The Land and the Book ; Or, Biblical Illustrations Drawn from the Manners and Customs, the Scenes and Scenery of the Holy Land |
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... Sheikh of Kerak in this sort of desperate daring . They were descending into Wady il ' Ahsa : " It had now become dark , and this was , without exception , the most dangerous route I ever travelled in my life . The descent is steep ...
... Sheikh of Kerak in this sort of desperate daring . They were descending into Wady il ' Ahsa : " It had now become dark , and this was , without exception , the most dangerous route I ever travelled in my life . The descent is steep ...
Page 90
... Sheikh late in December when there was none . It ordinarily disappears , except from sheltered ravines , early in April ; and yet the mountain tops are sometimes covered with fresh snow late in May . These are , indeed , great ...
... Sheikh late in December when there was none . It ordinarily disappears , except from sheltered ravines , early in April ; and yet the mountain tops are sometimes covered with fresh snow late in May . These are , indeed , great ...
Page 122
... pride and jealousy , and then they are not only absurd , but barbarous . For example , a Druse sheikh , or wealthy Moslem , when he calls a physician for INFERIORITY OF WOMAN . 123 IX . any of his 122 THE LAND AND THE BOOK .
... pride and jealousy , and then they are not only absurd , but barbarous . For example , a Druse sheikh , or wealthy Moslem , when he calls a physician for INFERIORITY OF WOMAN . 123 IX . any of his 122 THE LAND AND THE BOOK .
Page 123
... sheikh who carries these jealous precautions to a still more ridiculous extreme . He never allows his women to go out of the harem ( women's apartments ) except at night , and not then until servants are sent ahead to clear the roads ...
... sheikh who carries these jealous precautions to a still more ridiculous extreme . He never allows his women to go out of the harem ( women's apartments ) except at night , and not then until servants are sent ahead to clear the roads ...
Page 125
... sheikh , beg , or emeer invites , he always sends a servant to call you at the proper time . This servant often repeats the very formula mentioned in Luke Calling to xiv . 17 : " Tefuddŭlû , el ' asha hâder " - " Come , for the supper ...
... sheikh , beg , or emeer invites , he always sends a servant to call you at the proper time . This servant often repeats the very formula mentioned in Luke Calling to xiv . 17 : " Tefuddŭlû , el ' asha hâder " - " Come , for the supper ...
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Page 600 - 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 484 - Elijah took twelve stones, according to the number of the tribes of the sons of Jacob, unto whom the word of the LORD came, saying, Israel shall be thy name...
Page 484 - And the hand of the LORD was on Elijah : and he girded up his loins ; and ran before Ahab to the entrance of Jezreel.
Page 97 - For the life of the flesh is in the blood: and I have given it to you upon the altar to make an atonement for your souls : for it is the blood that maketh an atonement for the soul.
Page 372 - Then Jacob was greatly afraid and distressed : and he divided the people that was with him, and the flocks, and herds, and the camels, into two bands ; and said, If Esau come to the one company, and smite it, then the other company which is left shall escape.
Page 696 - Beautiful for situation, the joy of the whole earth, is mount Zion, on the sides of the north, the city of the great King.
Page 25 - And the Lord said, If ye had faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye might say unto this sycamine tree, Be thou plucked up by the root, and be thou planted in the sea ; and it should obey you.
Page 421 - For they covered the face of the whole earth, so that the land was darkened; and they did eat every herb of the land, and all the fruit of the trees which the hail had left; and there remained not any green thing in the trees, or in the herbs of the field, through all the land of Egypt.
Page 652 - I like not to take her; then shall his brother's wife come unto him in the presence of the elders, and loose his shoe from off his foot, and spit in his face, and shall answer and say, So shall it be done unto that man that will not build up his brother's house. And his name shall be called in Israel, The house of him that hath his shoe loosed.
Page 135 - These see the works of the Lord, and his wonders in the deep. For he commandeth and raiseth the stormy wind, which lifteth up the waves thereof. They mount up to the heaven, they go down again to the depths : their soul is melted because of trouble.