Biblical Researches in Palestine, Mount Sinai and Arabia Petraea: A Journal of Travels in the Year 1838, Volume 1Crocker & Brewster, 1841 - Arabia, Roman |
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... tion from the ordinary tradition or preservation of ancient names among the native population . The general view which I have taken of this subject , and the principles on which we acted in our inquiries , are sufficiently exhibited in ...
... tion from the ordinary tradition or preservation of ancient names among the native population . The general view which I have taken of this subject , and the principles on which we acted in our inquiries , are sufficiently exhibited in ...
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... tion for our journey , by obtaining the names of places in many of the provinces and districts , written by edu- cated natives . These lists were afterwards verified and corrected from various sources , as well as by himself on visiting ...
... tion for our journey , by obtaining the names of places in many of the provinces and districts , written by edu- cated natives . These lists were afterwards verified and corrected from various sources , as well as by himself on visiting ...
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... tion over other parts of the country . I trust that I may yet be the medium of communicating many of his further observations to the public ; and that in this way , if God will , we may still be active together , in promoting the study ...
... tion over other parts of the country . I trust that I may yet be the medium of communicating many of his further observations to the public ; and that in this way , if God will , we may still be active together , in promoting the study ...
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... tion , 153. Disappointment ; this not the place where the law was given , aud affords no wide prospect , 154-156 . Descent to the well ; appearance of rain , 156. Visit the front of Horeb , chapels , 156 , 157. Ascend Râs es- Sufsafeh ...
... tion , 153. Disappointment ; this not the place where the law was given , aud affords no wide prospect , 154-156 . Descent to the well ; appearance of rain , 156. Visit the front of Horeb , chapels , 156 , 157. Ascend Râs es- Sufsafeh ...
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... tion , 248. Passport and papers , 248 , 249. Presents , 249. Arab weav- ing , 250. - Historical Notices of Ezion - geber and Elath or Ailah , 250- 253. Origin of the name ' Akabah , 253. The Haj - route , its stations and fortresses ...
... tion , 248. Passport and papers , 248 , 249. Presents , 249. Arab weav- ing , 250. - Historical Notices of Ezion - geber and Elath or Ailah , 250- 253. Origin of the name ' Akabah , 253. The Haj - route , its stations and fortresses ...
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afterwards Akabah Akra ancient appears Arabs ascended Bedawîn Bezetha Burckhardt Cairo called camels century church convent course crossed Damascus Gate deep descended desert distance East eastern Egypt Egyptian encamped et-Tîh feet former fortress further Gaza Greek Gulf Hebron hills Hinnom Holy hour Israelites Jebel Jerusalem Josephus journey Land of Goshen latter mentioned miles monks mosk Mount Mount of Olives mountains Muhammedan Mûsa N. W. corner narrow North northern o'clock Ophel passed peninsula Piastres plain Pool present probably reached Red Sea Rephidim ridge road rock route ruins running Rüppell seen sepulchres Sheikh shore shrubs side Siloam Sinai slope South southern spot stones Suez summit Syria Tawarah temple Thebes Tîh tion tomb tract travellers tribe Tûr Tuweileb Tyropoeon Valley of Hinnom Valley of Jehoshaphat Wady esh-Sheikh Wady Murrah wall West western whole Yâfa Gate Zion
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Page 426 - And Jesus went out and departed from the temple; and his disciples came to him for to show him the buildings of the temple. And Jesus said unto them, "See ye not all these things? Verily I say unto you, There shall not be left here one stone upon another that shall not be thrown down.
Page 72 - Moses stretched out his hand over the sea; and the LORD caused the sea to go back by a strong east wind all that night, and made the sea dry land, and the waters were divided. And the children of Israel went into the midst of the sea upon the dry ground: and the waters were a wall unto them on their right hand, and on their left.
Page 160 - And the people went about, and gathered it, and ground it in mills, or beat it in a mortar, and baked it in pans, and made cakes of it : and the taste of it was as the taste of fresh oil. And when the dew fell upon the camp in the night, the manna fell upon it.
Page 71 - For Pharaoh will say of the children of Israel, They are entangled in the land, the wilderness hath shut them in.
Page 500 - So there was gathered much people together, who stopped all the fountains, and the brook that ran through the midst of the land, saying, Why should the kings of Assyria come, and find much water...
Page 3 - Forasmuch then as we are the offspring of God, we ought not to think that the Godhead is like unto gold, or silver, or stone, graven by art and man's device.
Page 79 - Israelites probably came out upon the eastern shore. Here, at our evening devotions, and near the spot where it was composed and first sung, we read and felt in its full force, the magnificent triumphal song of Moses : " The Lord hath triumphed gloriously ; the horse and his rider he hath thrown into the sea...
Page 69 - And they departed from Rameses in the first month, on the fifteenth day of the first month; on the morrow after the passover the children of Israel went out with an high hand in the sight of all the Egyptians.
Page 160 - And when the dew that lay was gone up, behold, upon the face of the wilderness there lay a small round thing, as small as the hoar frost on the ground.
Page 72 - And Moses stretched forth his hand over the sea, and the sea returned to his strength when the morning appeared; and the Egyptians fled against it; and the Lord overthrew the Egyptians in the midst of the sea.