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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... feet , and began to climb up him , till he gave over playing , then away they ran . " Shaw , Bruce , and indeed all travellers who have been in the Levant , speak of the charming of serpents as a thing not only possible , but frequently ...
... feet , and began to climb up him , till he gave over playing , then away they ran . " Shaw , Bruce , and indeed all travellers who have been in the Levant , speak of the charming of serpents as a thing not only possible , but frequently ...
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... feet high . A very bitter gum is extracted from it , used for medicinal purposes , and anciently for embalming dead bodies 24. Nicodemus is said , John xix . 39 , to have brought one hundred pounds weight of myrrh and aloes to embalm ...
... feet high . A very bitter gum is extracted from it , used for medicinal purposes , and anciently for embalming dead bodies 24. Nicodemus is said , John xix . 39 , to have brought one hundred pounds weight of myrrh and aloes to embalm ...
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... feet high . Michaelis inquires if it be not possible that there is a transposition of the letters and word , so as to render it 27 Trav , v . 2. p . 470 , 28 Niebuhr's Trav . V. 1. p . 71. ' . correspondent to the Greek aλon ; and if it ...
... feet high . Michaelis inquires if it be not possible that there is a transposition of the letters and word , so as to render it 27 Trav , v . 2. p . 470 , 28 Niebuhr's Trav . V. 1. p . 71. ' . correspondent to the Greek aλon ; and if it ...
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... feet in length . Its blos- soms are red , intermixed with yellow ; and double , like a pink . From the blossom comes the fruit , or pod , which is oblong and triangular , with three apartments filled with seed . That the flower of this ...
... feet in length . Its blos- soms are red , intermixed with yellow ; and double , like a pink . From the blossom comes the fruit , or pod , which is oblong and triangular , with three apartments filled with seed . That the flower of this ...
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... feet like a human hand , their hind legs and feet also resembled those of a man . " Iidem ex Æthi- opia quos vocant cephos , quorum pedes posteriores pedibus hu- manis et cruribus , priores manibus fuere similes . " Solinus , speaking ...
... feet like a human hand , their hind legs and feet also resembled those of a man . " Iidem ex Æthi- opia quos vocant cephos , quorum pedes posteriores pedibus hu- manis et cruribus , priores manibus fuere similes . " Solinus , speaking ...
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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
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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.