Bible Animals: Being a Description of Every Living Creature Mentioned in the Scriptures from the Ape to the Coral |
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... various books of the Holy Scriptures were written , it is impossible that they should be rightly understood at the present day , and in this land , without the aid of many departments of knowledge . Contemporary history , philology ...
... various books of the Holy Scriptures were written , it is impossible that they should be rightly understood at the present day , and in this land , without the aid of many departments of knowledge . Contemporary history , philology ...
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... Various species of Monkey that might have been imported - The Rhesus Monkey - The Hoonuman , or Entellus - Habits of the Monkey , and reverence in which it is held by the natives - The Egyptians and their Baboon worship - Idols and ...
... Various species of Monkey that might have been imported - The Rhesus Monkey - The Hoonuman , or Entellus - Habits of the Monkey , and reverence in which it is held by the natives - The Egyptians and their Baboon worship - Idols and ...
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... 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- ness at night - Passages ...
... 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- ness at night - Passages ...
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... 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 appearance - Its fondness for ...
... 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 appearance - Its fondness for ...
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... Various names of cattle - The Indian buffalo . . 101 THE WILD BULL . The Tô , Wild Bull of the Old Testament - Passages in which it is mentioned- The Wild Bull in the net - Hunting with nets in the East - The Oryx sup- posed to be the ...
... Various names of cattle - The Indian buffalo . . 101 THE WILD BULL . The Tô , Wild Bull of the Old Testament - Passages in which it is mentioned- The Wild Bull in the net - Hunting with nets in the East - The Oryx sup- posed to be the ...
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allusion ancient animal antelope Aoudad Arab Authorized Version Bactrian Camel bats beasts bird Bittern Book of Job Camel cattle chariot colour cormorant creature Crocodile curious custom Deer Deut dogs eggs Egypt Egyptian Egyptian Vulture employed evidently example eyes familiar feed feet fish flesh flocks Gazelle goats ground habits head Hebrew word hedgehog herds hippopotamus Holy hoof horns horse hunters Hyæna inhabit insects Israel Israelites Jewish Bible Jews killed king land Leopard Lion Locusts Lord mentioned metaphor milk mode monkey Mule neck nest occurs Old Testament Ostrich oxen Palestine pass passage peculiar plentiful present day prey probably prophet Raven Reêm reference remarkable rendered reptile rock sacred scarcely Scriptures seen Septuagint serpent sheep shepherd signifies similar skin sometimes species spot swift tail thee thou translated tribe unto Vulture Wanderoo wild wings wolf writers young
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Page 506 - 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 26 - 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 576 - 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 282 - 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 250 - 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 423 - 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...
Page 351 - 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 400 - Are not two sparrows sold for a farthing? And one of them shall not fall on the ground without your Father. But the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear ye not therefore, ye are of more value than many sparrows.
Page 578 - 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 640 - Behold, I give unto you power to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy: and nothing shall by any means hurt you.