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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parva of The wood which God showed Moses , that with it he might sweeten the
waters of Marah , is called alvah , Exod . xv . 25 . The word has some relation to
aloe ; and some interpreters are of opinion that Moses used a bitter sort of wood ...
parva of The wood which God showed Moses , that with it he might sweeten the
waters of Marah , is called alvah , Exod . xv . 25 . The word has some relation to
aloe ; and some interpreters are of opinion that Moses used a bitter sort of wood ...
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The method used by Moses for reducing the gold of which the calf was made to
powder , has been variously ... The Scripture says , Moses took the calf , burnt it ,
reduced it to powder , and afterwards mixed the powder with water , which he ...
The method used by Moses for reducing the gold of which the calf was made to
powder , has been variously ... The Scripture says , Moses took the calf , burnt it ,
reduced it to powder , and afterwards mixed the powder with water , which he ...
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The camel ruminates , but whether it fully parts the hoof is a question so
undecided , says Michaelis , Laws of Moses , article 204 , that we do not , even in
the “ Memoirs of the Academy at Paris , " find a satisfactory answer to it on all
points .
The camel ruminates , but whether it fully parts the hoof is a question so
undecided , says Michaelis , Laws of Moses , article 204 , that we do not , even in
the “ Memoirs of the Academy at Paris , " find a satisfactory answer to it on all
points .
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The cock is not among the birds prohibited in the law of Moses . If there was any
restraint in the use or domestication of the animal , it must have been an arbitrary
practice of the Jews , but could not have been binding on foreigners , of whom ...
The cock is not among the birds prohibited in the law of Moses . If there was any
restraint in the use or domestication of the animal , it must have been an arbitrary
practice of the Jews , but could not have been binding on foreigners , of whom ...
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was reduced to the necessity of sending for Moses , and pronising him that he
would let Israel go , if he would but rid him and his country of that odious plague .
Moses took him at his word ; and desiring him to name the time when he should ...
was reduced to the necessity of sending for Moses , and pronising him that he
would let Israel go , if he would but rid him and his country of that odious plague .
Moses took him at his word ; and desiring him to name the time when he should ...
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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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