Manners and Customs Noticed in Various Passages of Holy Scripture: Illustrated by Extracts from the Works of TravellersSociety for Promoting Christian Knowledge ; sold at the Depository, Great Queen Street, Lincoln's Inn Fields; and 4, Royal Exchange; and by all booksellers, 1845 - Bible - 452 pages |
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... - Marriages in Egypt - Royal Marriage -Wedding Garment - Large Sums of Money given for Wives— Wedding Presents - The Friend of the Bridegroom - Divorces . 327 CHAPTER XVI . CUSTOMS RELATING TO CHILDREN . Manner of X CONTENTS .
... - Marriages in Egypt - Royal Marriage -Wedding Garment - Large Sums of Money given for Wives— Wedding Presents - The Friend of the Bridegroom - Divorces . 327 CHAPTER XVI . CUSTOMS RELATING TO CHILDREN . Manner of X CONTENTS .
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... given to Public Dancers - Significant Actions much used in the East - Smiting on the Mouth - Token of Enmity - Sign of Anger 370 CHAPTER XIX . TRAVELLING . Preparations for an Eastern Journey - Saddle - bags - Arab Tra- velling ...
... given to Public Dancers - Significant Actions much used in the East - Smiting on the Mouth - Token of Enmity - Sign of Anger 370 CHAPTER XIX . TRAVELLING . Preparations for an Eastern Journey - Saddle - bags - Arab Tra- velling ...
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... given to all buildings , large or small ; and ' Beeout Shaar , ' or dwellings of hair , being the name given to all the tents of the Bedouins , which are almost universally made of a black or brown cloth of hair , made in the camp ...
... given to all buildings , large or small ; and ' Beeout Shaar , ' or dwellings of hair , being the name given to all the tents of the Bedouins , which are almost universally made of a black or brown cloth of hair , made in the camp ...
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... given unto thy servants , and they say to us , Make brick ; and , behold , thy servants are beaten ; but the fault is in thine own people . ' Part of the labourers were occupied in treading mortar , part in bringing clay , and several ...
... given unto thy servants , and they say to us , Make brick ; and , behold , thy servants are beaten ; but the fault is in thine own people . ' Part of the labourers were occupied in treading mortar , part in bringing clay , and several ...
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... given the key of the bottomless pit . " 0919 Their locks and keys are often only of wood . The keys of the city gates of Grand Cairo are bits of timber , with little pieces of wire that lift up other pieces of wire which are in the lock ...
... given the key of the bottomless pit . " 0919 Their locks and keys are often only of wood . The keys of the city gates of Grand Cairo are bits of timber , with little pieces of wire that lift up other pieces of wire which are in the lock ...
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ancient Arab Arab Tribes Asia Minor Barbary beautiful Bedouins behold bread bride bridegroom brought butter cakes called CALMET camels caravanserai cave chamber children of Israel cloth colours court covered custom Damascus desert door dress dwell East Eastern Egypt enter feast feet flocks friends garments gate gathered GENESIS girdle give goats gold guests hair hand harem HARMER'S Observations hath head Holy ISAIAH Israelites Jerusalem Jesus Jews JOSEPHUS Journey Judea Kamr kind king linen Lord LUKE manner marriage MATT milk Mission of Enquiry Modern Egyptians mountains Nestorians night ornaments pass passage passover Persia persons Pharisees piece present PSALM rock roof round saith Scripture sepulchres servant side Sisera skin stone street Syria tabernacle temple tent thee thou shalt tombs took Travels unto usually wall wash wear wife woman women writes xviii
Popular passages
Page 283 - For they bind heavy burdens and grievous to be borne, and lay them on men's shoulders; but they themselves will not move them with one of their fingers. But all their works they do for to be seen of men: they make broad their phylacteries, and enlarge the borders of their garments, and love the uppermost rooms at feasts, and the chief seats in the synagogues, and greetings in the markets, and to be called of men, Rabbi, Rabbi.
Page 107 - And when Joseph had taken the body, he wrapped it in a clean linen cloth, and laid it in his own new tomb, which he had hewn out in the rock: and he rolled a great stone to the door of the sepulchre, and departed.
Page 50 - And it came to pass on a certain day, as he was teaching, that there were Pharisees and doctors of the law sitting by, which were come out of every town of Galilee, and Judea, and Jerusalem ; and the power of the Lord was present to heal them.
Page 205 - When thou art bidden of any man to a wedding, sit not down in the highest room...
Page 439 - Then said he to another, And how much owest thou ? And he said, An hundred measures of wheat. And he said unto him, Take thy bill, and write fourscore.
Page 205 - A certain man made a great supper, and bade many : and sent his servant at supper time to say to them that were bidden, ' Come ; for all things are now ready.' And they all with one consent began to make excuse.
Page 428 - For I am a man under authority, having soldiers under me, and I say to this man, go, and he goeth ; and to another, come, and he cometh ; and to my servant do this, and he doeth it.
Page 11 - And it shall come to pass, that every one that is left of all the nations which came against Jerusalem shall even go up from year to year to worship the King, the Lord of Hosts, and to keep the feast of tabernacles.
Page 205 - And, behold, a woman in the city, which was a sinner, when she knew that Jesus sat at meat in the Pharisee's house, brought an alabaster box of ointment, and stood at his feet behind him weeping, and began to wash his feet with tears, and did wipe them with the hairs of her head, and kissed his feet, and anointed them with the ointment.
Page 11 - In the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried, saying, If any man thirst, let him come unto me, and drink.