The Natural History of the Bible ; Or, A Description of All the Quadrupeds, Birds, Fishes, Reptiles, and Insects, Trees, Plants, Flowers, Gums, and Precious Stones, Mentioned in the Sacred Scriptures: Collected from the Best Authorities, and Alphabetically Arranged |
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17 ; xxvii . 4 ; and xxxii . 13. It is probably a brier of a low kind ; such as overruns
uncultivated lands 50. See BRAMBLE , NETTLE , THISTLE , THORN .
BRIMSTONE . OD GOPHRITH . Occ . Gen. xix . 24 ; Deut . xxix . 23 ; Job , xviii . 15
; Psal . xi .
17 ; xxvii . 4 ; and xxxii . 13. It is probably a brier of a low kind ; such as overruns
uncultivated lands 50. See BRAMBLE , NETTLE , THISTLE , THORN .
BRIMSTONE . OD GOPHRITH . Occ . Gen. xix . 24 ; Deut . xxix . 23 ; Job , xviii . 15
; Psal . xi .
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14 ; and Deut . i . 1 . In the first passage we read , “ what he did in the Red Sea ,
and in the brooks of Arnon . " It should be in suPHAH ; for there is no sea in the
original . In the latter passage also , it should be in the plain over against SUPH .
14 ; and Deut . i . 1 . In the first passage we read , “ what he did in the Red Sea ,
and in the brooks of Arnon . " It should be in suPHAH ; for there is no sea in the
original . In the latter passage also , it should be in the plain over against SUPH .
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It is of a strong , piercing smell , and of a bitterish warm taste . It was an ingredient
in the holy incense of the Jews . GALL . WX7 RASH . Something excessively
bitter , and supposed to be poisonous ; as Deut , xxix . 18 ; xxxii . 32 ; Psal . lxix .
It is of a strong , piercing smell , and of a bitterish warm taste . It was an ingredient
in the holy incense of the Jews . GALL . WX7 RASH . Something excessively
bitter , and supposed to be poisonous ; as Deut , xxix . 18 ; xxxii . 32 ; Psal . lxix .
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... domestic poultry in his view , in no passage of the Old Testament is mention
made of them , nor do we find them among the Jews until after their subjection by
the Romans . ” See PARTRIDGE . HERON . Occ . Levit . xi . 19 , and Deut . xiv .
... domestic poultry in his view , in no passage of the Old Testament is mention
made of them , nor do we find them among the Jews until after their subjection by
the Romans . ” See PARTRIDGE . HERON . Occ . Levit . xi . 19 , and Deut . xiv .
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19 , Deut . xxviii . 23 , 48 ) , takes notice that the bedstead of Og , king of Bashan ,
was of iron ( Deut . iii . 11 ) , he speaks of mines of iron ( Deut . viii . 9 ) , and be
compares the severity of the servitude of the Israelites in Egypt , to the heat of a ...
19 , Deut . xxviii . 23 , 48 ) , takes notice that the bedstead of Og , king of Bashan ,
was of iron ( Deut . iii . 11 ) , he speaks of mines of iron ( Deut . viii . 9 ) , and be
compares the severity of the servitude of the Israelites in Egypt , to the heat of a ...
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| Title | The Natural History of the Bible ; Or, A Description of All the Quadrupeds, Birds, Fishes, Reptiles, and Insects, Trees, Plants, Flowers, Gums, and Precious Stones, Mentioned in the Sacred Scriptures: Collected from the Best Authorities, and Alphabetically Arranged |
| Author | Thaddeus Mason Harris |
| Contributor | Chiswick Press |
| Publisher | T. Teggy, 1824 |
| Original from | Montserrat Abbey Library |
| Digitized | 21 Mar 2011 |
| Length | 430 pages |
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