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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... supposed proportions of profit to the owner and occupier . Flower - gardens mentioned in Scripture : sometimes abused to idolatrous and obscene purposes : the Floralia of the Romans : orchards and shady walks of the Jews : trees and ...
... supposed proportions of profit to the owner and occupier . Flower - gardens mentioned in Scripture : sometimes abused to idolatrous and obscene purposes : the Floralia of the Romans : orchards and shady walks of the Jews : trees and ...
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... supposed to be the titles of the Persian king . In order to preserve the seal and lace entire , the bag was opened at bottom , to ex- tract the letter , but the natural way of opening it would be either by melting the wax or cutting the ...
... supposed to be the titles of the Persian king . In order to preserve the seal and lace entire , the bag was opened at bottom , to ex- tract the letter , but the natural way of opening it would be either by melting the wax or cutting the ...
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... supposed to have been written by Ezra and Nehemiah and Malachi , by those whose names they bear , some time after his death.a In the time of Josephus , Daniel was esteemed one of the greatest of the prophets ; but , since that time ...
... supposed to have been written by Ezra and Nehemiah and Malachi , by those whose names they bear , some time after his death.a In the time of Josephus , Daniel was esteemed one of the greatest of the prophets ; but , since that time ...
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... supposed to be accompanied with rains and storms , it has the epithet of " aquosus " given it by Virgil . The original word in Job ix . 9 . xxxviii . 31. Amos v . 8. is D cesil , which signifies " cold ; " and De Goguet supposes that ...
... supposed to be accompanied with rains and storms , it has the epithet of " aquosus " given it by Virgil . The original word in Job ix . 9 . xxxviii . 31. Amos v . 8. is D cesil , which signifies " cold ; " and De Goguet supposes that ...
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... supposed to be different ; and the discovery that they were the same has been as- cribed to Pythagoras . If he acquired that information while travelling in the East , it is not very likely that the learned among the Jews would be ...
... supposed to be different ; and the discovery that they were the same has been as- cribed to Pythagoras . If he acquired that information while travelling in the East , it is not very likely that the learned among the Jews would be ...
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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...