Biblical Researches in Palestine, Volume 1Crocker & Brewster, 1841 - Bible |
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... walls of rock , as if in continuation of the S. E. corner of the plain . In this valley , at the distance of near a ... wall before us ; and one can approach quite to the foot and touch the mount . Directly before its base is the deep ...
... walls of rock , as if in continuation of the S. E. corner of the plain . In this valley , at the distance of near a ... wall before us ; and one can approach quite to the foot and touch the mount . Directly before its base is the deep ...
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... wall of the convent runs along the water - course , the main body of the building stands on the slope of the western mountain , so that the western wall lies con- siderably higher than the eastern . The mountains on either side tower to ...
... wall of the convent runs along the water - course , the main body of the building stands on the slope of the western mountain , so that the western wall lies con- siderably higher than the eastern . The mountains on either side tower to ...
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... walls ; which however it would not be very difficult to scale . In the course of the morning the Superior invited us to walk through it , showing us the way himself along a dark and partly subterranean passage under the northern wall of ...
... walls ; which however it would not be very difficult to scale . In the course of the morning the Superior invited us to walk through it , showing us the way himself along a dark and partly subterranean passage under the northern wall of ...
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... walls . But the ordinary mode of communicating with the common Arabs , is from the high door , or through a small hole in the wall lower down . In the afternoon we went out through the garden to examine more particularly the plain which ...
... walls . But the ordinary mode of communicating with the common Arabs , is from the high door , or through a small hole in the wall lower down . In the afternoon we went out through the garden to examine more particularly the plain which ...
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... walls , with a tower or bastion at each of the four cor- ners.1 All around the wall on the inside is a row of chambers or magazines one story high , with a solid flat roof , forming a platform around the interior of the castle . On this ...
... walls , with a tower or bastion at each of the four cor- ners.1 All around the wall on the inside is a row of chambers or magazines one story high , with a solid flat roof , forming a platform around the interior of the castle . On this ...
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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 extending 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 quarter 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 Tîh tion tomb tower tract travellers tribe Tûr Tuweileb Tyropoeon Valley of Hinnom Valley of Jehoshaphat Wady esh-Sheikh wall West western whole Yâfa Gate Zion
Popular passages
Page 170 - 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 436 - 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 82 - 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 81 - For Pharaoh will say of the children of Israel, They are entangled in the land, the wilderness hath shut them in.
Page 11 - 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 507 - For an Angel went down at a certain season into the pool, and troubled the water: whosoever then first after the troubling of the water stepped in was made whole of whatsoever disease he had.
Page 170 - 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 512 - 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 82 - 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.
Page 347 - He went away again the second time, and prayed, saying, O my Father, if this cup may not pass away from me, except I drink it, thy will be done.