Antiquities of the Jews ... Compiled from Authentic Sources: And Their Customs Illustrated from Modern Travels, Volume 2W. W. Woodward, 1823 - Jews |
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... heathen nations - and by the positive prohibition of every idolatrous rite . Here the singular laws of the Jews explained , such as sacri- ficing to devils , making the children pass through the fire to Moloch , using divination ...
... heathen nations - and by the positive prohibition of every idolatrous rite . Here the singular laws of the Jews explained , such as sacri- ficing to devils , making the children pass through the fire to Moloch , using divination ...
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... heathen opinion either of the eternity of the world , or its formation by chance ; for it points out its creation by the power of God at no very remote period , and its entire dependence on him for its con- tinuance and regularity . As ...
... heathen opinion either of the eternity of the world , or its formation by chance ; for it points out its creation by the power of God at no very remote period , and its entire dependence on him for its con- tinuance and regularity . As ...
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... heathen neighbours . And who knows but the philoso- phers who went to the East in search of truth may have received , while in their neighbourhood , those hints which , when reported to others , or improved by them- selves , may have ...
... heathen neighbours . And who knows but the philoso- phers who went to the East in search of truth may have received , while in their neighbourhood , those hints which , when reported to others , or improved by them- selves , may have ...
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... heathen philosopher , in a distant land , who on seeing it , and knowing that it could not be occasioned by an eclipse , exclaimed , " Either the God of nature suffers , or the frame of the world is dissolving . " I shall con- clude the ...
... heathen philosopher , in a distant land , who on seeing it , and knowing that it could not be occasioned by an eclipse , exclaimed , " Either the God of nature suffers , or the frame of the world is dissolving . " I shall con- clude the ...
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... heathen ; brought his people from thence with a strong hand and outstretched arm ; led them triumphantly by a pillar of fire and of cloud ; divided the Red Sea ; completely discomfited their enemies , and carried them into the ...
... heathen ; brought his people from thence with a strong hand and outstretched arm ; led them triumphantly by a pillar of fire and of cloud ; divided the Red Sea ; completely discomfited their enemies , and carried them into the ...
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Page 524 - And they said, Some say that thou art John the Baptist : some, Elias ; and others, Jeremias, or one of the prophets.
Page 74 - Ye cannot drink the cup of the Lord, and the cup of devils : ye cannot be partakers of the Lord's table, and of the table of devils.
Page 110 - If any man see his brother sin a sin which is not unto death, he shall ask, and he shall give him life for them that sin not unto death. There is a sin unto death : I do not say that he shall pray for it.
Page 423 - Awake, O north wind; and come, thou south; Blow upon my garden, That the spices thereof may flow out.
Page 221 - I will take from them the voice of mirth, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride, the sound of the millstones, and the light of the candle.
Page 523 - And they took counsel, and bought with them the potter's field to bury strangers in. Wherefore that field was called, The field of blood, unto this day. (Then was fulfilled that which was spoken by Jeremy the prophet, saying, And they took the thirty pieces of silver, the price of him that was valued, whom they of the children of Israel did value, and gave them for the potter's field, as the Lord appointed me...
Page 241 - And will not rather say unto him, Make ready wherewith I may sup, and gird thyself, and serve me, till I have eaten and drunken; and afterward thou shalt eat and drink?
Page 145 - And all the people that were in the gate, and the elders, said, We are witnesses. The LORD make the woman that is come into thine house like Rachel and like Leah, which two did build the house of Israel...
Page 493 - When the Most High divided to the nations their inheritance, when he separated the sons of Adam, he set the bounds of the people according to the number of the children of Israel.
Page 244 - And if ye offer the blind for sacrifice, is it not evil? and if ye offer the lame and sick, is it not evil? offer it now unto thy governor; will he be pleased with thee, or accept thy person? saith the Lord of Hosts.