Oriental Customs: Or, An Illustration of the Sacred Scriptures, by an Explanatory Application of the Customs and Manners of the Eastern Nations and Especially the Jews Therein Alluded to : Together with Observations on Many Difficult and Obscure Texts Collected from the Most Celebrated Travellers, and the Most Eminent Critics, Volume 1William W. Woodward, 1807 - 418 pages |
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Page 35
... camel's furniture . ] POCOCKE informs us , that " one method of conveyance , still used in the East , is by means of a sort of round basket , slung on each side of a camel , ( with a cover , ) which holds all their necessanies , and on ...
... camel's furniture . ] POCOCKE informs us , that " one method of conveyance , still used in the East , is by means of a sort of round basket , slung on each side of a camel , ( with a cover , ) which holds all their necessanies , and on ...
Page 49
... camels and herds of goats , which are admitted to browze after the vintage . " If those animals are so fond of vine leaves , it is no wonder that Moses , by an express law , forbad a man's causing another man's vineyard to be eaten by ...
... camels and herds of goats , which are admitted to browze after the vintage . " If those animals are so fond of vine leaves , it is no wonder that Moses , by an express law , forbad a man's causing another man's vineyard to be eaten by ...
Page 57
... camel . A camel , therefore , was seized , and brought without the town , and there a number on both sides having met , they upbraided the camel with every thing that had been either said or done . The camel had killed men ; he had ...
... camel . A camel , therefore , was seized , and brought without the town , and there a number on both sides having met , they upbraided the camel with every thing that had been either said or done . The camel had killed men ; he had ...
Page 70
... camel . They are then all besmeared on the outside with grease , as well to hinder the water from oozing through , as to prevent its being evaporated by the heat of the sun upon the girba , which , in fact happened to us twice , so as ...
... camel . They are then all besmeared on the outside with grease , as well to hinder the water from oozing through , as to prevent its being evaporated by the heat of the sun upon the girba , which , in fact happened to us twice , so as ...
Page 74
... camel's burden . HARMER , vol . ii . p . 18 . No. 78. iii . 19. All that stood by him went out from him . ] From a circumstance mentioned by Mr. BRUCE , it appears that Ehud acted in strict conformity to the customs of the time and ...
... camel's burden . HARMER , vol . ii . p . 18 . No. 78. iii . 19. All that stood by him went out from him . ] From a circumstance mentioned by Mr. BRUCE , it appears that Ehud acted in strict conformity to the customs of the time and ...
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