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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The deaf adder , or asp , may either be a serpent of a species naturally deaf , for
such kinds are mentioned by Avicenna , as quoted by Bochart ; or one deaf by
accident ; or on account of its appearing to be so . In either case , in the language
...
The deaf adder , or asp , may either be a serpent of a species naturally deaf , for
such kinds are mentioned by Avicenna , as quoted by Bochart ; or one deaf by
accident ; or on account of its appearing to be so . In either case , in the language
...
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
...
Page 60
If it be the xivos mentioned by Dioscorides , it is the white - thorn . Celsius calls it
the rubus fructicosus . The number of these bushes in this region seems to have
given the name to the mountain Sinai . The word 0 : 53073 NEHELELIM , found ...
If it be the xivos mentioned by Dioscorides , it is the white - thorn . Celsius calls it
the rubus fructicosus . The number of these bushes in this region seems to have
given the name to the mountain Sinai . The word 0 : 53073 NEHELELIM , found ...
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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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