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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Page xxi
The difficulty on this subject will be greatly relieved by an attention to the original
of the passage . Our English version says , “ the Lord God brought them unto
Adam , to see what he would call them : " but the word “ them " has no authority
from ...
The difficulty on this subject will be greatly relieved by an attention to the original
of the passage . Our English version says , “ the Lord God brought them unto
Adam , to see what he would call them : " but the word “ them " has no authority
from ...
Page 21
18. really loaded asses with her presents to David ; for the original literally is . "
she took two hundred of bread , & c . and placed them on the asses ; which
seems to refer to something distinct from asses , animals ; for then it would be as
it is in ...
18. really loaded asses with her presents to David ; for the original literally is . "
she took two hundred of bread , & c . and placed them on the asses ; which
seems to refer to something distinct from asses , animals ; for then it would be as
it is in ...
Page 99
Mr. Wm . Baxter translates the original thus— “ Si requieveris sub oris alarum
columbę de argentatę , cujus alarum terga sunt de fulgore auri ; hęc , ubi
disperserit Saddai reges per eam , nivea comparebit in vexillo . ” It was the
custom , he ...
Mr. Wm . Baxter translates the original thus— “ Si requieveris sub oris alarum
columbę de argentatę , cujus alarum terga sunt de fulgore auri ; hęc , ubi
disperserit Saddai reges per eam , nivea comparebit in vexillo . ” It was the
custom , he ...
Page 109
From the manner in which the original word is used in Psal . lxxiv . 19 ; Isai , xxvii .
1 ; li . 9 , and Job , vii . 12 , some very large creature , either aquatic or
amphibious , is probably meant . Some have supposed that the crocodile , a well
known ...
From the manner in which the original word is used in Psal . lxxiv . 19 ; Isai , xxvii .
1 ; li . 9 , and Job , vii . 12 , some very large creature , either aquatic or
amphibious , is probably meant . Some have supposed that the crocodile , a well
known ...
Page 131
The original word ooyU SHAATNEZ , translated “ linen and woollen , ” Levit . xix .
19 , is difficult of explanation . I am inclined to believe that it must rather refer to a
garment of divers sorts , than to what we call “ linsey woolsey ; " to one made up ...
The original word ooyU SHAATNEZ , translated “ linen and woollen , ” Levit . xix .
19 , is difficult of explanation . I am inclined to believe that it must rather refer to a
garment of divers sorts , than to what we call “ linsey woolsey ; " to one made up ...
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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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