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, Volume 2 |
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Pagina 59
There are those however , who think it refers to a superstitious custom amongst
the Gentiles , in their mourning for the dead . They cut off their hair , and that
round about ; and threw it into the sepulchre with the bodies of their relations and
...
There are those however , who think it refers to a superstitious custom amongst
the Gentiles , in their mourning for the dead . They cut off their hair , and that
round about ; and threw it into the sepulchre with the bodies of their relations and
...
Pagina 83
Scheuchzer , in his Physica Sacra , on the place , refers this to the river Belus ,
which ran through the tribe of Zabulon , and which , according to Strabo , Pliny ,
and Tacitus , was remarkable for furnishing the sand of which they anciently
made ...
Scheuchzer , in his Physica Sacra , on the place , refers this to the river Belus ,
which ran through the tribe of Zabulon , and which , according to Strabo , Pliny ,
and Tacitus , was remarkable for furnishing the sand of which they anciently
made ...
Pagina 101
The term pitching , here used , undoubtedly refers to tents , and intimates that the
day was so far advanced as to make it proper to pitch a tent , or to halt for the
night . In the latter part of the afternoon , eastern travellers begin to look out for a ...
The term pitching , here used , undoubtedly refers to tents , and intimates that the
day was so far advanced as to make it proper to pitch a tent , or to halt for the
night . In the latter part of the afternoon , eastern travellers begin to look out for a ...
Pagina 189
Sanctius thinks that Job refers to the Idumean women , who , like other heathens ,
when their gods did not please them , or they could not obtain of them what they
desired , would reproach and cast them away , and throw them into the fire , or ...
Sanctius thinks that Job refers to the Idumean women , who , like other heathens ,
when their gods did not please them , or they could not obtain of them what they
desired , would reproach and cast them away , and throw them into the fire , or ...
Pagina 193
is of opinion that this expression refers to the lustration of houses with sulphur , to
drive away dæmons , remove impurity , and make them fit to dwell in : ( Homer ,
Od . xxii . prope finem ) but others think it is to be understood of the burning of ...
is of opinion that this expression refers to the lustration of houses with sulphur , to
drive away dæmons , remove impurity , and make them fit to dwell in : ( Homer ,
Od . xxii . prope finem ) but others think it is to be understood of the burning of ...
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Pagina 5 - And she called the name of the LORD that spake unto her, Thou God seest me: for she said, Have I also here looked after him that seeth me?
Pagina 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.
Pagina 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.
Pagina 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.
Pagina 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.
Pagina 18 - Wherefore didst thou flee away secretly, and steal away from me; and didst not tell me, that I might have sent thee away with mirth, and with songs, with tabret, and with harp ? 28 And hast not suffered me to kiss my sons and my daughters?
Pagina 8 - And yet indeed she is my sister; she is the daughter of my father, but not the daughter of my mother; and she became my wife.
Pagina 11 - And it came to pass, as the camels had done drinking, that the man took a golden earring of half a shekel weight, and two bracelets for her hands of ten shekels weight of gold; and said, Whose daughter art thou?
Pagina 377 - And he that doubteth is damned if he eat, because he eateth not of faith : for whatsoever is not of faith is sin.