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... of the climate in the latter district is thus noticed by Josephus in his History of the Jewish War , iv . 8 , §3 : - " It will not be easy to light on any climate in the habitable earth that can well be compared to it ( DESERTS . 11.
... of the climate in the latter district is thus noticed by Josephus in his History of the Jewish War , iv . 8 , §3 : - " It will not be easy to light on any climate in the habitable earth that can well be compared to it ( DESERTS . 11.
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... latter " rains , respectively , before and after midwinter . Thus we read : - " If ye shall hearken diligently unto my commandments I will give you the rain of your land in his due season , the first rain , and the latter rain " ( Deut ...
... latter " rains , respectively , before and after midwinter . Thus we read : - " If ye shall hearken diligently unto my commandments I will give you the rain of your land in his due season , the first rain , and the latter rain " ( Deut ...
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... latter rain " ( Joel ii . 23 ) . In each of these passages the recurrence of the rain at the two sea- sons is represented as one of the most valuable blessings bestowed by Jehovah on His people , and we can well understand that the ...
... latter rain " ( Joel ii . 23 ) . In each of these passages the recurrence of the rain at the two sea- sons is represented as one of the most valuable blessings bestowed by Jehovah on His people , and we can well understand that the ...
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... latter rains , for which the husbandmen waited with longing , seem rather to have implied the first showers of autumn , which revived the parched and thirsty earth , and prepared it for the seed ; and the later showers of spring , which ...
... latter rains , for which the husbandmen waited with longing , seem rather to have implied the first showers of autumn , which revived the parched and thirsty earth , and prepared it for the seed ; and the later showers of spring , which ...
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... latter part of this passage supplies an excellent illustration of the image used by the prophet Hosea to describe the short- lived amendment of the Israelites : - " O Ephraim , what shall I do unto thee ? O Judah , what shall I do unto ...
... latter part of this passage supplies an excellent illustration of the image used by the prophet Hosea to describe the short- lived amendment of the Israelites : - " O Ephraim , what shall I do unto thee ? O Judah , what shall I do unto ...
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Página 13 - And it came to pass at the seventh time, that he said, Behold, there ariseth a little cloud out of the sea like a man's hand.
Página 58 - There were two men in one city ; the one rich, and the other poor. The rich man had exceeding many flocks and herds: but the poor man had nothing, save one little ewe lamb, which he had bought and nourished up : and it grew up together with him, and with his children; it did eat of his own meat, and drank of his own cup, and lay in his bosom, and was unto him as a daughter.
Página 173 - A fire devoureth before them, and behind them a flame burneth: The land is as the Garden of Eden before them, and behind them a desolate wilderness: Yea, and nothing shall escape them.
Página 298 - Thou hast brought a vine out of Egypt : Thou hast cast out the heathen, and planted it. Thou preparedst room before it, And didst cause it to take deep root, And it filled the land. The hills were covered with the shadow of it, And the boughs thereof were like the goodly cedars. She sent out her boughs unto the sea, And her branches unto the river.
Página 302 - I have spoken unto you. Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine...
Página 190 - And Moses stretched forth his hand over the sea, and the sea returned to his strength when the morning appeared ; and the Egyptians fled against it; and the LORD overthrew the Egyptians in...
Página 152 - And there went forth a wind from the LORD, and brought quails from the sea, and let them fall by the camp, as it were a day's journey on this side, and as it were a day's journey on the other side, round about the camp, and as it were two cubits high upon the face of the earth.
Página 107 - Will the unicorn be willing to serve thee, or abide by thy crib? Canst thou bind the unicorn with his band in the furrow ? or will he harrow the valleys after thee?
Página 128 - But the dove found no rest for the sole of her foot, and she returned unto him into the ark...
Página 130 - She dwelleth and abideth on the rock, upon the crag of the rock, and the strong place. 29 From thence she seeketh the prey, and her eyes behold afar off. 30 Her young ones also suck up blood: and where the slain are, there is she.