Oriental Customs: Or, An Illustration of the Sacred Scriptures by an Explanatory Application of the Customs and Manners of the Eastern Nations and Especially the Jews, Therein Alluded To. Collected from the Most Celebrated Travellers, and the Most Eminent Critics, Том 1C. Whittingham and sold by Williams and Smith, 1807 |
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... practice of justice , put an end to injuries , and re - esta- blish such customs as are immutable in their nature ; that kings should be obedient to him , and advance his affairs ; that the cause of true religion should flourish ; that ...
... practice of justice , put an end to injuries , and re - esta- blish such customs as are immutable in their nature ; that kings should be obedient to him , and advance his affairs ; that the cause of true religion should flourish ; that ...
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... practice of devoting human victims . In honour of the mystical number three , a number deemed particularly dear to Heaven , every ninth month wit- nessed the groans and dying struggles of nine unfor- tunate victims . The fatal blow ...
... practice of devoting human victims . In honour of the mystical number three , a number deemed particularly dear to Heaven , every ninth month wit- nessed the groans and dying struggles of nine unfor- tunate victims . The fatal blow ...
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... practice of eating blood in Abyssinia . This custom , so prevalent in seve- ral places , is forbidden in the scriptures . A recital of the narrative will probably suggest to the reader the reasons of the prohibition . Mr. Bruce tells us ...
... practice of eating blood in Abyssinia . This custom , so prevalent in seve- ral places , is forbidden in the scriptures . A recital of the narrative will probably suggest to the reader the reasons of the prohibition . Mr. Bruce tells us ...
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... practice of Jacob , who , after the famous vision of the celestial ladder , took the stone which he had put for his pillow , and set it up for a pillar , and poured oil upon the top of it . It is added , that he called the name of that ...
... practice of Jacob , who , after the famous vision of the celestial ladder , took the stone which he had put for his pillow , and set it up for a pillar , and poured oil upon the top of it . It is added , that he called the name of that ...
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... from its wetness . It was certainly a very common practice ; and as it ap- pears from the instance of Jacob , a very ancient one . HARMER , vol . iii . p . 215 . No. 24. xxxiii . 13. And he said unto him 20 GENESIS .
... from its wetness . It was certainly a very common practice ; and as it ap- pears from the instance of Jacob , a very ancient one . HARMER , vol . iii . p . 215 . No. 24. xxxiii . 13. And he said unto him 20 GENESIS .
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