Oriental Customs: Or, An Illustration of the Sacred Scriptures, by an Explanatory Application of the Customs and Manners of the Eastern Nations and Especially the Jews Therein Alluded to : Together with Observations on Many Difficult and Obscure Texts Collected from the Most Celebrated Travellers, and the Most Eminent Critics, Τόμος 2William W. Woodward, 1807 |
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... that I am . WARBURTON'S Divine Legation , b . iv . sec . 6 . No. 609. - xvii . 10. This is my covenant . ] Covenants were anciently made in the eastern countries by dipping their weapons in blood , ( as Zenophon tells us GENESIS . 5.
... that I am . WARBURTON'S Divine Legation , b . iv . sec . 6 . No. 609. - xvii . 10. This is my covenant . ] Covenants were anciently made in the eastern countries by dipping their weapons in blood , ( as Zenophon tells us GENESIS . 5.
Σελίδα 6
... blood , ( as Zenophon tells us ) and by prick ing the flesh , and sucking each other's blood , as we read in Tacitus : who observes ( 1. i . Annal . ) that when kings made a league , they took each other by the hand , and their thumbs ...
... blood , ( as Zenophon tells us ) and by prick ing the flesh , and sucking each other's blood , as we read in Tacitus : who observes ( 1. i . Annal . ) that when kings made a league , they took each other by the hand , and their thumbs ...
Σελίδα 20
... blood of his friend unrevenged . " RICHARDSON'S Dissert . on Eastern Nations , p . 214. It was on this principle that the sons of Jacob acted towards Shechem , for his conduct towards their sister . No. 641. - xxxv . 4. Ear - rings ...
... blood of his friend unrevenged . " RICHARDSON'S Dissert . on Eastern Nations , p . 214. It was on this principle that the sons of Jacob acted towards Shechem , for his conduct towards their sister . No. 641. - xxxv . 4. Ear - rings ...
Σελίδα 48
... blood upon the al- tar round about . ] It is , says Bp . Patrick , no improbable conjecture of Fortunatus Scacchus , that from hence the heathens learned their Taurobolia , and Criobolia , which in process of time they disguised with ...
... blood upon the al- tar round about . ] It is , says Bp . Patrick , no improbable conjecture of Fortunatus Scacchus , that from hence the heathens learned their Taurobolia , and Criobolia , which in process of time they disguised with ...
Σελίδα 49
... blood , and clotted drops of it adhering to his venerable beard . As soon as the pontifex appeared before the assembled multitude , the air was rent with congratulatory shouts ; so pure and so sanctified however was he now esteemed ...
... blood , and clotted drops of it adhering to his venerable beard . As soon as the pontifex appeared before the assembled multitude , the air was rent with congratulatory shouts ; so pure and so sanctified however was he now esteemed ...
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Oriental Customs: Or, An Illustration of the Sacred Scriptures, by ..., Τόμος 2 Samuel Burder Δεν υπάρχει διαθέσιμη προεπισκόπηση - 1807 |
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Σελίδα 210 - He shall have dominion also from sea to sea, and from the river unto the ends of the earth. They that dwell in the wilderness shall bow before him; and his enemies shall lick the dust.
Σελίδα 211 - 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.
Σελίδα 389 - And when he had opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven about the space of half an hour.
Σελίδα 118 - 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.
Σελίδα 329 - Now when he came nigh to the gate of the city, behold, there was a dead man carried out, the only son of his mother, and she was a widow: and much people of the city was with her.
Σελίδα 390 - But the court which is without the temple leave out, and measure it not; for it is given unto the Gentiles: and the holy city shall they tread under foot forty and two months.
Σελίδα 306 - The kingdom of heaven is like unto a certain king, which made a marriage for his son, and sent forth his servants to call them that were bidden to the wedding: and they would not come.
Σελίδα 250 - 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.
Σελίδα 339 - 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.
Σελίδα 207 - They have seen thy goings, O God; even the goings of my God, my King, in the sanctuary.