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... feet wide . It is pure and cold as iced water , and , after coursing down a rugged channel for above a hundred yards , falls into the Barrada , which comes from another valley , and is here only half as wide as the Fijih . ABARIM ...
... feet wide . It is pure and cold as iced water , and , after coursing down a rugged channel for above a hundred yards , falls into the Barrada , which comes from another valley , and is here only half as wide as the Fijih . ABARIM ...
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... feet || 332 , and peopled by colonies of Greeks and Jews . Alexandria rose rapidly to a state of pros- perity , becoming the centre of commercial intercourse between To " beat the air , " and to the East and the West , and in speak in ...
... feet || 332 , and peopled by colonies of Greeks and Jews . Alexandria rose rapidly to a state of pros- perity , becoming the centre of commercial intercourse between To " beat the air , " and to the East and the West , and in speak in ...
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... feet high . This tree or wood was called by the Greeks agallochon , and has been known to moderns by the names of lign - aloe , aloe- wood , paradise - wood , eagle- wood , etc. Modern botanists distinguish two kinds ; the one genuine ...
... feet high . This tree or wood was called by the Greeks agallochon , and has been known to moderns by the names of lign - aloe , aloe- wood , paradise - wood , eagle- wood , etc. Modern botanists distinguish two kinds ; the one genuine ...
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... feet . John 12 : 3 . Luke 7:37 . Matt . 6:17 . The anointing of dead bodies was also practised , to preserve them from corrup - called tion . Mark 14 : 8 . 16 : 1 . Luke 23:56 . They anointed kings and high - priests at their inaugu ...
... feet . John 12 : 3 . Luke 7:37 . Matt . 6:17 . The anointing of dead bodies was also practised , to preserve them from corrup - called tion . Mark 14 : 8 . 16 : 1 . Luke 23:56 . They anointed kings and high - priests at their inaugu ...
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... feet . The eternal snows upon its summit occasion- ally form vast avalanches , which precipitate themselves down its sides with a sound not unlike that of an earthquake . When we saw it , it was white to its very base with snow . And ...
... feet . The eternal snows upon its summit occasion- ally form vast avalanches , which precipitate themselves down its sides with a sound not unlike that of an earthquake . When we saw it , it was white to its very base with snow . And ...
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Page 83 - And, behold, a woman in the city, which was a sinner, when she knew that Jesus sat at meat in the Pharisee's house, brought an alabaster box of ointment, and stood at his feet behind him weeping, and began to wash his feet with tears, and did wipe them with the hairs of her head, and kissed his feet, and anointed them with the ointment.
Page 343 - And all the tithe of the land, whether of the seed of the land, or of the fruit of the tree, is the LORD's: it is holy unto the LORD.
Page 106 - And it shall come to pass in that day, that the LORD shall hiss for the fly that is in the uttermost part of the rivers of Egypt, and for the bee that is in the land of Assyria.
Page 304 - 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 200 - All the persons employed now lighted their lamps, and ran with them in their hands, to fill up their stations in the procession. Some of them had lost their lights, and were unprepared; but it was then too late to seek them, and the cavalcade moved forward to the house of the bride, at which place u from the Ruins of E hesus.
Page 86 - And a river went out of Eden to water the garden; and from thence it was parted, and became into four heads.
Page 102 - But the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken away from them, and then shall they fast in those days.
Page 106 - As soon as this plague appears, and their buzzing is heard, all the cattle forsake their food, and run wildly about the plain, till they die, worn out with fatigue, fright, and hunger.
Page 193 - For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God...
Page 191 - A fire devoureth before them; and behind them a flame burneth: the land is as the garden of Eden before them, and behind them a desolate wilderness; yea, and nothing shall escape them.