Conversations on the Bible: Between a Mother and Her ChildrenHarrison Hall, 1837 - 360 pages |
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Page 113
... prophet , but indifferently acquainted with the true God , would be more highly favoured . Fanny . Why then should we put any faith in the pro- phecy of such a man as Balaam , a soothsayer , an en- chanter ? Mother . The people ...
... prophet , but indifferently acquainted with the true God , would be more highly favoured . Fanny . Why then should we put any faith in the pro- phecy of such a man as Balaam , a soothsayer , an en- chanter ? Mother . The people ...
Page 114
... priesthood in his family . * A star , in the Egyptian hieroglyphics , denoted a deity - in the prophetic writings , a star and a sceptre denoted a prince or ruler . MIDIANITES VANQUISHED 115 But the Midianites , who , had.
... priesthood in his family . * A star , in the Egyptian hieroglyphics , denoted a deity - in the prophetic writings , a star and a sceptre denoted a prince or ruler . MIDIANITES VANQUISHED 115 But the Midianites , who , had.
Page 127
... Prophets . " Having finished his address to the people , he pronounced a prophetic blessing on each tribe , and gave a parting charge to Joshua , in the presence of all Israel , assuring him , both for his and their encouragement , that ...
... Prophets . " Having finished his address to the people , he pronounced a prophetic blessing on each tribe , and gave a parting charge to Joshua , in the presence of all Israel , assuring him , both for his and their encouragement , that ...
Page 129
... prophetic ode , in the 31st chapter of Deuteronomy , is said by an elegant and learned writer on Hebrew poetry , to be " sin- gularly magnificent , and scarcely to be paralleled from all the choicest treasures of the muses . " As a prophet ...
... prophetic ode , in the 31st chapter of Deuteronomy , is said by an elegant and learned writer on Hebrew poetry , to be " sin- gularly magnificent , and scarcely to be paralleled from all the choicest treasures of the muses . " As a prophet ...
Page 148
... prophet Samuel , and some reduce its date still lower . But whoever was the author , it is agreed on all hands , that if not written chiefly by the great- captain of the Israelites , it was compiled from authentic documents , left by ...
... prophet Samuel , and some reduce its date still lower . But whoever was the author , it is agreed on all hands , that if not written chiefly by the great- captain of the Israelites , it was compiled from authentic documents , left by ...
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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...