The Sacred Plains1857 |
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Abram Amorites angel army Babylon Balaam Balak battle beauty Behold blessed bosom bright called camp captive chariots children of Israel Christian cloud curse Dagon dark Dead Sea descended dews disciples earth Ebal Elisha enemies Esdraelon eyes flashing Galilee gathered glorious hallowed hand hath heart heaven Hermon hills holy honour host Israelites Jacob Jehovah Jericho Jerusalem Joshua Judah Judea king land Lord Mamre mighty Moab morning Mount Ebal Mount Gerizim Mount Gilead Mountains of Ephraim multitude Nebuchadnezzar night passed patriarch Philistines Plain of Dura Plain of Esdraelon Plain of Sharon Plains of Mamre Plains of Moab Plains of Moreh Plains of Shiloh princes of Moab prophet rolled round sacred Samaria Saviour scene seven shadow Shechem Shinar side Sisera slain sleep Sodom Sodom and Gomorrah stars summit Syrian tents thee thou thousand thrilling trembling tribe unto valley walls warriors waters waves wind Zion
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Page 3 - And the Lord said, Behold, the people is one, and they have all one language; and this they begin to do: and now nothing will be restrained from them which they have imagined to do. Go to, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand one another's speech.
Page 54 - God brought him forth out of Egypt ; he hath as it were the strength of an unicorn ; he shall eat up the nations his enemies, and shall break their bones, and pierce them through with his arrows.
Page 48 - And he said, Nay ; but as captain of the host of the Lord am I now come. And Joshua fell on his face to the earth, and did worship, and said unto him, What saith my lord unto his servant? And the captain of the Lord's host said unto Joshua, Loose thy shoe from off thy foot ; for the place whereon thou standest is holy.
Page 57 - And he said, Thou hast asked a hard thing ; nevertheless, if thou see me when I am taken from thee, it shall be so unto thee ; but if not, it shall not be so.
Page 51 - God is not a man, that he should lie; Neither the son of man, that he should repent: Hath he said, and shall he not do it? Or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good ? Behold, I have received commandment to bless: And he hath blessed ; and I cannot reverse it.
Page 136 - And he said unto him, Went not mine heart with thee, when the man turned again from his chariot to meet thee? Is it a time to receive money, and to receive garments, and oliveyards, and vineyards, and sheep, and oxen, and menservants, and maidservants? The leprosy therefore of Naaman shall cleave unto thee, and unto thy seed for ever.
Page 49 - For from the top of the rocks I see him, And from the hills I behold him : Lo, the people shall dwell alone, and shall not be reckoned among the nations.
Page 13 - Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king, behold, wise men from the East came to Jerusalem, saying, "Where is he who has been born king of the Jews? For we have seen his star in the East, and have come to worship him.
Page 101 - Thus saith the Lord, To-morrow about this time shall a measure' of fine flour be sold for a shekel, and two measures of barley for a shekel, in the gate of Samaria.
Page 145 - Awake, O north wind; and come, thou south; Blow upon my garden, That the spices thereof may flow out.