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... Length 382 A Finger- A Hand- breadth . ...... 382 384 A Span - A Cubit - A Fathom - A Mile - A Furlong - A Reed 383 A Day's Journey Liquid Measures ............ The Log - The Hin -The Firkin - The Bath , or Ephah - Bracelets Crown ...
... Length 382 A Finger- A Hand- breadth . ...... 382 384 A Span - A Cubit - A Fathom - A Mile - A Furlong - A Reed 383 A Day's Journey Liquid Measures ............ The Log - The Hin -The Firkin - The Bath , or Ephah - Bracelets Crown ...
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... length and breadth , and half as much in height . It appears to have been erected with unhewn stones , and enclosed in a grating of brass , which was overlaid with gold ; of such materials , at least , was the altar which the Jews ...
... length and breadth , and half as much in height . It appears to have been erected with unhewn stones , and enclosed in a grating of brass , which was overlaid with gold ; of such materials , at least , was the altar which the Jews ...
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... length of the ark shall be three hundred cubits , the breadth of it fifty cubits , and the height of it thirty cubits . A window shalt thou make to the ark , and in a cubit shalt thou finish it above ; and the door of the ark shalt thou ...
... length of the ark shall be three hundred cubits , the breadth of it fifty cubits , and the height of it thirty cubits . A window shalt thou make to the ark , and in a cubit shalt thou finish it above ; and the door of the ark shalt thou ...
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... length , about the day twelvemonth on which he had entered the vessel , ( which , according to the Hebrew chro- nology , was November 27 , A.M. 1656 , ) he received permission to leave it ; and he did so with thanks- giving . Grateful ...
... length , about the day twelvemonth on which he had entered the vessel , ( which , according to the Hebrew chro- nology , was November 27 , A.M. 1656 , ) he received permission to leave it ; and he did so with thanks- giving . Grateful ...
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... lengths . The largest were used when the foe was at a distance , and the shortest when near to them . Some his- torians describe them as wearing their slings round their heads ; but the most usual form , was to wear one round the head ...
... lengths . The largest were used when the foe was at a distance , and the shortest when near to them . Some his- torians describe them as wearing their slings round their heads ; but the most usual form , was to wear one round the head ...
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Page 345 - Thus saith Cyrus, King of Persia, The Lord God of Heaven hath given me all the kingdoms of the earth ; and He hath charged me to build Him an house at Jerusalem which is in Judah.
Page 245 - Therefore, whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock ; and the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house, and it fell not ; for it was founded upon a rock.
Page 250 - How goodly are thy tents, O Jacob, and thy tabernacles, O Israel! As the valleys are they spread forth, as gardens by the river's side, as the trees of lign aloes which the Lord hath planted, and as cedar trees beside the waters.
Page 27 - I know not the day of my death : now therefore take, I pray thee, thy weapons, thy quiver and thy bow, and go out to the field, and take me some venison ; and make me savoury meat, such as I love, and bring it to me, that I may eat ; that my soul may bless thee before I die.
Page 321 - See, the LORD hath called by name Bezaleel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah; 31 And he hath filled him with the spirit of God, in wisdom, in understanding, and in knowledge, and in all manner of workmanship...
Page 265 - And in that day there shall be a root of Jesse, which shall stand for an ensign of the people ; to it shall the Gentiles seek : and his rest shall be glorious.
Page 82 - For if any be a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a glass : for he beholdeth himself, and goeth his way, and straightway forgetteth what manner of man he was.
Page 351 - But into the second went the high priest alone once every year, not without blood, which he offered for himself, and for the errors of the people...
Page 111 - And the vessel that he made of clay was marred in the hand of the potter : so he made it again another vessel, as seemed good to the potter to make it.
Page 10 - And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me; for the earth is filled with violence through them; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth. Make thee an ark of gopher wood; rooms shalt thou make in the ark, and shalt pitch it within and without with pitch.