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... priests . EXPLANATIONS . gods - idols ; representations or emblems of God . lead by being carried in the front rank . golden - the jewels of gold obtained from the Egyptians ( Les . 19 ) were melted . calf - the Israelites became ...
... priests . EXPLANATIONS . gods - idols ; representations or emblems of God . lead by being carried in the front rank . golden - the jewels of gold obtained from the Egyptians ( Les . 19 ) were melted . calf - the Israelites became ...
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... priests should not drink wine nor strong drink when they went into the tabernacle , 23 lest they should die . A man blasphemed the name of the Lord and ' cursed . He was put into prison . Moses inquired of the Lord how he was to be ...
... priests should not drink wine nor strong drink when they went into the tabernacle , 23 lest they should die . A man blasphemed the name of the Lord and ' cursed . He was put into prison . Moses inquired of the Lord how he was to be ...
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... priest of Midian . leprosy a most distressing disease which breaks out on the skin in a loathsome form . required , & c . - to preserve it uninjured . wept - loud wailing is a customary mode of mourning in the East . -- QUESTIONS . When ...
... priest of Midian . leprosy a most distressing disease which breaks out on the skin in a loathsome form . required , & c . - to preserve it uninjured . wept - loud wailing is a customary mode of mourning in the East . -- QUESTIONS . When ...
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... priest - the office of the high priest was the most honourable ever held by man on earth . fiery - so called either from the bronzed or fiery colour , or from the burning sensation caused by the bite . brazen serpent - he that turned ...
... priest - the office of the high priest was the most honourable ever held by man on earth . fiery - so called either from the bronzed or fiery colour , or from the burning sensation caused by the bite . brazen serpent - he that turned ...
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... priest and magician , and had the reputation of being in favour with the gods . speak only - God knew that Balaam wish- ed to curse Israel , but He is able to compel the wicked to speak His words only . desired , & c . — the vain wish ...
... priest and magician , and had the reputation of being in favour with the gods . speak only - God knew that Balaam wish- ed to curse Israel , but He is able to compel the wicked to speak His words only . desired , & c . — the vain wish ...
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Aaron Abimelech Abraham Abram Absalom Achish afterwards Ahab Ahaz altar Amaziah Ammonites anointed army Assyria Baasha Babylon Balaam Benhadad Bethel blessed brethren brought called Canaan captive Chron commanded Daniel David death deliverance descendants destroyed died duty Edom Egypt Elijah Elisha enemies evil EXPLANATIONS faith father favour fear fled GEOGRAPHICAL NOTES God's Haman Hazael Hezekiah honour idolatry idols Isaac Isaiah Ishmael Israelites Jacob Jehoash Jehoiakim Jehoshaphat Jehu Jeremiah Jericho Jeroboam Jerusalem Jews Joab Joash Joseph Joshua Judah king of Israel king of Syria kingdom land Levites Lord Manasseh mercy Moab Moses Mount Nebuchadnezzar Noah Pharaoh Philistines pray prayer PRECEPTIVE LESSONS priests princes promised prophecy prophet punishment QUESTIONS Rehoboam reign reproved Samaria Samson Samuel Saul Saul's sent servants sins slain slew smote Solomon sons Syria temple thou told took tribes unto wicked wife wilderness wisdom words worship Zedekiah
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Page 13 - When a man's ways please the Lord, he maketh even his enemies to be at peace with him.
Page 111 - How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him that bringeth good tidings, that publisheth peace; that bringeth good tidings of good, that publisheth salvation; that saith unto Zion, Thy God reigneth!
Page 102 - Now the Lord had prepared a great fish to swallow up Jonah. And Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights.
Page 91 - And his servants came near, and spake unto him, and said, My father, if the prophet had bid thee do some great thing, wouldest thou not have done it? how much rather then, when he saith to thee, Wash, and be clean?
Page 92 - 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 77 - 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.
Page 81 - And call ye on the name of your gods, and I will call on the name of the LORD : and the God that answereth by fire, let him be God. And all the people answered and said, It is well spoken.
Page 11 - Behold, Haman standeth in the court. And the king said, Let him come in. So Haman came in. And the king said unto him, What shall be done unto the man whom the king delighteth to honour?
Page 64 - 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 40 - 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.