Oriental customs: or, An illustration of the Sacred scriptures by an explanatory application of the customs and manners of the Eastern nations1839 |
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Side v
... instances they have failed , and have left the inquirer bewildered and perplexed . The reason they have not done better has been the want of a proper attention to oriental customs . Commentators in general have not sufficiently availed ...
... instances they have failed , and have left the inquirer bewildered and perplexed . The reason they have not done better has been the want of a proper attention to oriental customs . Commentators in general have not sufficiently availed ...
Side vi
... instance only towards the close of it was any use made of these materials . From this col- lection I have made many extracts , and have enriched this volume with several new articles on subjects which had not before been discussed . In ...
... instance only towards the close of it was any use made of these materials . From this col- lection I have made many extracts , and have enriched this volume with several new articles on subjects which had not before been discussed . In ...
Side vii
... instances have been very particularly inserted . It must however be observ- ed , that one principal object in view was the advantage of christians in general . I have aimed to furnish the plain reader with a book to which he may refer ...
... instances have been very particularly inserted . It must however be observ- ed , that one principal object in view was the advantage of christians in general . I have aimed to furnish the plain reader with a book to which he may refer ...
Side viii
... instance . Any one who will give himself the trouble to examine the editions published in the author's life - time , will find a still greater objection arising from his rigid adherence to the order in which the books stand in our ...
... instance . Any one who will give himself the trouble to examine the editions published in the author's life - time , will find a still greater objection arising from his rigid adherence to the order in which the books stand in our ...
Side 11
... instance , that a man to be stoned would be killed by the falling of a stone or other heavy body upon him ; a man to be strangled would be choked ; or one whom the law sentenced to the flames would be burnt in his house , and the like ...
... instance , that a man to be stoned would be killed by the falling of a stone or other heavy body upon him ; a man to be strangled would be choked ; or one whom the law sentenced to the flames would be burnt in his house , and the like ...
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Aleppo alludes allusion altar amongst ancient apostle appears Arabs blessing bread called caravanserais ceremony Chardin Christ circumstance cloth common custom dead death described DEUT divine drink earth East EASTERN COUNTRIES Egypt Egyptians EXOD expression father feast feet fire garments gate GILL give gold Greeks ground hand HARMER hath head heathens Hebrew Herodotus Hist Homer honour horse Iliad instance ISAIAH Israel Israelites Jerusalem Jewish Jews Josephus Judea kind king king of Persia Lord LUKE Maimonides manner MATT mentioned mourning nations observed occasion offered Ovid passage passover Persians person Plutarch practice priest princes prophet PROV PSALM refers Romans sacred sacrifice says scripture sepulchres servants signifies sometimes speaking stone supposed Syria temple thee thing thou tion Trav Travels trees unto usual Virgil walls wash wine women words xviii xxii xxiv
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Side 382 - 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 95 - And I looked, and behold a pale horse: and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him. And power was given unto them over the fourth part of the earth, to kill with sword, and with hunger, and with death, and with the beasts of the earth.
Side 438 - 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 72 - O thou afflicted, tossed with tempest, and not comforted, behold, I will lay thy stones with fair colours, and lay thy foundations with sapphires. And I will make thy windows of agates, and thy gates of carbuncles, and all thy borders of pleasant stones.
Side 237 - Lord, how manifold are thy works! in wisdom hast thou made them all: the earth is full of thy riches. So is this great and wide sea, wherein are things creeping innumerable, both small and great beasts. There go the ships: there is that leviathan, whom thou hast made to play therein.
Side 252 - And he took butter, and milk, and the calf which he had dressed, and set it before them; and he stood by them under the tree, and they did eat.
Side 394 - And David put his hand in his bag, and took thence a stone, and slang it, and smote the Philistine in his forehead, that the stone sunk into his forehead; and he fell upon his face to the earth.
Side 357 - Thou shalt rise up before the hoary head, and honour the face of the old man, and fear thy God : I am the LORD.
Side 51 - And when they were come to the place, which is called Calvary, there they crucified him, and the malefactors, one on the right hand, and the other on the left. Then said Jesus, Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do.
Side 461 - Finally, brethren, pray for us, that the word of the Lord may have free course, and be glorified, even as it is with you: 2.