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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... eye of the unlearned can appropriate at sight , and therefore it is adapted to public information . " " " The preceding remarks are taken from the author of " Scrip- ture Illustrated ; " and MICHAELIS in his Commentary on the Laws of ...
... eye of the unlearned can appropriate at sight , and therefore it is adapted to public information . " " " The preceding remarks are taken from the author of " Scrip- ture Illustrated ; " and MICHAELIS in his Commentary on the Laws of ...
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... eye : Go , fearless on the dragon tread , And press the wrath - swoln adder's head . To give the highest probability to the accuracy of this transla- tion , it need only to be remembered that , " ambulabis super leo- nem , " seems quite ...
... eye : Go , fearless on the dragon tread , And press the wrath - swoln adder's head . To give the highest probability to the accuracy of this transla- tion , it need only to be remembered that , " ambulabis super leo- nem , " seems quite ...
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... eyes . The ass was declared an unclean creature by the law , and no one was permitted to taste the flesh of it . This leads me to in- troduce the explanation of the passage 2 Kings , vi . 25 , from " Scripture illustrated , in addition ...
... eyes . The ass was declared an unclean creature by the law , and no one was permitted to taste the flesh of it . This leads me to in- troduce the explanation of the passage 2 Kings , vi . 25 , from " Scripture illustrated , in addition ...
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... eyes failed because there was no vegetable of any kind . ” That this PARA is a creature roaming at large in the forests appears from the passage already cited from Job , xxix . 5. We have the word in a feminine form 5 PAREH , Jerem . ii ...
... eyes failed because there was no vegetable of any kind . ” That this PARA is a creature roaming at large in the forests appears from the passage already cited from Job , xxix . 5. We have the word in a feminine form 5 PAREH , Jerem . ii ...
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... eyes , and short ears , rounded at the top . Its limbs are strong , thick , and clumsy . Its feet are large , and its tail very short . The colour of the ani- mal is black or brown . The body is covered with long shaggy hair . " Various ...
... eyes , and short ears , rounded at the top . Its limbs are strong , thick , and clumsy . Its feet are large , and its tail very short . The colour of the ani- mal is black or brown . The body is covered with long shaggy hair . " Various ...
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Aleppo ancient animal appears Arabia Arabic beasts beautiful Bible bird Bochart called Cantic Celsius Chaldee Chron colour common creature crocodile described desert Deut Dioscorides Egypt Egyptians Exod Ezek feet flesh flowers Forskal fruit Geddes Greek grows Harmer Hasselquist Hebr Hebrew Hebrew name Hebrew word Herodotus Hieroz Hist horses Hosea insect Isai Isaiah Israel Israelites Jerom Jews Josephus Judea kind Kings learned Levit lion locust Luke Matth means mentioned Michaelis Moses myrrh nature Numb observes ostrich passage plant Plin Pliny probably prophet Prov Psal Psalm quæ referred remarks rendered resemblance sacred says Scheuchzer Scripture Illustrated seems Septuagint serpent Shaw signifies Solomon species stone Strabo supposed Syria thou tion translated Trav tree verse viii Vulgate wild wine wings wood worship writers xvii xxiv xxviii