Conversations on the Bible: Between a Mother and Her ChildrenHarrison Hall, 1837 - 360 pages |
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Page 133
... follow next at the distance of two thousand cubits from the ark , and the nine other tribes in regular order , to bring up the rear . Twelve men , one out of every tribe , were appointed to erect a pillar of stones in the midst of the ...
... follow next at the distance of two thousand cubits from the ark , and the nine other tribes in regular order , to bring up the rear . Twelve men , one out of every tribe , were appointed to erect a pillar of stones in the midst of the ...
Page 158
... follow his example . He then descended into the valley , and stationed them on three sides of the hostile camp . It was night , and the Midian- ites had set their watch and gone to sleep . Suddenly , a loud blast from the trumpets of ...
... follow his example . He then descended into the valley , and stationed them on three sides of the hostile camp . It was night , and the Midian- ites had set their watch and gone to sleep . Suddenly , a loud blast from the trumpets of ...
Page 172
... follow their apostacy . When they obeyed the injunctions of the law , they were happy ; but when they mingled the polytheism of the hea- thens , with their own divine institutions , they were torn by civil discord , and subjugated by ...
... follow their apostacy . When they obeyed the injunctions of the law , they were happy ; but when they mingled the polytheism of the hea- thens , with their own divine institutions , they were torn by civil discord , and subjugated by ...
Page 178
... follows . The brief annals of the Judges afford but an indistinct idea of the nature of their administration . Indeed it would seem to have had no uniform character . " " With respect to their military chiefs , it is distinctly re ...
... follows . The brief annals of the Judges afford but an indistinct idea of the nature of their administration . Indeed it would seem to have had no uniform character . " " With respect to their military chiefs , it is distinctly re ...
Page 187
... follow Saul and Samuel , so shall it be done unto his oxen : " in the mean time he as- sured the anxious Gileadites that they should have help . Three hundred and thirty thousand men were speedily marched to their relief , and the ...
... follow Saul and Samuel , so shall it be done unto his oxen : " in the mean time he as- sured the anxious Gileadites that they should have help . Three hundred and thirty thousand men were speedily marched to their relief , and the ...
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Page 342 - For the children of Israel shall abide many days without a king, and without a prince, and without a sacrifice, and without an image, and without an ephod, and without teraphim: afterward shall the children of Israel return, and seek the Lord their God, and David their king; and shall fear the Lord and his goodness in the latter days.
Page 239 - What portion have we in David ? neither have we inheritance in the son of Jesse: to your tents, O Israel : now see to thine own house, David.
Page 146 - And if it seem evil unto you to serve the LORD, choose you this day whom ye will serve ; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell : but as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD.
Page 245 - And she said, as the Lord thy God liveth, I have not a cake, but an handful of meal in a barrel and a little oil in a cruse: and behold, I am gathering two sticks, that I may go in and dress it for me and my son, that we may eat it and die.
Page 298 - This matter is by the decree of the watchers, and the demand by the word of the holy ones : to the intent that the living may know that the most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will, and setteth up over it the basest of men.
Page 129 - The Lord thy God will raise up unto thee a Prophet from the midst of thee, of thy brethren, like unto me ; unto him ye shall hearken...
Page 113 - If Balak would give me his house full of silver and gold, I cannot go beyond the word of the LORD my God, to do less or more.
Page 275 - Behold, I will send a blast upon him, and he shall hear a rumour, and shall return to his own land ; and I will cause him to fall by the sword in his own land.
Page 147 - If ye forsake the Lord, and serve strange gods, then he will turn and do you hurt, and consume you, after that he hath done you good.
Page 81 - And the LORD went before them by day in a pillar of a cloud, to lead them the way; and by night in a pillar of fire, to give them light; to go by day and night...