The Book of JoshuaGeorge Frederick Maclear |
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... Israelites , ( a ) As governed by the successor of Moses and the elders who outlived him ; ( b ) As governed by native kings ; ( c ) As subject to foreign invaders . 2. The first of these Books , the Book of Joshua , derives its name ...
... Israelites , ( a ) As governed by the successor of Moses and the elders who outlived him ; ( b ) As governed by native kings ; ( c ) As subject to foreign invaders . 2. The first of these Books , the Book of Joshua , derives its name ...
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... Israelites invaded it ; or rather , that he proposed three things to them by letters ; that those who preferred flight , might escape ; that those who wished for peace , might enter into covenant ; and that such as were for war , might ...
... Israelites invaded it ; or rather , that he proposed three things to them by letters ; that those who preferred flight , might escape ; that those who wished for peace , might enter into covenant ; and that such as were for war , might ...
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... Israelites stood at the very threshold of the Promised Land , and it might have been sup- posed that the Sword of Vengeance , which had so long hung in suspense , would have at once descended , it was again held back , and during the ...
... Israelites stood at the very threshold of the Promised Land , and it might have been sup- posed that the Sword of Vengeance , which had so long hung in suspense , would have at once descended , it was again held back , and during the ...
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... Israelites were allowed to do literally nothing but look on and obey the commands of Him Who fought for them . Every im- pulse of nature to attack the city , to try upon its towers and battlements the skill of military science , as then ...
... Israelites were allowed to do literally nothing but look on and obey the commands of Him Who fought for them . Every im- pulse of nature to attack the city , to try upon its towers and battlements the skill of military science , as then ...
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... Israelites themselves . If in their subsequent history they had shewn themselves brutalized by the scenes through which they now passed , if they had proved afterwards violent , 1 Josh . viii . 33 , 34 . tyrannical , cruel ...
... Israelites themselves . If in their subsequent history they had shewn themselves brutalized by the scenes through which they now passed , if they had proved afterwards violent , 1 Josh . viii . 33 , 34 . tyrannical , cruel ...
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altar Amorites Asher Ave Maria Lane Bashan Beth-horon Bethel Bible Book of Joshua border boundary Caleb Cambridge Warehouse Canaan Canaanites children of Israel Chron cities cloth coast College commanded Commentary Comp covenant Crown 8vo Dead Sea Debir Demy 8vo Demy Octavo Deut Divine east Edited Egypt Ephraim Exod father Gibeon Gilead Gilgal Greek half tribe hath Hazor Hebrew Hebron Heshbon hill inhabitants inheritance Israelites Issachar Jehovah Jericho Jerusalem Jordan Joseph Josh Judah Judg king Lachish land Levites LL.D LORD Makkedah miles Moab Moses mount mountain Naphtali Palestine passed Philistines plain possession priests Reuben Shechem Shiloh side Sihon smote spake Stanley's stones suburbs Tabernacle territory thee thou town tribe of Judah tribe of Manasseh unto Joshua valley verse villages wilderness word Wyclif xviii xxiii xxiv xxxii Zebulun
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Page 10 - The Missing Fragment of the Latin Translation of the Fourth Book of Ezra, discovered, and edited with an Introduction and Notes, and a facsimile of the MS., by RL BENSLT, MA, Fellow of Gonville and Caius College.
Page 33 - This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success.
Page 151 - The blessings of thy father have prevailed above the blessings of my progenitors unto the utmost bound of the everlasting hills: they shall be on the head of Joseph, and on the crown of the head of him that was separate from his brethren.
Page 89 - And there was no day like that, before it or after it, that the LORD hearkened unto the voice of a man : for the LORD fought for Israel.
Page 40 - For the invisible things of God from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even His eternal power and Godhead...
Page 62 - In his days did Hiel the Bethelite build Jericho : he laid the foundation thereof in Abiram his firstborn, and set up the gates thereof in his youngest son Segub, according to the word of the LORD, which he spake by Joshua the son of Nun.
Page 215 - And the bones of Joseph, which the children of Israel brought up out of Egypt, buried they in Shechem, in a parcel of ground which Jacob bought of the sons of Hamor the father of Shechem for an hundred pieces of silver : and it became the inheritance of the children of Joseph.
Page 155 - But go ye now unto my place which was in Shiloh, where I set my name at the first, and see what I did to it, for the wickedness of my people Israel.
Page 213 - And Joshua said unto all the people, Behold, this stone shall be a witness unto us ; for it hath heard all the words of the LORD which he spake unto us : it shall be therefore a witness unto you, lest ye deny your God.
Page 93 - Then Horam king of Gezer came up to help Lachish; and Joshua smote him and his people, until he had left him none remaining.