Sinai and Palestine in Connection with Their HistoryJohn Murray, 1871 - 560 pages |
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Page xxxiv
... wild amidst garden shrubs , the solitary obelisk which stood in front of the temple , then in company with another , whose base alone now remains . This is the first obelisk I have seen standing in its proper place , and there it has ...
... wild amidst garden shrubs , the solitary obelisk which stood in front of the temple , then in company with another , whose base alone now remains . This is the first obelisk I have seen standing in its proper place , and there it has ...
Page xxxvii
... wild Arab - tribe once settled near the spot . These tombs of Beni - Hassan are amongst the oldest monuments of Egypt , during or before the time of Joseph , yet exhibiting , in the most lively manner , hunting , wrestling , and dancing ...
... wild Arab - tribe once settled near the spot . These tombs of Beni - Hassan are amongst the oldest monuments of Egypt , during or before the time of Joseph , yet exhibiting , in the most lively manner , hunting , wrestling , and dancing ...
Page xliii
... wild cliffs , and find yourself in a long and lofty gallery , opening or narrowing , as the case may be , into successive halls and chambers , all of which are covered with white stucco , and this white stucco brilliant with colours ...
... wild cliffs , and find yourself in a long and lofty gallery , opening or narrowing , as the case may be , into successive halls and chambers , all of which are covered with white stucco , and this white stucco brilliant with colours ...
Page xlvi
... wild and distant region sprang all those familiar forms which we know so well in the squares of Rome . In the quarries which are still visible in the white sands and black crags immediately east of Assouan , one obelisk still remains ...
... wild and distant region sprang all those familiar forms which we know so well in the squares of Rome . In the quarries which are still visible in the white sands and black crags immediately east of Assouan , one obelisk still remains ...
Page xlvii
... wild mysterious character of the whole scenery which they represent . And now it is immediately above the roar of these rapids , but still in the very centre of these colossal rockeries - that you emerge into sight of an island lying in ...
... wild mysterious character of the whole scenery which they represent . And now it is immediately above the roar of these rapids , but still in the very centre of these colossal rockeries - that you emerge into sight of an island lying in ...
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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.