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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... of each kind as are mentioned in Scripture , and concerning which doubts have
arisen . ... for it has generally happened that those perfectly acquainted with the
language in which the Scriptures were written have never travelled , nor seen ...
... of each kind as are mentioned in Scripture , and concerning which doubts have
arisen . ... for it has generally happened that those perfectly acquainted with the
language in which the Scriptures were written have never travelled , nor seen ...
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The comparison betwixt a malevolent tongue and the bite of a serpent is
illustrated from other texts of scripture . Thus , Eccles . X. 11. Surely the serpent
will bite notwithstanding enchantment ; and the babbler is no better , that is , is
equally ...
The comparison betwixt a malevolent tongue and the bite of a serpent is
illustrated from other texts of scripture . Thus , Eccles . X. 11. Surely the serpent
will bite notwithstanding enchantment ; and the babbler is no better , that is , is
equally ...
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Bochart 72 , is of opinion that the error arose from an expression in Scripture , "
the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it ; " in the Hebrew , PiJehovah , or Pi - Jeo .
Now , in the Egyptian language , pieo signifies an ass ; the Alexandrian
Egyptians ...
Bochart 72 , is of opinion that the error arose from an expression in Scripture , "
the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it ; " in the Hebrew , PiJehovah , or Pi - Jeo .
Now , in the Egyptian language , pieo signifies an ass ; the Alexandrian
Egyptians ...
Page 37
... gum brought from Arabia and the East Indies , bdellium , some critics have
supposed this to be the bedolah of the Scripture ; but this opinion , however
ingeniously supported , cannot be correct 4 . BEAN . SD PHUL . Arabic ,
PHOULONS .
... gum brought from Arabia and the East Indies , bdellium , some critics have
supposed this to be the bedolah of the Scripture ; but this opinion , however
ingeniously supported , cannot be correct 4 . BEAN . SD PHUL . Arabic ,
PHOULONS .
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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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