Bible Illustrations: A Description of Manners and Customs Peculiar to the East, Especially Explanatory of the Holy ScripturesGrant and Griffith, 1845 - 250 sidor |
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Sida 53
... usual mode of making trea- ties or engagements in the east . A Jewish writer says , " that it was a custom with those who entered into covenant with each other , to take a heifer , and cut it in two , and then the contracting parties ...
... usual mode of making trea- ties or engagements in the east . A Jewish writer says , " that it was a custom with those who entered into covenant with each other , to take a heifer , and cut it in two , and then the contracting parties ...
Sida 59
... with his dancing snakes ; they , according to their usual custom , sat on the ground around him ; when , either from the music stopping too suddenly , or from some other cause irritating the vicious reptile which I had so SERPENTS . 59.
... with his dancing snakes ; they , according to their usual custom , sat on the ground around him ; when , either from the music stopping too suddenly , or from some other cause irritating the vicious reptile which I had so SERPENTS . 59.
Sida 114
... usual form of returning thanks . " * How different this is to anything we meet with ! It is , certainly , somewhat so . But our Lord * Harmer , vol . ii . 125 . seems to have approved such a line of conduct : 114 FEASTS AND MEALS .
... usual form of returning thanks . " * How different this is to anything we meet with ! It is , certainly , somewhat so . But our Lord * Harmer , vol . ii . 125 . seems to have approved such a line of conduct : 114 FEASTS AND MEALS .
Sida 127
... usual presents in the east . These were often very numerous . D'Her- belot tells us , that a poet of Cufah , in the ninth century , had so many presents made him in the course of his life , that at his death he was found possessed of a ...
... usual presents in the east . These were often very numerous . D'Her- belot tells us , that a poet of Cufah , in the ninth century , had so many presents made him in the course of his life , that at his death he was found possessed of a ...
Sida 156
... usual for the women alone to be concerned in this employ , sitting themselves down over against each other , with the millstones between them . " Similar mills were in use in Scotland till very lately , especially in the Highlands , and ...
... usual for the women alone to be concerned in this employ , sitting themselves down over against each other , with the millstones between them . " Similar mills were in use in Scotland till very lately , especially in the Highlands , and ...
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Sida 164 - Yet the Lord will command his lovingkindness in the daytime, and in the night his song shall be with me, and my prayer unto the God of my life.
Sida 212 - And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper. The ungodly are not so: but are like the chaff which the wind driveth away. Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous.
Sida 146 - Who will bring me into the strong city? who will lead me into Edom ? 11 Wilt not thou, O God, who hast cast us off?
Sida 101 - The kings of Tarshish and of the isles shall bring presents: the kings of Sheba and Seba shall offer gifts. Yea, all kings shall fall down before him: all nations shall serve him.
Sida 91 - When thou makest a dinner or a supper, call not thy friends, nor thy brethren, neither thy kinsmen, nor thy rich neighbours; lest they also bid thee again, and a recompense be made thee. But when thou makest a feast, call the poor, the maimed, the lame, the blind: and thou shalt be blessed; for they cannot recompense thee: for thou shalt be recompensed at the resurrection of the just.
Sida 217 - I am the LORD'S"; and another shall call himself by the name of Jacob; and another shall subscribe with his hand unto the LORD, and surname himself by the name of Israel.
Sida 141 - Thus I was ; in the day the drought consumed me, and the frost by night; and my sleep departed from mine eyes.
Sida 101 - Thou gavest me no kiss : but this woman since the time I came in hath not ceased to kiss my feet. My head with oil thou didst not anoint: but this woman hath anointed my feet with ointment.
Sida 208 - And Joshua rent his clothes, and fell to the earth upon his face before the ark of the LORD until the eventide, he and the elders of Israel, and put dust upon their heads.