Observations on Various Passages of Scripture: Placing Them in a New Light; and Ascertaining the Meaning of Several, Not Determinable by the Methods Commonly Made Use of by the Learned, Volume 3

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J. Johnson, 1808 - Bible

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Nature of the Encampments used in the East
430
Curious Remarks on Habbakkuk i 8
431
Of the ancient Division of Companies into ten Men each
435
A remarkable Illustration of Gideons Defeat of the Midianites
438
Curious Illustration of 2 Kings vii 12
443
Curious Illustration of Joel iii 3
446
Stopping up the Wells an Act of Hostility in the East
447
Curious Illustration of 1 Sam v 110
450
Manner of introducing a Captive Prince into the Towns of a victorious Kingdom
453
Dust very injurious in the EastOf the bitter
457
Waters c
467
Of the Time of the Year in which they usually began their Campaigns in the East
476
Farther Particulars on the same Subject
482
Hail and Rain dreadful in the East
484
Curious Illustration of 2 Kings vii 15
485
A Sword hanging at the Neck a Token of Humiliation and Subjection
487
Curious Illustration of 1 Kings xx 34
489
Barbarous Customs used by Victors in refe rence to the dead Bodies of their Enemies
492
Particular Places used for Prayer previous to Battle
493
People in the East often carry their whole Fa milies with them when they go to War
495
The granting of a Banner a sign of Protec tion
496
The Heads of Enemies cut off to serve
498
Of their Writings relative to the Convey
506
Taxes paid in Kind i e by a Part
513
Mode of Drawing up Decrees in the East
519
CHAP X
525
Method of catching the Crocodile in Egypt
536
Cause of the Pestilence in Egypt
543
Explanation of the third Plague of Egypt
549
Of the Illuminations made on the Nile
557
Of the Excellence of the Waters of the Nile
564
Farther Illustration of Exod vii 19
571

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Page 109 - Thy dead men shall live, together with my dead body shall they arise. Awake and sing, ye that dwell in dust; for thy dew is as the dew of herbs, and the earth shall cast out the dead.
Page 231 - I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding ; and, lo, it was all grown over with thorns, and nettles had covered the face thereof, and the stone wall thereof was broken down.
Page 447 - And they have cast lots for my people; and have given a boy for an harlot, and sold a girl for wine that they might drink.
Page 93 - Woe unto you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites ! because ye build the tombs of the prophets, and garnish the sepulchres of the righteous, and say, If we had been in the days of our fathers, we would not have been partakers with them in the blood of the prophets.
Page 509 - Go, and tell this people, Hear ye indeed, but understand not ; and see ye indeed, but perceive not. Make the heart of this people fat, and make their ears heavy, and shut their eyes ; lest they see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and convert; and be healed.
Page 59 - Oh that my words were now written! Oh that they were printed in a book! That they were graven with an iron pen and lead In the rock for ever!
Page 243 - Thou shalt also consider in thine heart, that, as a man chasteneth his son, so the Lord thy God chasteneth thee. Therefore thou shalt keep the commandments of the Lord thy God, to walk in his ways, and to fear him. For the Lord thy God bringeth thee into a good land, a land of brooks of water, of fountains and depths that spring out of valleys and hills...
Page 567 - And the Lord spake unto Moses, Say unto Aaron, Take thy rod, and stretch out thine hand upon the waters of Egypt, upon their streams, upon their rivers, and upon their ponds, and upon all their pools of water, that they may become blood ; and that there may be blood throughout the land of Egypt, both in vessels of wood, and in vessels of stone.
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Page 82 - By faith he sojourned in the land of promise, as in a strange country, dwelling in tabernacles with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise; for he looked for a city which hath foundations, whose builder and maker is God.

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