The History of the Jews: Three Volumes. Vol. I.[III.].John Murray, Albemarle Street., 1829 - Jews |
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... lord , on certain conditions . He is their leader in war , their counsellor in peace . Their happiness or adversity , national as well as indivi- dual , depends solely and immediately on their maintenance or neglect of the divine ...
... lord , on certain conditions . He is their leader in war , their counsellor in peace . Their happiness or adversity , national as well as indivi- dual , depends solely and immediately on their maintenance or neglect of the divine ...
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... Lord of the Universe ! " but the star set and disappeared , and Abraham felt that the Lord of the Universe could not thus be liable to change . Shortly after , he beheld the moon at the full : " Lo , " he cried , " the Divine Creator ...
... Lord of the Universe ! " but the star set and disappeared , and Abraham felt that the Lord of the Universe could not thus be liable to change . Shortly after , he beheld the moon at the full : " Lo , " he cried , " the Divine Creator ...
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... lords of all Palestine . The tribe were to be distinguished by the rite of circumcision , perhaps before , cer- tainly afterwards , common to many people of the East ; a rite , of great utility , as conducing , in southern climates ...
... lords of all Palestine . The tribe were to be distinguished by the rite of circumcision , perhaps before , cer- tainly afterwards , common to many people of the East ; a rite , of great utility , as conducing , in southern climates ...
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... Lord will provide . Near this same spot , eighteen centuries after , Jesus Christ was offered , the victim , as the Christian world has almost universally believed , provided by the Lord -inexplicable , if undesigned , coincidence ...
... Lord will provide . Near this same spot , eighteen centuries after , Jesus Christ was offered , the victim , as the Christian world has almost universally believed , provided by the Lord -inexplicable , if undesigned , coincidence ...
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... lord over thy brethren , and let thy mother's sons bow down be- fore thee , " seem to intimate a regular investiture with the supreme authority as head of the tribe . This blessing , couched in these emphatic words , which Isaac ...
... lord over thy brethren , and let thy mother's sons bow down be- fore thee , " seem to intimate a regular investiture with the supreme authority as head of the tribe . This blessing , couched in these emphatic words , which Isaac ...
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Page 259 - Lift up your heads, 0 ye gates; and be ye lift up, ye everlasting doors; and the King of glory shall come in.
Page 29 - And Esau ran to meet him, and embraced him, and fell on his neck, and kissed him : and they wept.
Page 99 - Keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, and that will by no means clear the guilty...
Page 259 - ... it came even to pass as the trumpeters and singers were as one, to make one sound to be heard in praising and thanking the Lord ; and when they lifted up their voice with the trumpets and cymbals and instruments of music, and praised the Lord, saying, For he is good ; for his mercy endureth for ever...
Page 99 - And he said, Thou canst not see my face : for there shall no man see me, and live.
Page 260 - But will God in very deed dwell with men on the earth ? Behold, heaven and the heaven of heavens cannot contain Thee ; how much less this house which I have built...
Page 250 - And Solomon reigned over all kingdoms from the river unto the land of the Philistines, and unto the border of Egypt: they brought presents, and served Solomon all the days of his life.
Page 235 - Behold, a son shall be born to thee, who shall be a man of rest; and I will give him rest from all his enemies round about : for his name shall be Solomon, and I will give peace and quietness unto Israel in his days. He shall build a house for my name...
Page 197 - The mother of Sisera looked out at a window and cried through the lattice Why is his chariot so long in coming? why tarry the wheels of his chariots?
Page 51 - Then Joseph could not refrain himself before all them that stood by him; and he cried, Cause every man to go out from me.