Scripture Natural History: Containing a Descriptive Account of the Quadrupeds, Birds, Fishes, Insects, Reptiles, Serpents, Plants, Trees, Minerals, Gems, and Precious Stones, Mentioned in the Bible |
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... Four Thousand Years . It leads the mind back to the hour , when the world was in its infancy , and when , at its birth , the morning stars sang together , and all the sons of God shouted for joy . ' And it extends down beyond the time ...
... Four Thousand Years . It leads the mind back to the hour , when the world was in its infancy , and when , at its birth , the morning stars sang together , and all the sons of God shouted for joy . ' And it extends down beyond the time ...
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... four thousand weight ; upon its tusks alone it can support nearly a thousand . Its force may also be esti- mated from the velocity of its motion , compared to the inass of its body . It can go , in its ordinary pace , as fast as a horse ...
... four thousand weight ; upon its tusks alone it can support nearly a thousand . Its force may also be esti- mated from the velocity of its motion , compared to the inass of its body . It can go , in its ordinary pace , as fast as a horse ...
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... four - and - twenty hours on a stretch , without showing the least signs of weariness , or inclination to bait ; and that , having swallowed a ball or two of a sort of paste , made up of barley - meal and a little powder of dry dates ...
... four - and - twenty hours on a stretch , without showing the least signs of weariness , or inclination to bait ; and that , having swallowed a ball or two of a sort of paste , made up of barley - meal and a little powder of dry dates ...
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... four chariots have been interpreted to be the four great monarchies , Chaldean , Persian , Grecian , and Roman , which successively executed God's purposes of mercy and justice ; and the various colors of the horses of the different ...
... four chariots have been interpreted to be the four great monarchies , Chaldean , Persian , Grecian , and Roman , which successively executed God's purposes of mercy and justice ; and the various colors of the horses of the different ...
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... four oxen unto the sons of Gershon , according to their service ; and four waggons and eight oxen unto the sons of Merari , accord- ing to their service ; ' that is , every waggon drawn by two oxen , Numbers vii . 3 , 7 , 8. The number ...
... four oxen unto the sons of Gershon , according to their service ; and four waggons and eight oxen unto the sons of Merari , accord- ing to their service ; ' that is , every waggon drawn by two oxen , Numbers vii . 3 , 7 , 8. The number ...
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Page 109 - AS the hart panteth after the water brooks, •** so panteth my soul after thee, O God. ' My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God : when shall I come and appear before God?
Page 71 - Therefore they shall come and • sing in the height of Zion, and shall flow together to the goodness of the LORD, for wheat, and for wine, and for oil, and for the young of the flock and of the herd : and their soul shall be as a watered garden ; and they shall not sorrow any more at all.
Page 98 - Thou hast brought a vine out of Egypt : Thou hast cast out the heathen, and planted it. Thou preparedst room before it, And didst cause it to take deep root, And it filled the land. The hills were covered with the shadow of it, And the boughs thereof were like the goodly cedars. She sent out her boughs unto the sea, And her branches unto the river.
Page 143 - My dove, my undefiled is but one ; She is the only one of her mother, She is the choice one of her that bare her.
Page 143 - For your obedience is come abroad unto all men. I am glad therefore on your behalf: but yet I would have you wise unto that which is good, and simple concerning evil.
Page 300 - Then Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Moses gave you not that bread from heaven ; but my Father giveth you the true bread from heaven.
Page 74 - And when he putteth forth his own sheep he goeth before them, and the sheep follow him ; for they know his voice. And a stranger will they not follow, but will flee from him; for they know not the voice of strangers.
Page 66 - I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint : my heart is like wax ; it is melted in the midst of my bowels.
Page 294 - I have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading himself like a green bay tree. Yet he passed away, and, lo, he was not: yea, I sought him, but he could not be found.
Page 146 - Yea, the sparrow hath found an house, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she may lay her young, even thine altars, O Lord of hosts, my King, and my God.