Palestine Or the Holy Land: From the Earliest Period to the Present Time. With a Map and Nine Engravings |
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Page 104 - For Moses of old time hath in every city them that preach him, being read in the synagogues every sabbath day.
Page 237 - And rose up, and thrust him out of the city, and led him unto the brow of the hill whereon their city was built, that they might cast him down headlong.
Page 193 - So Moses the servant of the LORD died there in the land of Moab, according to the word of the LORD. And he buried him in a valley in the land of Moab, over against Beth-peor: but no man knoweth of his sepulchre unto this day.
Page 84 - And immediately the angel of the Lord smote him, because he gave not God the glory: and he was eaten of worms, and gave up the ghost.
Page 65 - I will add to your yoke : my father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.
Page 107 - Ye shall dwell in booths seven days ; all that are Israelites born shall dwell in booths: that your generations may know that I made the children of Israel to dwell in booths, when I brought them out of the land of Egypt : I am the Lord your God.
Page 104 - But go ye now unto my place which was in Shiloh, where I set my name at the first, and see what I did to it for the wickedness of my people Israel.
Page 70 - HOW doth the city sit solitary, that was full of people ! How is she become as a widow ! she that was great among the nations, And princess among the provinces, how is she become tributary!
Page 104 - And she called unto her husband, and said, Send me, I pray thee, one of the young men, and one of the asses, that I may run to the man of God, and come again.
Page 27 - God bringeth thee into a good land, a land of brooks of water, of fountains and depths, that spring out of valleys and hills; A land of wheat and barley, and vines, and fig trees and pomegranates; a land of oil olive, and honey.
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| Title | Palestine Or the Holy Land: From the Earliest Period to the Present Time. With a Map and Nine Engravings Issue 27 of Harper's Stereotype edition. Family Library |
| Author | Michael Russell |
| Publisher | Printed & Pub. by J. & J. Harper, 1833 |
| Original from | the New York Public Library |
| Digitized | Aug 17, 2007 |
| Length | 336 pages |
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