Oriental customs: or, An illustration of the Sacred scriptures by an explanatory application of the customs and manners of the Eastern nations, Bind 1Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1812 |
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Side 20
... wall . Among them was the nakib ( the general , or rather master of the horse ) , Cheir Allah , with whom I had some acquaintance before . He immediately resigned his place to me , and applied himself to draw together stones into an ...
... wall . Among them was the nakib ( the general , or rather master of the horse ) , Cheir Allah , with whom I had some acquaintance before . He immediately resigned his place to me , and applied himself to draw together stones into an ...
Side 30
... wall unto them on their right hand and on their left . ] Diodorus Siculus relates that the Ichthyophagi , who lived near the Red Sea , had a tradition handed down to them through a long line of ancestors , that the whole bay was once ...
... wall unto them on their right hand and on their left . ] Diodorus Siculus relates that the Ichthyophagi , who lived near the Red Sea , had a tradition handed down to them through a long line of ancestors , that the whole bay was once ...
Side 49
... walls ; on the east side there is a window , by which those that were within drew up the pilgrims into the monastery , with a basket which they let down by a rope that runs in a pulley . " These walls , he observes in the next chapter ...
... walls ; on the east side there is a window , by which those that were within drew up the pilgrims into the monastery , with a basket which they let down by a rope that runs in a pulley . " These walls , he observes in the next chapter ...
Side 69
... wall of Beth - shan . Capital offences were sometimes punished by throwing the criminal upon hooks that were fixed in the wall below , where frequently they hung in the most exquisite agonies thirty or forty hours , before they ...
... wall of Beth - shan . Capital offences were sometimes punished by throwing the criminal upon hooks that were fixed in the wall below , where frequently they hung in the most exquisite agonies thirty or forty hours , before they ...
Side 84
... wall , ( i . e . from his attend- ants ) 2 Kings xx . 2. that the fervency of his devotion might be the less taken notice of and observed . The like is related of Ahab , 1 Kings xxi . 4. though probably he did thus , not upon a ...
... wall , ( i . e . from his attend- ants ) 2 Kings xx . 2. that the fervency of his devotion might be the less taken notice of and observed . The like is related of Ahab , 1 Kings xxi . 4. though probably he did thus , not upon a ...
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Side 310 - I say unto you, Though he will not rise and give him, because he is his friend, yet because of his importunity he will rise and give him as many as he needeth.
Side 311 - And he answering said unto him, Lord, let it alone this year also, till I shall dig about it, and dung it: and if it bear fruit, well: and if not, then after that thou shalt cut it down.
Side 348 - And they that were with me saw indeed the light, and were afraid ; but they heard not the voice of him that spake to me.
Side 314 - And he said unto him, Thy brother is come ; and thy father hath killed the fatted calf, because he hath received him safe and sound.
Side 141 - In the day when the keepers of the house shall tremble, and the strong men shall bow themselves, and the grinders cease because they are few, and those that look out of the windows be darkened. And the doors shall be shut in the streets when the sound of the grinding is low...
Side 307 - And he turned to the woman, and said unto Simon, Seest thou this woman ? I entered into thine house, thou gavest me no water for my feet: but she hath washed my feet with tears, and wiped them with the hairs of her head.
Side 222 - This gate shall be shut, it shall not be opened, and no man shall enter in by it ; because the Lord, the God of Israel, hath entered in by it, therefore it shall be shut.
Side 161 - For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north: I will ascend above the heights of the clouds: I will be like the most High.
Side 79 - So Ahab went up to eat and to drink. And Elijah went up to the top of Carmel; and he cast himself down upon the earth, and put his face between his knees, and said to his servant, Go up now, look toward the sea.
Side 394 - And I will give power unto my two witnesses, and they shall prophesy a thousand two hundred and threescore days, clothed in sackcloth.