Oriental Observations and Occasional Criticisms: More Or Less Illustrating Several Hundred Passages of ScriptureHoldsworth, 1827 - 92 pages |
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... refer not to some ceremony of travelling over ground by way of asserting possession , as burial - grounds for example are set apart , I should suppose it means that Edom is reduced to slavery , abject as the condition of servants , who ...
... refer not to some ceremony of travelling over ground by way of asserting possession , as burial - grounds for example are set apart , I should suppose it means that Edom is reduced to slavery , abject as the condition of servants , who ...
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... even unto the first - born of the maid - servant that is behind the mill . - Matthew , xxiv . 41. Two women shall be grinding at the mill ; the one shall be taken , and the other left . The hand - mills here referred to , are common 12.
... even unto the first - born of the maid - servant that is behind the mill . - Matthew , xxiv . 41. Two women shall be grinding at the mill ; the one shall be taken , and the other left . The hand - mills here referred to , are common 12.
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... referred to , are common throughout the East . The stones are placed horizontally ; and the upper one is turned by one or two persons , usually women . It is thought in Judges , ix . 53 , ( And a certain woman cast a piece of a mill ...
... referred to , are common throughout the East . The stones are placed horizontally ; and the upper one is turned by one or two persons , usually women . It is thought in Judges , ix . 53 , ( And a certain woman cast a piece of a mill ...
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... refer to some such usage as that of the Cingalese and Hindoos , who reduce the muddy surface of a paddy field to one consistency , by working about the little pools of water left by flooding , simply with the foot , just be- fore ...
... refer to some such usage as that of the Cingalese and Hindoos , who reduce the muddy surface of a paddy field to one consistency , by working about the little pools of water left by flooding , simply with the foot , just be- fore ...
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... refer to the pillars of sand common in those parts ; and described at large by Bruce . Job , xxxi . 27. If ........ my mouth hath kissed my hand . The Mahometans , in salutation , kiss their hands . The Cingalese clap their hands before ...
... refer to the pillars of sand common in those parts ; and described at large by Bruce . Job , xxxi . 27. If ........ my mouth hath kissed my hand . The Mahometans , in salutation , kiss their hands . The Cingalese clap their hands before ...
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Abimelech Achish alludes appears Arabs Behold Beth-Shemesh bride bridegroom Bruce Budhu Budhuist temple Calmet's cast Ceylon children of Israel Christ Christian Cingalese cloth Corinthians daughter David denote Deuteronomy earth East eastern Edom European Exodus eyes Ezekiel father feet galese garments Genesis give Grand Seignior hair hand hast hath head heathen Hebrew Hindoos images India Isaiah Jaffna Jeremiah Jewish Jews John Judea Judges king's Kings Lamech Luke Maachah margin Mark marriage Matthew Matura mother Naaman natives observed ornaments Parkhurst passage Pharaoh Philistines pray probably Proverbs Psalm rendered rivers saith the Lord Samuel say unto Scripture seed seems seen servants shekel silver skins sleep Solomon's Song stone supposed sword thee thine thing thou shalt travellers Turks usage usually verse voice woman women word worship writer's recollection xviii xxii xxiii xxiv Zedekiah