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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... Jews were a people peculiarly devoted to God , they should be reminded of that relation by a particularity of diet , which should serve emblematically as a sign of their obligation to study MORAL PU- RITY . This is expressly given as ...
... Jews were a people peculiarly devoted to God , they should be reminded of that relation by a particularity of diet , which should serve emblematically as a sign of their obligation to study MORAL PU- RITY . This is expressly given as ...
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... Jewish interpreters , than be- cause I consider it of any real force or importance . It savours strongly of the ... Jews should , by these inhibitions and limitations , be secure and fenced from whatever contagion or immorality ...
... Jewish interpreters , than be- cause I consider it of any real force or importance . It savours strongly of the ... Jews should , by these inhibitions and limitations , be secure and fenced from whatever contagion or immorality ...
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... Jews resided , in which the flesh of some animals was more unwholesome than it would be in a more northern climate . Their sultry climate made it necessary to be considerate in the use of food , as they were exposed to inflam- matory ...
... Jews resided , in which the flesh of some animals was more unwholesome than it would be in a more northern climate . Their sultry climate made it necessary to be considerate in the use of food , as they were exposed to inflam- matory ...
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... Jews , a people that inhabited a very warm climate , the use of many sorts of animals as food , and why they were enjoined to take away a great deal of blood from those which they were allowed to eat . " On the whole , as Mr. Lowman ...
... Jews , a people that inhabited a very warm climate , the use of many sorts of animals as food , and why they were enjoined to take away a great deal of blood from those which they were allowed to eat . " On the whole , as Mr. Lowman ...
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... Jews imported it ; for the merchants of Sheba brought to the market of Tyre all kinds of precious stones and gold . Ezek . xxvii . 22 . The translators of the Bible have in Isa . liv . 12. and Ezek . xxvii . 16 , given the same word to ...
... Jews imported it ; for the merchants of Sheba brought to the market of Tyre all kinds of precious stones and gold . Ezek . xxvii . 22 . The translators of the Bible have in Isa . liv . 12. and Ezek . xxvii . 16 , given the same word to ...
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Page 363 - Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast ye your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn again and rend you.
Page 204 - He saith among the trumpets, Ha, ha! And he smelleth the battle afar off, The thunder of the captains, and the shouting.
Page 295 - And they shall build houses, and inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards, and eat the fruit of them. They shall not build, and another inhabit; they shall not plant, and another eat: for as the days of a tree are the days of my people, and mine elect shall long enjoy the work of their hands.
Page 251 - A fire devoureth before them; and behind them a flame burneth : the land is as the garden of Eden before them, and behind them a desolate wilderness; yea, and nothing shall escape them.
Page 395 - The eternal regions. Lowly reverent Towards either throne they bow, and to the ground, With solemn adoration, down they cast Their crowns inwove with amarant and gold — Immortal amarant, a flower which once In Paradise, fast by the tree of life, Began to bloom ; but soon for man's offence To Heaven removed, where first it grew, there grows.
Page 110 - Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep ; so shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth, and thy want as an armed man.
Page 362 - He that killeth an ox is as if he slew a, man; he that sacrificeth a lamb, as if he cut off a dog's neck; he that offereth an oblation, as if he offered swine's blood; he that burneth incense, as if he blessed an idol.
Page 152 - Ben-hadad sent unto him, and said, The gods do so unto me, and more also, if the dust of Samaria shall suffice for handfuls for all the people that follow me.
Page 153 - But his father and his mother knew not that it was of the LORD, that he sought an occasion against the Philistines : for at that time the Philistines had dominion over Israel.
Page 16 - As the apple tree among the trees of the wood, so is my beloved among the sons. I sat down under his shadow with great delight, and his fruit was sweet to my taste.