Antiquities of the Jews ... Compiled from Authentic Sources: And Their Customs Illustrated from Modern Travels, Volume 2W. W. Woodward, 1823 - Jews |
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... says of the Persians , that their writers carry their ink and pens about them in a case , which they put under their sash , " which Sir John Malcolm tells us is about ten or twelve inches in length , and three or four round , beau ...
... says of the Persians , that their writers carry their ink and pens about them in a case , which they put under their sash , " which Sir John Malcolm tells us is about ten or twelve inches in length , and three or four round , beau ...
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... says , " But as the old men came in with the presents which the high - priest had given them to bring to the king , and with the membranes or skins upon which they had these laws written in golden letters , he put questions to them ...
... says , " But as the old men came in with the presents which the high - priest had given them to bring to the king , and with the membranes or skins upon which they had these laws written in golden letters , he put questions to them ...
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... says Dr. Pocock , " they make the im- pression of their name with their seal , generally of cor- nelian , which they wear on their finger , and which is blacked , when they have occasion to seal with it . " And Mr. Hanway remarks , that ...
... says Dr. Pocock , " they make the im- pression of their name with their seal , generally of cor- nelian , which they wear on their finger , and which is blacked , when they have occasion to seal with it . " And Mr. Hanway remarks , that ...
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... says he , " that the only passover full moon , which fell on a Friday from the twentieth year after our Saviour's birth to the fortieth , was in the 4764th year of the Julian period , which was the thirty - third year of his age ...
... says he , " that the only passover full moon , which fell on a Friday from the twentieth year after our Saviour's birth to the fortieth , was in the 4764th year of the Julian period , which was the thirty - third year of his age ...
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... says , " they lose almost the seventh part of their time in idleness . " Juvenal upbraids them thus : " to whom every seventh day was a day of sloth , and unconnected with any useful part of life . " Martial ' calls them , by way of ...
... says , " they lose almost the seventh part of their time in idleness . " Juvenal upbraids them thus : " to whom every seventh day was a day of sloth , and unconnected with any useful part of life . " Martial ' calls them , by way of ...
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Page 74 - Ye cannot drink the cup of the Lord, and the cup of devils : ye cannot be partakers of the Lord's table, and of the table of devils.
Page 423 - Awake, O north wind; and come, thou south; Blow upon my garden, That the spices thereof may flow out.
Page 110 - If any man see his brother sin a sin which is not unto death, he shall ask, and he shall give him life for them that sin not unto death. There is a sin unto death : I do not say that he shall pray for it.
Page 221 - I will take from them the voice of mirth, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride, the sound of the millstones, and the light of the candle.
Page 523 - And they took counsel, and bought with them the potter's field to bury strangers in. Wherefore that field was called, The field of blood, unto this day. (Then was fulfilled that which was spoken by Jeremy the prophet, saying, And they took the thirty pieces of silver, the price of him that was valued, whom they of the children of Israel did value, and gave them for the potter's field, as the Lord appointed me...
Page 241 - And will not rather say unto him, Make ready wherewith I may sup, and gird thyself, and serve me, till I have eaten and drunken; and afterward thou shalt eat and drink?
Page 145 - And all the people that were in the gate, and the elders, said, We are witnesses. The LORD make the woman that is come into thine house like Rachel and like Leah, which two did build the house of Israel...
Page 493 - When the Most High divided to the nations their inheritance, when he separated the sons of Adam, he set the bounds of the people according to the number of the children of Israel.
Page 244 - And if ye offer the blind for sacrifice, is it not evil? and if ye offer the lame and sick, is it not evil? offer it now unto thy governor; will he be pleased with thee, or accept thy person? saith the Lord of Hosts.
Page 221 - ... and the sound of a millstone shall be heard no more at all in thee; 23 and the light of a candle shall shine no more at all in thee...