Bible Animals: Being a Description of Every Living Creature Mentioned in the Scriptures from the Ape to the Coral |
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... mode of life - The noisome character of the Bat , and the nature of its dwelling - place- Its hatred of light - Baruch and his prophecy - Appropriateness of the pro- phecy - Singular Mahommedan legend respecting the original creation of ...
... mode of life - The noisome character of the Bat , and the nature of its dwelling - place- Its hatred of light - Baruch and his prophecy - Appropriateness of the pro- phecy - Singular Mahommedan legend respecting the original creation of ...
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... mode of seizing its prey - Various names of the Lion - Its courage when roused — Its roar , and peculiar mode of utterance - Invisibility of the Lion at dusk - The Lion lying in wait - The dwelling - place of the Lion - Its restless ...
... mode of seizing its prey - Various names of the Lion - Its courage when roused — Its roar , and peculiar mode of utterance - Invisibility of the Lion at dusk - The Lion lying in wait - The dwelling - place of the Lion - Its restless ...
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... mode of fighting - Various references to the Bear , from the time of Samuel to that of St. John 75 THE HEDGEHOG , OR BITTERN . Various readings of the word Kippôd - The Jewish Bible and its object - The Syrian Hedgehog and its ...
... mode of fighting - Various references to the Bear , from the time of Samuel to that of St. John 75 THE HEDGEHOG , OR BITTERN . Various readings of the word Kippôd - The Jewish Bible and its object - The Syrian Hedgehog and its ...
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... their theories Shedding of the Deer's burns , its fallel mode if serpins- The gall in the tail - Curious tradities of the enmity between Dver es of a Deer - skin evat . THE BISON . The Bison tribe and its distinguishing marks Sheep the.
... their theories Shedding of the Deer's burns , its fallel mode if serpins- The gall in the tail - Curious tradities of the enmity between Dver es of a Deer - skin evat . THE BISON . The Bison tribe and its distinguishing marks Sheep the.
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... mode of attack - Its capability of domestication - Former and present range of the Bubale - Its representation on the monuments of ancient Egypt - Delicacy of its flesh-- Size and general appearance of the animal • 143 THE SHEEP ...
... mode of attack - Its capability of domestication - Former and present range of the Bubale - Its representation on the monuments of ancient Egypt - Delicacy of its flesh-- Size and general appearance of the animal • 143 THE SHEEP ...
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allusion ancient animal antelope Aoudad Arab Authorized Version Bactrian Camel beasts bird Bittern Book of Job Camel cattle chariot colour cormorant creature Crocodile curious custom Deut dogs eaten eggs Egypt Egyptian Egyptian Vulture employed evidently example eyes familiar feed feet fish flesh flocks Gazelle goats ground habits hath head Hebrew word Hedgehog herds hippopotamus hoof horns horse hunters Hyæna inhabit insect Israel Israelites Jewish Bible Jews killed king land Leopard lion Locusts Lord mentioned metaphor milk mode Mule neck nest occurs Old Testament Ostrich oxen Palestine pass passage plentiful present day prey probably prophet Raven Reêm reference remarkable rendered reptile rider river rock sacred scarcely Scriptures seen Septuagint serpent sheep shepherd signifies similar skin sometimes species spot swift tail Talmudical thee thou translated tribe unto Vulture Wanderoo Wild Ass wings writers yoke young
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Page 494 - O Lord, how manifold are thy works ! in wisdom hast thou made them all: the earth is full of thy riches. So is this great and wide sea, wherein are things creeping innumerable, both small and great beasts.
Page 18 - Thou makest darkness, and it is night: wherein all the beasts of the forest do creep forth. The young lions roar after their prey, and seek their meat from God.
Page 202 - Thou comest to me with a sword, and with a spear, and with a shield : but I come to thee in the name of the LORD of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom thou hast defied.
Page 566 - Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a net, that was cast into the sea, and gathered of every kind: Which, when it was full, they drew to shore, and sat down, and gathered the good into vessels, but cast the bad away.
Page 272 - And he will be a wild man ; his hand will be against every man, and every man's hand against him ; and he shall dwell in the presence of all his brethren.
Page 552 - Simon Peter went up, and drew the net to land full of great fishes, an hundred and fifty and three : and for all there were so many, yet was not the net broken.
Page 240 - He paweth in the valley, and rejoiceth in his strength : He goeth on to meet the armed men. He mocketh at fear, and is not affrighted, Neither turneth he back from the sword. The quiver rattleth against him, The glittering spear and the shield. He swalloweth the ground with fierceness and rage; Neither believeth he that it is the sound of the trumpet. He saith among the trumpets, Ha, ha; And he smelleth the battle afar off, The thunder of the captains, and the shouting.
Page 341 - He found him in a desert land, And in the waste howling wilderness; He led him about, he instructed him, * He kept him as the apple of his eye.
Page 568 - And when they arose early on the morrow morning, behold, Dagon was fallen upon his face to the ground before the ark of the Lord ; and the head of Dagon and both the palms of his hands were cut off upon the threshold : only the stump of Dagon was left to him.
Page 411 - O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, which killest the prophets, and stonest them that are sent unto thee, how often would I have gathered thy children together, as a hen doth gather her brood under her wings, and ye would not...