Oriental Observations and Occasional Criticisms: More Or Less Illustrating Several Hundred Passages of ScriptureB. J. Holdsworth, 1827 - 92 pages |
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... shekels of silver , current money with the merchant . Abraham's use of the scales is no proof that money was not stamped . In Syria , Egypt , and Turkey , money is still weighed . With the merchant , is probably to be understood , with ...
... shekels of silver , current money with the merchant . Abraham's use of the scales is no proof that money was not stamped . In Syria , Egypt , and Turkey , money is still weighed . With the merchant , is probably to be understood , with ...
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... shekel of silver ; that will I give to the man of God , to tell us our way . See also Genesis , xliii . 11 ; and Judges , iii . 17 , 18 . Presents are essential to intercourse between superiors and inferiors throughout the East . They ...
... shekel of silver ; that will I give to the man of God , to tell us our way . See also Genesis , xliii . 11 ; and Judges , iii . 17 , 18 . Presents are essential to intercourse between superiors and inferiors throughout the East . They ...
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... shekels , after the king's weight . Of all the conjectures offered to solve the diffi- culty presented by the enormous weight of Absalom's hair , that of Dr. Clarke strikes me as most probable . He supposes a mistake has crept into the ...
... shekels , after the king's weight . Of all the conjectures offered to solve the diffi- culty presented by the enormous weight of Absalom's hair , that of Dr. Clarke strikes me as most probable . He supposes a mistake has crept into the ...
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... shekel , and two measures of barley for a shekel in the gate of Samaria . The gate of an ancient city was the principal place of business . Here the people , passing in and out , especially those employed in cultivation , easily met ...
... shekel , and two measures of barley for a shekel in the gate of Samaria . The gate of an ancient city was the principal place of business . Here the people , passing in and out , especially those employed in cultivation , easily met ...
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... an allusion to the Simoom or burning wind . 1 Chron . xxiii . 29 . ...... For all manner of measure and size . The shekel of the sanctuary was not different in weight c 5 33 that the custom appears to have been very general ...
... an allusion to the Simoom or burning wind . 1 Chron . xxiii . 29 . ...... For all manner of measure and size . The shekel of the sanctuary was not different in weight c 5 33 that the custom appears to have been very general ...
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Abimelech Achish alludes appears Arabs Behold Beth-Shemesh bride bridegroom Bruce Budhu Budhuist temple Calmet's cast Ceylon children of Israel Christ Christian Cingalese cloth Corinthians daughter David denote Deuteronomy earth East eastern Edom European Exodus eyes Ezekiel fastened father feet galese garments Genesis give Grand Seignior hair hand hast hath head heard heathen Hebrew Hindoos images India Isaiah Jaffna Jeremiah Jewish Jews John Judea Judges king's Kings Lamech Luke Maachah margin Mark marriage Matthew Matura mother Naaman natives night observed ornaments Parkhurst passage Pharaoh Philistines pray probably Proverbs Psalm rendered rivers Samuel say unto Scripture seed seems seen servants shekel silver skins sleep Solomon's Song stone supposed sword thee thine thing thou shalt travellers Turks usage usually verse voice woman women word worship writer's recollection xviii xxii xxiii xxiv Zedekiah