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... original owners in the year of jubilee . But , on the contrary , houses in cities and large towns were , when sold , redeemable only during one year ; after which the sale was held binding for ever . There was indeed an exception in ...
... original owners in the year of jubilee . But , on the contrary , houses in cities and large towns were , when sold , redeemable only during one year ; after which the sale was held binding for ever . There was indeed an exception in ...
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... original stock . In this respect the Israelites were guided by the same principle which regulates precedency among the Arabs , as well as among our own countrymen in the Highlands of Scotland . It appears , moreover , that a record of ...
... original stock . In this respect the Israelites were guided by the same principle which regulates precedency among the Arabs , as well as among our own countrymen in the Highlands of Scotland . It appears , moreover , that a record of ...
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... original chief . Nahshon , as has just been stated , was the son of Amminadab , the son of Ram , who was a younger son of Hezron the son of Pharez , who was a younger son of Judah . + * Joshua vii . 16 , 17 , 18 . +1 Chron . ii . 10 ...
... original chief . Nahshon , as has just been stated , was the son of Amminadab , the son of Ram , who was a younger son of Hezron the son of Pharez , who was a younger son of Judah . + * Joshua vii . 16 , 17 , 18 . +1 Chron . ii . 10 ...
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... original forms of civilized life . * We have been the more careful to collect these fragments of personal history , because it is chiefly * Judges vi . 12. 2 Samuel xiii . 23 , 24 . from them that the few rays of light are reflected ...
... original forms of civilized life . * We have been the more careful to collect these fragments of personal history , because it is chiefly * Judges vi . 12. 2 Samuel xiii . 23 , 24 . from them that the few rays of light are reflected ...
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... original name , Mattaniah , was changed to Zedekiah by his lord paramount , who considered him merely as the governor of a province . Impatient of an office so sub- ordinate , and instigated , it is probable , by the emis- saries of ...
... original name , Mattaniah , was changed to Zedekiah by his lord paramount , who considered him merely as the governor of a province . Impatient of an office so sub- ordinate , and instigated , it is probable , by the emis- saries of ...
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Page 127 - Hast thou not known ? hast thou not heard, that the everlasting God, the Lord, the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither is weary? there is no searching of his understanding.
Page 315 - And rose up, and thrust him out of the city, and led him unto the brow of the hill whereon their city was built, that they might cast him down headlong.
Page 110 - And immediately the angel of the Lord smote him, because he gave not God the glory: and he was eaten of worms, and gave up the ghost.
Page 85 - I will add to your yoke : my father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.
Page 90 - HOW doth the city sit solitary, that was full of people ! How is she become as a widow ! she that was great among the nations, And princess among the provinces, how is she become tributary!
Page 416 - ... a land of brooks of water, of fountains and depths that spring out of valleys and hills ; a land of wheat, and barley, and vines, and...
Page 125 - Who coverest thyself with light as with a garment: who stretchest out the heavens like a curtain : Who layeth the beams of his chambers in the waters : who maketh the clouds his chariot ; who walketh upon the wings of the wind...
Page 203 - Muse, that on the secret top Of Oreb, or of Sinai, didst inspire That shepherd, who first taught the chosen seed, In the beginning how the Heavens and Earth Rose out of Chaos...
Page 90 - She weepeth sore in the night, and her tears are on her cheeks: Among all her lovers she hath none to comfort her: All her friends have dealt treacherously with her, they are become her enemies.
Page 142 - Ye shall dwell in booths seven days ; all that are Israelites born shall dwell in booths: that your generations may know that I made the children of Israel to dwell in booths, when I brought them out of the land of Egypt : I am the Lord your God.