And wherefore have ye made us to come up out of Egypt, to bring us in unto this evil place? It is no place of seed, or of figs or of vines or of pomegranates; neither is there any water to drink. Chambers's papers for the people - Page 11by Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1851Full view - About this book
| William Fleming - 1838 - 646 pages
...times, for when the Hebrews reproached Moses in one of their rebellious murmurings, they asked him, " Wherefore have ye made us to come out of Egypt, to...pomegranates, neither is there any water to drink." Ancient authors corroborate this statement. Vine branches, laden with ripe grapes, are delineated on... | |
| 1838 - 1196 pages
...cattle should die there ? And wherefore have ye made us to come up out of Egypt, to bring us in unto land is mine ; for yc are strnn£4 gen and sojourners...with me. And in all the land of your possession ye ;> ny water to drink. 6 And Moses and Aaron went from the presence of the assembly unto the duor of... | |
| Thomas Goyder - Bible - 1838 - 678 pages
...the regenerate life is commenced, and the sweets of true religion enjoyed, the state is said to be " no place of seed, or of figs, or of vines, or of pomegranates." (Numb. xx. 5.) But upon an entrance into the felicities of the regenerate life, then it is said that... | |
| Periodicals - 1839 - 272 pages
...cattle should die there ? And wherefore have ye made us to come up out of Egypt, to bring us in unto this evil place ? it is no place of seed, or of figs,...pomegranates : neither is there any water to drink. (Numbers xx. 2 — 5.) Figs were not only eaten fresh, but were preserved by being pressed together... | |
| Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet - Bible - 1839 - 288 pages
...there ? And wherefore have ye made us to come up out of Egypt, to bring us in unto this evil place 1 it is no place of seed, or of figs, or of vines, or...pomegranates ; neither is there any water to drink." On hearing this, Moses and Aaron immediately left the assembly, and went to the door of the tabernacle,... | |
| Hugh Murray - Geography - 1839 - 618 pages
...into the desert of Zin. " Wherefore," said they, " have ye made us to come out of Egypt into this vile place? It is no place of seed, or of figs, or of vines, or of pomegranates." \Ve must not judge of the Pomegranate from the stunted specimens cultivated in cold climates ; in warmer... | |
| William Rhind - 1841 - 756 pages
...kinds of fruit now cultivated: "Wherefore have yc made us to come up out of Egypt, to bring us in unto this evil place ? It is no place of seed, or of figs,...pomegranates, neither is there any water to drink." The " wilderness" in which these complaints were uttered by the children of Israel, forms a part of... | |
| John Kitto - Jews - 1841 - 640 pages
...remain in that fruitful land, but had brought them into that "evil place," which was, they complained, " no place of seed, or of figs, or of vines, or of pomegranates, neither is there any water to drink." Moses and Aaron received the command of God to take the old wonder-working rod or staff [not that which... | |
| Ern. Frid. Car Rosenmüller - Arabian Peninsula - 1841 - 384 pages
...Jer. ii. 6. It is farther termed a " land that was not sown," Jer. ii. 2 ; a land where there was '' no place of seed, or of figs, or of vines, or of pomegranates; neither was their any water to drink," Num. xx. 5. The soil of this peninsula is, in general, very barren,... | |
| William Goodhugh, William Cooke Taylor - 1843 - 734 pages
...their murmuring against Moses : " Wherefore have ye made us to come up out of Egypt, to bring us unto this evil place ? It is no place of seed, or of figs,...pomegranates; neither is there any water to drink." (Numb. 20. 5.) In Solomon's Song the budding of the fig-tree is represented to be simultaneous with... | |
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