Quæstiones Mosaicæ: Or the Book of Genesis Compared with the Remains of Ancient ReligionsJohn Bohn, 1842 - 497 pages |
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Page 68
... offered by the Carthage- nians , is mentioned by Diodorus Sic . ( vol . ix , lib . xx , c . xiv , p . 40 , Bip . ) ; and the atonement of Ames- tris , the wife of Xerxes , who , accord- ing to Herodotus , buried alive twelve Persian ...
... offered by the Carthage- nians , is mentioned by Diodorus Sic . ( vol . ix , lib . xx , c . xiv , p . 40 , Bip . ) ; and the atonement of Ames- tris , the wife of Xerxes , who , accord- ing to Herodotus , buried alive twelve Persian ...
Page 88
... Typhon the detested red ox was sacrificed , though a sin- gle white or black hair saved him , as nothing that was dear to the Gods could be offered to the evil one . mind was so occupied with the unity of God , 88 CHAPTER III .
... Typhon the detested red ox was sacrificed , though a sin- gle white or black hair saved him , as nothing that was dear to the Gods could be offered to the evil one . mind was so occupied with the unity of God , 88 CHAPTER III .
Page 121
... offering to Toosip , the old man of the water . " Toosip he described as a great red man with white hair , and who could do them good and harm . He had neither bow , nor assegai , nor wife . They pray to him thus : " O great father ...
... offering to Toosip , the old man of the water . " Toosip he described as a great red man with white hair , and who could do them good and harm . He had neither bow , nor assegai , nor wife . They pray to him thus : " O great father ...
Page 129
... offering animal sacrifices . In the Zend , the first sacrifice re- corded is the oblation of that por- tion of the sheep which Meschia and Meschiane did not eat , and which was carried up to heaven ( supra , p . 78 ) , an animal ...
... offering animal sacrifices . In the Zend , the first sacrifice re- corded is the oblation of that por- tion of the sheep which Meschia and Meschiane did not eat , and which was carried up to heaven ( supra , p . 78 ) , an animal ...
Page 130
... offering to the gods ; but soon the best of the corn and oil , the choicest of the flock or herd only are worthy of God's acceptance , - and then , too , they must be sacrificed at some appointed time , in some appointed place , and ...
... offering to the gods ; but soon the best of the corn and oil , the choicest of the flock or herd only are worthy of God's acceptance , - and then , too , they must be sacrificed at some appointed time , in some appointed place , and ...
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Page 220 - And of every living thing of all flesh two of every sort shalt thou bring into the ark to keep them alive with thee ; they shall be male and female.
Page 220 - Of every clean beast thou shalt take to thee by sevens, the male and his female: and of beasts that are not clean by two, the male and his female.
Page 220 - For yet seven days, and I will cause it to rain upon the earth forty days and forty nights; and every living substance that I have made will I destroy from off the face of the earth.
Page 221 - And they that went in, went in male and female of all flesh, as God had commanded him : and the LORD shut him in.
Page 222 - And I will establish my covenant with you; neither shall all flesh be cut off any more by the waters of a flood; neither shall there any more be a flood to destroy the earth.
Page 222 - And every living substance was destroyed which was upon the face of the ground, both man, and cattle, and the creeping things, and the fowl of the heaven; and they were destroyed from the earth: and Noah only remained alive, and they that were with him in the ark.
Page 221 - And Noah went forth, and his sons and his wife and his sons
Page 200 - And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me ; for the earth is filled with violence through them ; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth.
Page 222 - I will not again curse the ground any more for man's sake ; for the imagination of man's heart is evil from his youth ; neither will I again smite any more every thing living, as I have done.
Page 201 - Also he sent forth a dove from him, to see if the waters were abated from off the face of the ground; but the dove found no rest for the sole of her foot, and she returned unto him into the ark...