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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But the ancients had also a mixed metal of fine copper and silver , resembling the
amber in colour , and so called by the same name . St. Jerom , Theodoret , St.
Gregory , and Origen think that , in the above , cited passages from Ezekiel , a ...
But the ancients had also a mixed metal of fine copper and silver , resembling the
amber in colour , and so called by the same name . St. Jerom , Theodoret , St.
Gregory , and Origen think that , in the above , cited passages from Ezekiel , a ...
Page 23
The colour of the hair , in general , is of a silvery white . The apper part of the face
, the sides of the neck , and the upper part of the thighs , are flaxen coloured . The
fore part of the body is divided from the flank by a white line , extending round ...
The colour of the hair , in general , is of a silvery white . The apper part of the face
, the sides of the neck , and the upper part of the thighs , are flaxen coloured . The
fore part of the body is divided from the flank by a white line , extending round ...
Page 29
Bochart has exhausted the subject , and seems to have proved that no kind of
animal is here intended , but a colour . None of the versions acknowledge an
animal of any kind , except the Chaldee , which supposes the badger is intended
; and ...
Bochart has exhausted the subject , and seems to have proved that no kind of
animal is here intended , but a colour . None of the versions acknowledge an
animal of any kind , except the Chaldee , which supposes the badger is intended
; and ...
Page 31
The trunk is about eight or ten inches in diameter ; the wood light and open ,
gummy , and outwardly of a reddish colour , incapable of receiving a polish , and
covered with a smooth bark , like that of a young cherrytree . It flattens at top , like
...
The trunk is about eight or ten inches in diameter ; the wood light and open ,
gummy , and outwardly of a reddish colour , incapable of receiving a polish , and
covered with a smooth bark , like that of a young cherrytree . It flattens at top , like
...
Page 37
Besides , the Hebrew has another name for pearls , The BEDOLAH , in Genesis ,
is undoubtedly some precious stone ; and its colour , mentioned in Numbers ,
where the manna is spoken of , is explained by a reference to Exod . xvi . 14 and
...
Besides , the Hebrew has another name for pearls , The BEDOLAH , in Genesis ,
is undoubtedly some precious stone ; and its colour , mentioned in Numbers ,
where the manna is spoken of , is explained by a reference to Exod . xvi . 14 and
...
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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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