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2601 Bible History Old Testament Vol. 2, p. 92.1 (Alfred Edersheim)
… ,” His choice treasure—for this the Hebrew expression implies or, as St. Paul—( Titus 2:14 ) and St. Peter ( 1 Peter 2:9 ) explain it, “a peculiar people.” The manner in which …
2602 Bible History Old Testament Vol. 2, p. 99.1 (Alfred Edersheim)
… own choice or preferences. For grace lies at the foundation of all praise and prayer.
2603 Bible History Old Testament Vol. 2, p. 162.1 (Alfred Edersheim)
… the choice of the almond, which blossoms first of trees, without its deep meaning. For the almond, which bursts earliest into flower and fruit, is called in Hebrew …
2604 Bible History Old Testament Vol. 3, p. 14.2 (Alfred Edersheim)
… his choice and decided his fate.
2605 Bible History Old Testament Vol. 3, p. 40.2 (Alfred Edersheim)
… , the choice of the house of Rahab, the harlot, was certainly the wisest for their purpose. But even so, in the excited state of the public mind, when, as we know ( Joshua …
2606 Bible History Old Testament Vol. 3, p. 53.3 (Alfred Edersheim)
… fatal choice of residence ( Genesis 13:4, 10 ). Standing on this hill, a valley is seen to stretch westward to Bethel, while eastward, around Ai, “the wadys which at …
2607 Bible History Old Testament Vol. 3, p. 80.1 (Alfred Edersheim)
… personal choice. This on account of their exceptional faithfulness, and as the sole survivors of the generation to whom the land had been given. It was as if …
2608 Bible History Old Testament Vol. 3, p. 82.2 (Alfred Edersheim)
… ). The choice of Shiloh was, no doubt, Divinely directed ( Deuteronomy 12:11 ). It was specially suitable for the purpose, not only from its central situation—about …
2609 Bible History Old Testament Vol. 3, p. 88.2 (Alfred Edersheim)
… spiritual choice. Both discourses are marked by absence of all self-exaltation or reference to his own achievements. It is the language of one who, after long …
2610 Bible History Old Testament Vol. 3, p. 89.1 (Alfred Edersheim)
… decisive choice of Jehovah as their God. In the Hebrew with the article “the God,” to indicate that it was the only true and living Elohim. In 24:9 : “Then Balak.... arose …
2611 Bible History Old Testament Vol. 3, p. 149.2 (Alfred Edersheim)
… personal choice, as the motive power of which the Lord makes use for higher purposes. We leave aside the question, whether or not Samson had, at the outset, realized …
2612 Bible History Old Testament Vol. 3, p. 154.2 (Alfred Edersheim)
… the choice red grape. The Philistine princes have learned it at last, that force cannot prevail against Samson, until by his own act of unfaithfulness he has …
2613 Bible History Old Testament Vol. 3, p. 160.1 (Alfred Edersheim)
… her choice, and the words in which she intimated it have deservedly become almost proverbial in the church. There is such ardor and earnestness about them …
2614 Bible History Old Testament Vol. 4, p. 38.1 (Alfred Edersheim)
… deliberate choice in view of the whole case, the “elders” persisted in their demand. And, truth to say, in the then political circumstances of the land, with the …
2615 Bible History Old Testament Vol. 4, p. 40.2 (Alfred Edersheim)
… the choice of Saul at the first, his failure afterwards, and his final rejection. The people obtained precisely what they wanted; and because he who was their …
2616 Bible History Old Testament Vol. 4, p. 40.3 (Alfred Edersheim)
… his choice in the first instance, and then for his fall and final rejection. But thus read, there is a strict unity about his whole history, and his outward religiousness …
2617 Bible History Old Testament Vol. 4, p. 41.1 (Alfred Edersheim)
… only “choice and goodly,” like all his race, but apparently as handsome as any man in the land, and taller than any by head and shoulders. In any country and age this …
2618 Bible History Old Testament Vol. 4, p. 43.1 (Alfred Edersheim)
… the choice of Eliab!
2619 Bible History Old Testament Vol. 4, p. 49.3 (Alfred Edersheim)
… his choice of either one or the other would be decisive, both so far as his life and his kingdom were concerned.
2620 Bible History Old Testament Vol. 4, p. 50.2 (Alfred Edersheim)
… the choice of Saul had been a secret between the messenger of the Lord and the new king. As in every other case, so in this, God would give the person called to most …