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Page xxxv
... unknown meaning , — sometimes " Sihor , " the black . ' Its brown colour , seen from the heights on either side and contrasted with the still browner and 1 blacker colours of all around it , seems as blue EGYPT . XXXV.
... unknown meaning , — sometimes " Sihor , " the black . ' Its brown colour , seen from the heights on either side and contrasted with the still browner and 1 blacker colours of all around it , seems as blue EGYPT . XXXV.
Page xxxvi
... seems as blue and bright as the rivers of the North ; hence , some say , the word " Nile , " which is the form adopted by the Greeks , and by all the world since . The two limestone ranges press it at unequal intervals , sometimes ...
... seems as blue and bright as the rivers of the North ; hence , some say , the word " Nile , " which is the form adopted by the Greeks , and by all the world since . The two limestone ranges press it at unequal intervals , sometimes ...
Page xxxviii
... seem pigmies before him . His arm is thicker than their whole bodies . The only part of the temple or palace at all in proportion to him must have been the gateway , which rose in pyramidal towers , now broken down , and rolling in a ...
... seem pigmies before him . His arm is thicker than their whole bodies . The only part of the temple or palace at all in proportion to him must have been the gateway , which rose in pyramidal towers , now broken down , and rolling in a ...
Page xliii
... seems to have begun his reign by preparing his sepulchre . It was so in the case of the Pyramids , where each suc ... seem to reign through the various sculptures . First , the endeavour to reproduce , as far as possible , the life of ...
... seems to have begun his reign by preparing his sepulchre . It was so in the case of the Pyramids , where each suc ... seem to reign through the various sculptures . First , the endeavour to reproduce , as far as possible , the life of ...
Page xliv
... seems certain that all this gorgeous decoration was , on the burial of the King , immediately closed , and meant to be closed for ever ; so that what we now see was intended never to be seen by any mortal eyes except those of the King ...
... seems certain that all this gorgeous decoration was , on the burial of the King , immediately closed , and meant to be closed for ever ; so that what we now see was intended never to be seen by any mortal eyes except those of the King ...
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Akaba amongst ancient Arabah Arabs ascent Bedouin Beth-horon Bethel Bethlehem called cave Chapter Christian cliffs colour Dead Sea deep descended described Desert Deut east eastern Egypt Egyptian En-gedi encampment Ephraim Esdraelon Galilee Gebel Mousa Gerizim Gibeah Gibeon granite Greek green Gulf of Akaba Hebrew Hebron height hills Holy inhabitants Israel Israelites Jericho Jerusalem Jewish Jordan Josephus Josh Joshua Judæa Judah Kings lake land Lebanon Lord Michmash Moab modern Moses mosque Mount Mount Hor mountains Mussulman natural Nile northern Olivet Palestine palms pass passage peculiar Peninsula Petra Philistines Phoenicia probably Prophet range ravine Red Sea river rock rocky round ruins sanctuary scene scenery seen sepulchres Serbâl Shechem Sheykh shores side sight Sinai southern spot spring stone stream summit Syria Temple terebinth Testament tion tomb tradition travellers trees tribes valley village Wâdy walls western whole wild wilderness
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Page 306 - And of the children of Issachar, which were men that had understanding of the times, to know what Israel ought to do; the heads of them were two hundred; and all their brethren were at their commandment.
Page 151 - Seek ye the Lord while he may be found, call upon him while he is near...
Page 135 - Judah is a lion's whelp; from the prey, my son, thou art gone up. He stooped down, he couched as a lion, and as an old lion. Who shall rouse him up? The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh come; and unto him shall the gathering of the people be.
Page xiii - And he answered and said unto them, I tell you that, if these should hold their peace, the stones would immediately cry out.
Page 352 - Dan shall judge his people, as one of the tribes of Israel. Dan shall be a serpent by the way, an adder in the path, that biteth the horse heels, so that his rider shall fall backward.
Page 177 - And the Lord said unto Abram, after that Lot was separated from him, Lift up now thine eyes, and look from the place where thou art, northward, and southward, and eastward, and westward : for all the land which thou seest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed for ever.
Page 177 - And he lighted upon a certain place, and tarried there all night because the sun was set ; and he took of the stones of that place, and put them for his pillows, and lay down in that place to sleep.
Page 259 - So Moses, the servant of the Lord, died there in the land of Moab, according to the word of the Lord. And he buried him in a valley in the land of Moab, over against Bethpeor ; but no man knoweth of his sepulchre unto this day.
Page 155 - The Oracles are dumb ; No voice or hideous hum Runs through the arched roof in words deceiving. Apollo from his shrine Can no more divine, With hollow shriek the steep of Delphos leaving. No nightly trance, or breathed spell, Inspires the pale-eyed priest from the prophetic cell.
Page 188 - Blessed of the LORD be his land, For the precious things of heaven, for the dew, And for the deep that coucheth beneath, And for the precious fruits brought forth by the sun, And for the precious things put forth by the moon, And for the chief things of the ancient mountains, And for the precious things of the lasting hills...