The monuments of ancient Egypt, and their relation to the word of God |
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... called the Delta , from its triangu lar shape , like the Greek letter D , so named . For- merly there were seven large branches , but now there are but two that are navigable , named , from the towns at their mouths , respectively , the ...
... called the Delta , from its triangu lar shape , like the Greek letter D , so named . For- merly there were seven large branches , but now there are but two that are navigable , named , from the towns at their mouths , respectively , the ...
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... called embalming , consisting of the removal of the internal and more perishable parts , and the substitution of various spices and drugs of a nature to resist putrefaction . The body was then steeped for some time in a liquid called ...
... called embalming , consisting of the removal of the internal and more perishable parts , and the substitution of various spices and drugs of a nature to resist putrefaction . The body was then steeped for some time in a liquid called ...
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... called by the Egyptians . The tombs of the Kings at Bibân - el - Molouk , * and Gourneh , near Thebes , are forty in number ; some of these are very large and magnificent . One that Belzoni opened is curious as being a specimen of a ...
... called by the Egyptians . The tombs of the Kings at Bibân - el - Molouk , * and Gourneh , near Thebes , are forty in number ; some of these are very large and magnificent . One that Belzoni opened is curious as being a specimen of a ...
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... called , are the monuments that present to us the liveliest impression of the power and grandeur of this wondrous nation . Those of ancient Thebes , covering a space now occupied by several villages , as Luxor , Karnak , Medinet - Abou ...
... called , are the monuments that present to us the liveliest impression of the power and grandeur of this wondrous nation . Those of ancient Thebes , covering a space now occupied by several villages , as Luxor , Karnak , Medinet - Abou ...
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... called Colossi , many of which occur in Egypt , commonly in a sitting posture , and often placed in pairs in front of a temple . Some specimens of these , and fragments of others , are in the British Museum . The reader , on turning ...
... called Colossi , many of which occur in Egypt , commonly in a sitting posture , and often placed in pairs in front of a temple . Some specimens of these , and fragments of others , are in the British Museum . The reader , on turning ...
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Abraham abundance alluded allusion Amorites Ancient Egypt appear army Arvadites beauty behold Beni Hassan birds blue Canaan Canaanites captives carried chariots children of Israel cloth colours corn custom depicted Deut door doubtless dynasty Egyp Egyptian embalmed engraving ephod Ethiopia Exod fig-tree figure fish flax gather gold ground hand hath Hebrew Herodotus hieroglyphic Hittites horses inscription Israelites Jebusites Joseph Judah king of Assyria king of Egypt Kirjath-Sepher labour land linen Manetho ment metal Moab mode monarch monuments Moses mummies Museum narrative nations Nile numerous ornaments paintings passages Pharaoh Philistines picture priests princes probably Rameses Rameses III reign remarkable represented river Sacred Scriptures saith the LORD saying scene scribes sculptures seems servants Sethos Shethites shew side Sir J. G. Wilkinson specimens stones straw temple Thebes thee thereof thine Thothmes thou shalt throne tombs took trees unto vine Wilk word
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Page 85 - And if it seem evil unto you to serve the Lord, choose you this day whom ye will serve ; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell : but as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.
Page 323 - The mother of Sisera looked out at a window, and cried through the lattice, Why is his chariot so long in coming ? Why tarry the wheels of his chariots...
Page 167 - And they said unto Moses, Because there were no graves in Egypt, hast thou taken us away to die in the wilderness...
Page 26 - And they said, Go to, let us build us a city, and a tower, whose top may reach unto heaven...
Page 133 - And the Egyptians made the children of Israel to serve with rigour. And they made their lives bitter with hard bondage, in mortar, and in brick, and in all manner of service in the field: all their service, wherein they made them serve, was with rigour.
Page 149 - Therefore thus saith the LORD concerning the king of Assyria, He shall not come into this city, nor shoot an arrow there, nor come before it with shield, nor cast a bank against it.
Page 167 - And Moses said unto the people, Fear ye not, stand still, and see the salvation of the LORD, which he will shewto you to-day: for the Egyptians whom ye have seen to-day, ye shall see them again no more for ever : the LORD shall fight for you, and ye shall hold your peace.
Page 66 - And Sarah died in Kirjath-arba; the same is Hebron in the land of Canaan: and Abraham came to mourn for Sarah, and to weep for her.
Page 184 - For the land, whither thou goest in to possess it, is not as the land of Egypt, from whence ye came out, where thou sowedst thy seed, and wateredst it with thy foot, as a garden of herbs: but the land, whither ye go to possess it, is a land of hills and valleys, and drinketh water of the rain of heaven...
Page 138 - By faith Moses, when he was come to years, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh's daughter ; choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God, than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season ; esteeming the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures in Egypt: for he had respect unto the recompense of the reward.