Oriental customs: or, An illustration of the Sacred scriptures by an explanatory application of the customs and manners of the Eastern nations, Volume 2Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1812 - Bible |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 53
Page 8
... side , but it was not permitted to marry a sister by the same mother . MONTESQUIEU ( Spirit of Laws , vol . i . p . 54. ) says , that this custom was originally owing to repub lics , whose spirit would not permit that two portions 8 ...
... side , but it was not permitted to marry a sister by the same mother . MONTESQUIEU ( Spirit of Laws , vol . i . p . 54. ) says , that this custom was originally owing to repub lics , whose spirit would not permit that two portions 8 ...
Page 9
... side , could inherit but one estate , that of his father : but by marrying his sister by the same mother , it might happen that this sister's father , having no male issue , might leave her his estate , and consequently the brother that ...
... side , could inherit but one estate , that of his father : but by marrying his sister by the same mother , it might happen that this sister's father , having no male issue , might leave her his estate , and consequently the brother that ...
Page 11
... side of them . " HARMER , Vol . i . p . 431 . No. 623. - xxiv . 22. And it came to pass as the camels had done drinking , that the man took a golden ear - ring of half a shekel weight , and two bracelets for her hands of ten shekels ...
... side of them . " HARMER , Vol . i . p . 431 . No. 623. - xxiv . 22. And it came to pass as the camels had done drinking , that the man took a golden ear - ring of half a shekel weight , and two bracelets for her hands of ten shekels ...
Page 15
... side of the base measures one hundred and sixty - two feet . The extreme height of the edifice , from the level of the country , is three hundred and sixty - one feet , and above the interior terrace three hundred and thirty - one feet ...
... side of the base measures one hundred and sixty - two feet . The extreme height of the edifice , from the level of the country , is three hundred and sixty - one feet , and above the interior terrace three hundred and thirty - one feet ...
Page 20
... sides , the contract is drawn up by him that acts as cadi or judge among these Arabs . ( Voy . dans la Pal . p . 222 ... side of them , strung on the ring . The women wear ear - rings and pendants of divers sorts and I have seen some ...
... sides , the contract is drawn up by him that acts as cadi or judge among these Arabs . ( Voy . dans la Pal . p . 222 ... side of them , strung on the ring . The women wear ear - rings and pendants of divers sorts and I have seen some ...
Common terms and phrases
Aleppo Alex alludes allusion altar amongst ancient appears Arabs blessing blood bread brought caliph called ceremony Chardin Christ circumstance clothed colour common crown custom customary David death drink earth East eastern Egypt Egyptians expression father feast fire garments GILL give gods gold Greeks hair hands HARMER hath head heathens Hebrews Hence Herodotus Hist Homer honour horse instance Israel Israelites JENNINGS's Jewish Jerusalem Jewish Jews Josephus Judea kind king king of Persia Lord Maimonides manner mentioned Moses mourning nations night observed Odyss offered Ovid passage passover PATRICK Persians person Philistines Plutarch practice prayer priest prince prophet Psalm Romans round sacred sacrifice says scripture Scythians servants shalt shew signifies Solomon speaking stones Syria temple thee things thou tion Trav Travels unto usual Vathek viii Virgil wash wine women words worship
Popular passages
Page 211 - For in the hand of the LORD there is a cup, and the wine is red ; it is full of mixture ; and he poureth out of the same : but the dregs thereof, all the wicked of the earth shall wring them out, and drink them.
Page 389 - And when he had opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven about the space of half an hour.
Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 143 - And the days that David reigned over Israel were forty years: seven years reigned he in Hebron, and thirty and three years reigned he in Jerusalem, Then sat Solomon upon the throne of David his father; and his kingdom was established greatly.
Page 139 - Now Absalom in his life-time had taken and reared up for himself a pillar, which is in the king's dale : for he said, I have no son to keep my name in remembrance : and he called the pillar after his own name, and it is called unto this day, Absalom's place.
Page 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.
Page 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?