The Scriptural Religions, Histories, and Prophecies Analyzed and Examined: Are Incredible Narratives of Jews to be Treated with More Respect Than Incredible Narratives of Other Authors? If So, Why? In Three Volumes. Vol. I.Williams and Norgate, 14, Henrietta Street, Covent Garden, London: and 20, South Frederick Street, Edinburgh., 1876 - Bible - 506 pages |
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... melech . These states generally constituted a confederacy , especially for defence . They were comparatively populous . But the Scripture estimates of Philistine armies are absurd . Allowing the excessive number of 500 persons to the ...
... melech . These states generally constituted a confederacy , especially for defence . They were comparatively populous . But the Scripture estimates of Philistine armies are absurd . Allowing the excessive number of 500 persons to the ...
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... melech as thou didst unto Jericho and her melech : only the spoil thereof , and the cattle thereof , shall ye take for a prey for yourselves ; lay ye an ambush for the city behind it . Observations . This is not the picture which would ...
... melech as thou didst unto Jericho and her melech : only the spoil thereof , and the cattle thereof , shall ye take for a prey for yourselves ; lay ye an ambush for the city behind it . Observations . This is not the picture which would ...
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... melech of Ai saw the host of Joshua in the valley , it was apparently so small as to induce the expectation of an easy victory , and the whole army of Joshua was so manageable as to obey , for flight , for assault on the city and for ...
... melech of Ai saw the host of Joshua in the valley , it was apparently so small as to induce the expectation of an easy victory , and the whole army of Joshua was so manageable as to obey , for flight , for assault on the city and for ...
Page 106
... melech " unto this day ; " i.e. unto the time of the compilation . All in one day ! But Bethel was not taken until after the death of Joshua , as will appear in the sequel . There is a sort of appendix to this story ( viii . 30–35 ) ...
... melech " unto this day ; " i.e. unto the time of the compilation . All in one day ! But Bethel was not taken until after the death of Joshua , as will appear in the sequel . There is a sort of appendix to this story ( viii . 30–35 ) ...
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... melech of Ai saw it , that they hasted and rose up early , and the men of the city went out against Israel to battle , he and all his people , at a time appointed , before the plain ; but he wist not that there were liers in ambush ...
... melech of Ai saw it , that they hasted and rose up early , and the men of the city went out against Israel to battle , he and all his people , at a time appointed , before the plain ; but he wist not that there were liers in ambush ...
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Page 483 - And the Lord said, Behold, there is a place by me, and thou shalt stand upon a rock : and it shall come to pass, while my glory passeth by, that I will put thee in a clift of the rock, and will cover thee with my hand while I pass by: and I will take away mine hand, and thou shalt see my back parts : but my face shall not be seen.
Page 466 - And the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden: But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die.
Page 252 - Behold, here I am: witness against me before the Lord, and before His anointed: whose ox have I taken? or whose ass have I taken? or whom have I defrauded? whom have I oppressed? or of whose hand have I received any bribe to blind mine eyes therewith? and I will restore it you. 4. And they said, Thou hast not defrauded us, nor oppressed us, neither hast thou taken ought of any man's hand.
Page 244 - And the LORD said unto Samuel, Hearken unto the voice of the people in all that they say unto thee : for they have not rejected thee, but they have rejected me, that I should not reign over them.
Page 263 - Now go and smite Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they have, and spare them not ; but slay both man and woman, infant and suckling, ox and sheep, camel and ass.
Page 334 - See, I have called by name Bezaleel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah : and I have filled him with the spirit of God, in wisdom, and in understanding, and in knowledge, and in all manner of workmanship...
Page 486 - And the LORD went before them by day in a pillar of a cloud, to lead them the way; and by night in a pillar of fire, to give them light; to go by day and night: He took not away the pillar of the cloud by day, nor the pillar of fire by night, from before the people.
Page 175 - 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.
Page 272 - This day will the LORD deliver thee into mine hand; and I will smite thee, and take thine head from thee; and I will give the carcases of the host of the Philistines this day unto the fowls of the air, and to the wild beasts of the earth; that all the earth may know that there is a God in Israel. And all this assembly shall know that the LORD saveth not with sword and spear: for the battle is the LORD'S, and he will give you into our hands.
Page 245 - This will be the manner of the king that shall reign over you : He will take your sons, and appoint them for himself, for his chariots, and to be his horsemen ; and some shall run before his chariots.