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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... tells us is about ten or twelve inches in length , and three or four round , beau- tifully painted , and is also worn by ministers in Persia as an ensign of office.d The ancient form of a book was commonly that of a roll , and hence the ...
... tells us is about ten or twelve inches in length , and three or four round , beau- tifully painted , and is also worn by ministers in Persia as an ensign of office.d The ancient form of a book was commonly that of a roll , and hence the ...
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... tells us that " the Arabs roll up their letters , and then flatten them to the breadth of an inch , and paste up the end of them , instead of sealing them . ” And Hanway ' tells us , that " the Persians make up their letters in the form ...
... tells us that " the Arabs roll up their letters , and then flatten them to the breadth of an inch , and paste up the end of them , instead of sealing them . ” And Hanway ' tells us , that " the Persians make up their letters in the form ...
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... tells us , that " the day of the Lord shall come as a thief in the night ; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise , and the elements shall melt with fervent heat ; the earth also , and the works that are therein ...
... tells us , that " the day of the Lord shall come as a thief in the night ; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise , and the elements shall melt with fervent heat ; the earth also , and the works that are therein ...
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... tells us , that the scheme which is simple should certainly be preferred to that which is intricate . Now , the Py- thagorean or Copernican system is infinitely more simple than the Ptolemaic ; and all the motions of the sun , moon ...
... tells us , that the scheme which is simple should certainly be preferred to that which is intricate . Now , the Py- thagorean or Copernican system is infinitely more simple than the Ptolemaic ; and all the motions of the sun , moon ...
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... tells us , that the Egyptian * Page 130 . De Animal , Lib . xxiii . p . 614 . • Simon de Muis Var . Sacr . in Exod . xxii . b Hist . Animal . Lib . vi , cap . 7 . d Matt . xv . 11 . f St. Barnabas , Novatian . & Lev . xi . 43-45 . xx ...
... tells us , that the Egyptian * Page 130 . De Animal , Lib . xxiii . p . 614 . • Simon de Muis Var . Sacr . in Exod . xxii . b Hist . Animal . Lib . vi , cap . 7 . d Matt . xv . 11 . f St. Barnabas , Novatian . & Lev . xi . 43-45 . xx ...
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Page 524 - And they said, Some say that thou art John the Baptist : some, Elias ; and others, Jeremias, or one of the prophets.
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 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 423 - Awake, O north wind; and come, thou south; Blow upon my garden, That the spices thereof may flow out.
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.