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... princess . ' Les . 8 . altar - a high table of stone on which to offer sacrifice . PRECEPTIVE QUESTIONS . Who was Terah ? Tell me the names of Terah's sons . Where did Terah live ? What is stated of Ur , and of Chaldea ? Who was now ...
... princess . ' Les . 8 . altar - a high table of stone on which to offer sacrifice . PRECEPTIVE QUESTIONS . Who was Terah ? Tell me the names of Terah's sons . Where did Terah live ? What is stated of Ur , and of Chaldea ? Who was now ...
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... princes . Shem was the last of the race who had lived before the flood . He died at the age of six - hundred years . GEOGRAPHICAL NOTE . Mesopotamia - a large province of Asia , situated between the rivers Euphrates and Tigris ; a part ...
... princes . Shem was the last of the race who had lived before the flood . He died at the age of six - hundred years . GEOGRAPHICAL NOTE . Mesopotamia - a large province of Asia , situated between the rivers Euphrates and Tigris ; a part ...
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... prince that wrestled and prevailed with God . ' QUESTIONS . What was Jacob's employment at Padan- aram ? For whom did he serve seven years ? Did he obtain Rachel at first ? [ bless him ? With what temporal advantages did God What ...
... prince that wrestled and prevailed with God . ' QUESTIONS . What was Jacob's employment at Padan- aram ? For whom did he serve seven years ? Did he obtain Rachel at first ? [ bless him ? With what temporal advantages did God What ...
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... princes of Israel made a league with them . Three days after , they found that the Gibeonites had deceived them . The Israelites would not destroy them , but they made them hewers of wood and drawers of water . The ' Five kings encamped ...
... princes of Israel made a league with them . Three days after , they found that the Gibeonites had deceived them . The Israelites would not destroy them , but they made them hewers of wood and drawers of water . The ' Five kings encamped ...
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... princes of Midian.17 Gideon and his men then pursued the kings of Midian , Zebah and Zal- munna . ' He slew these two kings because they had slain his brethren . The people of Israel wished Gideon to be their ruler , but he refused ...
... princes of Midian.17 Gideon and his men then pursued the kings of Midian , Zebah and Zal- munna . ' He slew these two kings because they had slain his brethren . The people of Israel wished Gideon to be their ruler , but he refused ...
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Page 78 - And he said, I have been very jealous for the LORD God of hosts : for the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant, thrown down thine altars, and slain thy prophets with the sword; and I, even I only, am left ; and they seek my life, to take it away.
Page 77 - And Elijah came unto all the people, and said, How long halt ye between two opinions ? if the Lord be God, follow him : but if Baal then follow him.
Page 88 - If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat; and if he be thirsty, give him water to drink: for thou shalt heap coals of fire upon his head, and the Lord shall reward thee.
Page xxviii - But when his heart was lifted up, and his mind hardened in pride, he was deposed from his kingly throne, and they took his glory from him; and he was driven from the sons of men; and his heart was made like the beasts, and his dwelling was with the wild asses: they fed him with grass like oxen, and his body was wet with the dew of heaven ; till he knew that the Most High God ruled in the kingdom of men, and that he appointeth over it whomsoever he will.
Page xxviii - All this came upon the king Nebuchadnezzar. At the end of twelve months he walked in the palace of the kingdom of Babylon. The king spake, and said, Is not this great Babylon, that I have built for the house of the kingdom by the might of my power, and for the honour of my majesty...
Page 87 - Are not Abana and Pharpar, rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel? May I not wash in them, and be clean?
Page 24 - Set a watch, 0 Lord, before my mouth : keep the door of my lips.
Page 38 - And he went down, and talked with the woman; and she pleased Samson well. And after a time he returned to take her, and he turned aside to see the carcase of the lion: and, behold, there was a swarm of bees and honey in the carcase of the lion.
Page 60 - And thou, Solomon my son, know thou the God of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind : for the LORD searcheth all hearts, and understandeth all the imaginations of the thoughts: if thou seek him, he will be found of thee; but if thou forsake him, he will cast thee off for ever.
Page 73 - Hear ye me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin: The LORD is with you while ye be with him: and if ye seek him, he will be found of you: but if ye forsake him, he will forsake you.