Oriental Customs: Or an Illustration of the Sacred Scriptures, 1. kötetWoodward, 1804 |
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18. oldal
... practice of justice , put an end to injuries , and re - esta- blish such customs as are immutable in their nature ; that king's should be obedient to him , and advance his affairs ; that the cause of true religion should flourish ; that ...
... practice of justice , put an end to injuries , and re - esta- blish such customs as are immutable in their nature ; that king's should be obedient to him , and advance his affairs ; that the cause of true religion should flourish ; that ...
20. oldal
... practice of devoting human victims . In honour of the mystical number three , a number deemed particularly dear to Heaven , every ninth month wit- nessed the groans and dying struggles of nine unfor- tunate victims . The fatal blow ...
... practice of devoting human victims . In honour of the mystical number three , a number deemed particularly dear to Heaven , every ninth month wit- nessed the groans and dying struggles of nine unfor- tunate victims . The fatal blow ...
21. oldal
... practice of eating blood in Abyssinia . This custom , so prevalent in seve- ral places , is forbidden in the Scriptures . A recital of the narrative will probably suggest to the reader the reasons of the prohibition . Mr. Bruce tells us ...
... practice of eating blood in Abyssinia . This custom , so prevalent in seve- ral places , is forbidden in the Scriptures . A recital of the narrative will probably suggest to the reader the reasons of the prohibition . Mr. Bruce tells us ...
32. oldal
... practice of Jacob , who , after the famous vision of the celestial ladder , took the stone which he had put for his pillow , and set it up for a pillar , and poured oil upon the top of it . It is added , that he called the name of that ...
... practice of Jacob , who , after the famous vision of the celestial ladder , took the stone which he had put for his pillow , and set it up for a pillar , and poured oil upon the top of it . It is added , that he called the name of that ...
36. oldal
... arise also from its wetness . It was certainly a very common practice ; and as it ap pears from the instance of Jacob , a very ancient one . HARMER , vol . iii . p . 215 . No. 24. - xxxiii . 13. And he said unto 36 GENESIS .
... arise also from its wetness . It was certainly a very common practice ; and as it ap pears from the instance of Jacob , a very ancient one . HARMER , vol . iii . p . 215 . No. 24. - xxxiii . 13. And he said unto 36 GENESIS .
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Abyssinia agreeable Aleppo alluded allusion amongst ancient apostle appears Arabs beasts bread called camel caravanserais carried ceremony Chardin says chres Christ circumstance cloth common court covered custom dead death deities described DODDRIDGE in loc earth East eastern Egypt Egyptians expression Ezekiel feast feet fire frequently gate give Greeks ground hand HARMER hath head heathens Hebrew Herodotus Hist honour horse Iliad Isaiah Israel Israelites Jerusalem Jews Judea kind king kings of Persia Lord manner MAUNDRELL mentioned Mingrelia mountain observed occasion passage Persian person Plutarch practice present prince probably prophet Psalm rabbins refers remarkable rites Romans sacred sacrifice salt scribes scriptures seal seems Septuagint sepulchres servants shew side signifies Sir John Chardin sometimes sort speaking stone supposed Syria temple thee thing thou tion Trav trees Turks unto vessel walls wine women words
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327. oldal - And he answering said unto him, Lord, let it alone this year also, till I shall dig about it, and dung it: and if it bear fruit, well: and if not, then after that thou shalt cut it down.
304. oldal - And when they had platted a crown of thorns, they put it upon his head, and a reed in his right hand : and they bowed the knee before him, and mocked him, saying, Hail, king of the Jews!
414. oldal - And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads ; and that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.
295. oldal - I like not to take her; then shall his brother's wife come unto him in the presence of the elders, and loose his shoe from off his foot, and spit in his face, and shall answer and say, So shall it be done unto that man that will not build up his brother's house. And his name shall be called in Israel, The house of him that hath his shoe loosed.
326. oldal - I say unto you, Though he will not rise and give him, because he is his friend, yet because of his importunity he will rise and give him as many as he needeth.
183. oldal - David will I lay upon his shoulder ; so he shall open, and none shall shut ; and he shall shut, and none shall open.
47. oldal - And Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a timbrel in her hand ; and all the women went out after her, with timbrels, and with dances. And Miriam answered them, Sing ye to the LORD, for he hath triumphed gloriously : the horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea.
35. oldal - Wherefore didst thou flee away secretly, and steal away from me; and didst not tell me, that I might have sent thee away with mirth, and with songs, with tabret, and with harp ? 28 And hast not suffered me to kiss my sons and my daughters?
127. oldal - Oh that one would hear me! behold, my desire is, that the Almighty would answer me, and that mine adversary had written a book. Surely I would take it upon my shoulder, and bind it as a crown to me.
323. oldal - Seest thou this woman? I entered into thine house, thou gavest me no water for my feet: but she hath washed my feet with tears, and wiped them with the hairs of her head.