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... Covenant first gave Hebrew religion a higher moral element , the seed of all its after - development . The Hebrews were then a mixed rabble , very rude , clannish , super- stitious - the Arab strain strong in them still . ( c ) Their ...
... Covenant first gave Hebrew religion a higher moral element , the seed of all its after - development . The Hebrews were then a mixed rabble , very rude , clannish , super- stitious - the Arab strain strong in them still . ( c ) Their ...
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... Covenant " ( C ) . Exod . xxxiv . 11-27 , a very ancient fragment , is the " Little Book of the Covenant , " and many scholars believe that this may possibly have been the original Ten Commandments . In our chronological scheme ( p . 38 ...
... Covenant " ( C ) . Exod . xxxiv . 11-27 , a very ancient fragment , is the " Little Book of the Covenant , " and many scholars believe that this may possibly have been the original Ten Commandments . In our chronological scheme ( p . 38 ...
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... covenant between God and man , it is known as the Book of the Covenant , or , for brevity , C. Exod . xx . 1-17 ( cf. Deut . v . ) gives us the moral Law 3 ( ten com- mandments ) of Sinai as written by God on Two Tables of stone , which ...
... covenant between God and man , it is known as the Book of the Covenant , or , for brevity , C. Exod . xx . 1-17 ( cf. Deut . v . ) gives us the moral Law 3 ( ten com- mandments ) of Sinai as written by God on Two Tables of stone , which ...
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... covenant or agreement ( e.g. between Laban and Jacob ; cf. Joshua ) . In very early days , the covenanting parties really attribute life and consciousness to the stones , and call upon them to witness the agreement , as in the Laban ...
... covenant or agreement ( e.g. between Laban and Jacob ; cf. Joshua ) . In very early days , the covenanting parties really attribute life and consciousness to the stones , and call upon them to witness the agreement , as in the Laban ...
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... covenant , " - and his magic often works . We know how very credulous and susceptible to suggestion are children , ignorant people , and savages , and we can realise how these awe - ful magic rites and spells so hypnotise and im- press ...
... covenant , " - and his magic often works . We know how very credulous and susceptible to suggestion are children , ignorant people , and savages , and we can realise how these awe - ful magic rites and spells so hypnotise and im- press ...
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Page 18 - 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 303 - For the Lord will not cast off for ever: But though he cause grief, yet will he have compassion according to the multitude of his mercies. For he doth not afflict willingly nor grieve the children of men.
Page 21 - For in the hand of the LORD there is a cup, and the wine is red ; it is full of mixture ; and he poureth out of the same: but the dregs thereof, all the wicked of the earth shall wring them out, and drink them.
Page 231 - Even he that leadeth an uncorrupt life, and doeth the thing which is right, and speaketh the truth from his heart...
Page 21 - O LORD my God, thou art very great ; thou art clothed with honour and majesty : 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 292 - Set me as a seal upon thine heart, As a seal upon thine arm : For love is strong as death ; Jealousy is cruel as the grave : The coals thereof are coals of fire, Which hath a most vehement flame.
Page 280 - For the living know that they shall die: but the dead know not any thing, neither have they any more a reward ; for the memory of them is forgotten. Also their love, and their hatred, and their envy, is now perished ; neither have they any more a portion for ever in any thing that is done under the sun.
Page 273 - But man dieth, and wasteth away : Yea, man giveth up the ghost, and where is he?
Page 319 - Moreover I will appoint a place for my people Israel, and will plant them, that they may dwell in a place of their own, and move no more...
Page 194 - Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth: for I am God, and there is none else. I have sworn by myself, the word is gone out of my mouth in righteousness, and shall not return, That unto me every knee shall bow, every tongue shall swear.