exag- gerated descriptions of the precipices round Jerusalem ( Ant . XV . ii . 5 ) , and of the Cave at Paneas ( B. J. I. xxi . 3 ) . See Chapters VII . and X. mitted ( if so be ) the error into which XX PREFACE .
Page xli
... round about it - whose rampart was the sealike stream , ' and whose wall was the ' sealike stream ' ? " " Thebes " proper , " Taba , " the capital - No - Amon ( the Hebrew name of Thebes ) the sanctuary of Ammon - stood on the eastern ...
... round about it - whose rampart was the sealike stream , ' and whose wall was the ' sealike stream ' ? " " Thebes " proper , " Taba , " the capital - No - Amon ( the Hebrew name of Thebes ) the sanctuary of Ammon - stood on the eastern ...
Page xliv
... round and round - white and black , and red and blue - legs and arms and wings spreading in enormous forms over the ceiling ; and below lies , as I have said , the coffin itself . It seems certain that all this gorgeous decoration was ...
... round and round - white and black , and red and blue - legs and arms and wings spreading in enormous forms over the ceiling ; and below lies , as I have said , the coffin itself . It seems certain that all this gorgeous decoration was ...
Page xlv
... round each other's necks . . . . To have seen the Tombs of Thebes is to have seen the Egyptians as they lived and moved before the eyes of Moses - is to have seen the utmost display of funereal grandeur which has ever possessed the ...
... round each other's necks . . . . To have seen the Tombs of Thebes is to have seen the Egyptians as they lived and moved before the eyes of Moses - is to have seen the utmost display of funereal grandeur which has ever possessed the ...
Page xlvii
... round , and the palms are not sufficiently numerous to relieve the bare and mean appearance which the rest of the island presents . As seen from within , however , the glimpses of the river , the rocky knolls , and the feathery tresses ...
... round , and the palms are not sufficiently numerous to relieve the bare and mean appearance which the rest of the island presents . As seen from within , however , the glimpses of the river , the rocky knolls , and the feathery tresses ...
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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.