 The feast of the Passover was instituted by the Jews " to commemorate the providential escape of the Hebrews, in Egypt, when God, smiting the firstborn of the Egyptians, PASSED OVER the houses of the Israelites, which were marked with the blood of the...  A Popular and Complete English Dictionary,: I-Z - Page 947by John Boag - 1848 - 761 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Thomas Stackhouse - 1817 - 636 pages
...night before their departure, the destroying angel, who slew the first-born of the Egyptians, passed over the houses of the Israelites which were marked with the blood of the lamb killed the evening before, and for this reason called the paschal lamb. The feast itself began... | |
 | John Oswald - English language - 1836 - 590 pages
...grazed by cattle ; the grass for food. $ Poisoner, a feast of the Jews, instituted to commemorate the providential escape of the Hebrews in Egypt, when God, smiting the first-born of the Egyptians, pasKfd over the houses of the Israelites, which were marked with the blood of the paschal lamb. tl... | |
 | W. M. Buchanan - Science - 1846 - 768 pages
...night before their departure from Egypt, when God, smiting the first-born of the Egyptians, passed over the houses of the Israelites, which were marked with the blood of the paschal lamb. PASTE. 1. Any cement, as that which holds together the fragments composing conglomerate rock. 2. A... | |
 | James Brown - English language - 1847 - 276 pages
...passover." The passover was a great event : in smiting the first-born of the Egyptians, God passed over the houses of the Israelites, which were marked with the blood of the paschal lamb. For the purpose of commemorating this event, the Jews instituted a feast. If it is asked, then, What... | |
 | Heinrich Bullinger - Reformed Church - 1852 - 652 pages
...the Passover, God himself so interpreting it, is that passing over, whereby the angel of God, passing over the houses of the Israelites which were marked with the blood of the lamb, spared the 2 first-born, and slew the first-born of the Egyptians. If thou art ignorant what... | |
 | John Oswald - English language - 1854 - 608 pages
...grazed by cattle ; the grass for food. 5 Passover, a feast of the Jews, instituted to commemorate the providential escape of the Hebrews in Egypt, when God, smiting the first-born of the Egyptians, passed over the houses of the Israelites, which were marked with the blood of the pascbol lamb. II... | |
 | James Brown - English language - 1856 - 254 pages
...The passover was a great event: in smiting the first-born of the Egyptians, God passed over the house of the Israelites, which were marked with the blood of the paschal Iamb. For the purpose of commemorating this event, the Jews instituted a feast. If it is asked, then,... | |
 | John Oswald - English language - 1868 - 600 pages
...providential escape of the Hebrews in Egypt, when God, smiting.the first-born of the Egyptians, passed over the houses of the Israelites, which were marked with the blood of the paschal lamb. ** Trespass, literally, to pass beyond; hence primarily, to pass over the boundary line of another's... | |
 | Joseph B. Gross - Lord's Supper - 1873 - 204 pages
...attained in its institution was, " To commemorate," writes the learned lexicographer, Dr. Webster, "the providential escape of the Hebrews in Egypt, when God, smiting the first-born of the Egyptians, passed over the houses of the Israelites, which were marked with the blood of the paschal lamb." 7*... | |
 | William Swinton - English language - 1879 - 172 pages
...providential escape of the Jews to Egypt, when God, smiting the first-born of the Egyptians, passed over the houses of the Israelites, which were marked with the blood of the paschal lamb. Pair (Fr. adj. paire = Lat. par), two of a kind ; peer (Old Fr. peer or pair — Lat. par), an equal,... | |
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