An Old Testament commentary for English readers, by various writers, ed. by C.J. Ellicott, Volume 2Charles John Ellicott (bp. of Gloucester) 1883 |
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... priest or judge or king ; and the requirements of the kingdom ( chap . xvii . 8-20 ) . The require- ments of the priest ( chap . xviii . 1-5 ) ; of the Levite ( chap . xviii . 6-8 ) . No consultation with familiar spirits and no hidden ...
... priest or judge or king ; and the requirements of the kingdom ( chap . xvii . 8-20 ) . The require- ments of the priest ( chap . xviii . 1-5 ) ; of the Levite ( chap . xviii . 6-8 ) . No consultation with familiar spirits and no hidden ...
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... priest's office in his stead . ( 7 ) From thence they journeyed unto Gudgodah ; and from Gudgodah to Jotbath , a land of rivers of waters . ( 8 ) At that time the LORD separated the tribe of Levi , to bear the ark of the 2 Heb . , go in ...
... priest's office in his stead . ( 7 ) From thence they journeyed unto Gudgodah ; and from Gudgodah to Jotbath , a land of rivers of waters . ( 8 ) At that time the LORD separated the tribe of Levi , to bear the ark of the 2 Heb . , go in ...
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... priest . ( 7 ) But your eyes have seen . - Literally , For your eyes are the witnesses ( literally , the seers ) of all the great working of Jehovah which He hath wrought . ( 8 ) The commandments . - Literally , the com- mandment . It ...
... priest . ( 7 ) But your eyes have seen . - Literally , For your eyes are the witnesses ( literally , the seers ) of all the great working of Jehovah which He hath wrought . ( 8 ) The commandments . - Literally , the com- mandment . It ...
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... priest might partake . ( 30 ) Take heed to thyself that thou be not snared . A necessary caution . " The fear " of heathen deities often attached itself to their seats of worship . It was found necessary to caution Israel against the ...
... priest might partake . ( 30 ) Take heed to thyself that thou be not snared . A necessary caution . " The fear " of heathen deities often attached itself to their seats of worship . It was found necessary to caution Israel against the ...
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... priests ( Num . xviii . 15 ) with the first tithe . The practical solution is to be sought in the practice of the ... priest ; those that were not fit for sacrifice were for the household of the owner . But it is perfectly conceivable ...
... priests ( Num . xviii . 15 ) with the first tithe . The practical solution is to be sought in the practice of the ... priest ; those that were not fit for sacrifice were for the household of the owner . But it is perfectly conceivable ...
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Abimelech Abner Achish Amalek Amalekites Amorites anointed battle behold Benjamin blessing Book of Samuel called Canaan Canaanites chap CHAPTER children of Israel Chron command Comp conquest covenant curse David death Deut Deuteronomy Divine Egypt enemies ephod Ephraim evil Ewald Exod father Gibeah Gideon Gilead Gilgal hand hath heart Hebrew high priest holy inheritance Israelites Jehovah Jephthah Jericho Jonathan Jordan Josephus Josh Joshua Judah Judges Keilah king land Levite LORD thy Manasseh means Moab Moses mount nations pass Philistines probably prophet Ramah Rashi reign rendered sacred Samson Samuel Saul Saul's seems servant Shechem Shiloh Sihon sons spake spirit sword thine thing thou shalt took tribe tribe of Manasseh unto the LORD Urim Urim and Thummim verse Version Vulg wilderness worship xvii xviii xxii xxiii
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Page 366 - The LORD that delivered me out of the paw of the lion, and out of the paw of the bear, he will deliver me out of the hand of this Philistine.
Page 84 - I call heaven and earth to record this day against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing : therefore choose life, that both thou and thy seed may live...
Page 299 - And I will bring the third part through the fire, And will refine them as silver is refined, And will try them as gold is tried: They shall call on my name, and I will hear them : I will say, It is my people: And they shall say, The Lord is my God.
Page 366 - And David said unto Saul, Thy servant kept his father's sheep, and there came a lion and a bear, and took a lamb out of the flock. And I went out after him, and smote him, and delivered it out of his mouth : and when he arose against me, I caught him by his beard, and smote him, and slew him. 36 Thy servant slew both the lion and the bear ; and this uncircumcised Philistine shall be as one of them, seeing he hath defied the armies of the living God.
Page 299 - He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth up the beggar from the dung-hill, to set them among princes, and to make them inherit the throne of glory: for the pillars of the earth are the Lord's, and he hath set the world upon them.
Page 84 - Be strong and of a good courage, fear not, nor be afraid of them: for the LORD thy God, he it is that doth go with thee; he will not fail thee, nor forsake thee.
Page 88 - As an eagle stirreth up her nest, fluttereth over her young, spreadeth abroad her wings, taketh them, beareth them on her wings: So the Lord alone did lead him, and there was no strange god with him.
Page 54 - I will raise them up a prophet from among their brethren, like unto thee, and will put my words in his mouth. and he shall speak unto them all that I shall command him.
Page 20 - Take ye therefore good heed unto yourselves ; for ye saw no manner of similitude on the day that the Lord spake unto you in Horeb out of the midst of the fire: Lest ye corrupt yourselves, and make you a graven image, the similitude of any figure, the likeness of male or female...
Page 303 - Wherefore the LORD God of Israel saith, I said indeed that thy house, and the house of thy father, should walk before me for ever : but now the LORD saith, Be it far from me ; for them that honour me I will honour, and they that despise me shall be lightly esteemed.