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29801 Bible History Old Testament Vol. 1, p. 119.1 (Alfred Edersheim)
… the character of his opponent and of the contest, and he sought quite another victory, and by quite other means than before. He no longer expected to prevail …
29802 Bible History Old Testament Vol. 1, p. 120.1 (Alfred Edersheim)
… with God.” In that new character would he have “power with God and men,” and “prevail” against all enemies. But the mysterious name of the Angel he must not yet know …
29803 Bible History Old Testament Vol. 1, p. 144.1 (Alfred Edersheim)
… in character that, in such straits, the wild, lawless sons of Jacob should have stood helplessly despondent, while the energies of their father were correspondingly …
29804 Bible History Old Testament Vol. 2, p. 3.3 (Alfred Edersheim)
… of God, and also the principles of Jehovah’s government for all time. For, however great the difference in the development, the essence and character of the …
29805 Bible History Old Testament Vol. 2, p. 10.1 (Alfred Edersheim)
… pure character of its primeval religion and legislation. And when the children of Israel went into the wilderness, they took, in this respect also, with them …
29806 Bible History Old Testament Vol. 2, p. 11.2 (Alfred Edersheim)
… , the character of his queen, as it appears on the monuments, is that of a proud and bitterly superstitious woman, just such as we would have expected to encourage …
29807 Bible History Old Testament Vol. 2, p. 37.1 (Alfred Edersheim)
… “the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.” The reason of the first injunction was not merely reverence, but it was prompted by the character of …
29808 Bible History Old Testament Vol. 2, p. 39.2 (Alfred Edersheim)
… of character or of deepest purpose, whence also a new name was generally given after some decisive event, which forever after stamped its character upon …
29809 Bible History Old Testament Vol. 2, p. 53.1 (Alfred Edersheim)
… the character of the Plagues sent by God, and internally in their effect upon Pharaoh and his people. Twice, before the plagues laid low the pride of Egypt, Moses …
29810 Bible History Old Testament Vol. 2, p. 54.3 (Alfred Edersheim)
… that God would certainly accomplish His purpose; it gave a fuller revelation of His character as Jehovah, with the special promises which this implied ( 6 …
29811 Bible History Old Testament Vol. 2, p. 55.3 (Alfred Edersheim)
… , the character, of His dealings at the time. Now the character of God’s dealings—and therefore His name—was in patriarchal times unquestionably El Shaddai …
29812 Bible History Old Testament Vol. 2, p. 87.1 (Alfred Edersheim)
… their character as the people of God. It was the first attack of the kingdoms of this world upon the kingdom of God, and as such it is typical of all that have followed …
29813 Bible History Old Testament Vol. 2, p. 92.1 (Alfred Edersheim)
… the character of God’s people and their destination. All the earth was God’s, not only by right of creation and possession, but as destined yet to own Him its …
29814 Bible History Old Testament Vol. 2, p. 100.3 (Alfred Edersheim)
… the God-consecrated character of the nation. Thus, at the outset all magic is exterminated ( ver. 18 ), and with it all unnatural crimes ( ver. 19 ), and idolatrous practices …
29815 Bible History Old Testament Vol. 2, p. 107.2 (Alfred Edersheim)
… the character of Israel as the people of God. Israel is His firstborn among the nations, ( Exodus 4:22, 23 ) and, as such, must be redeemed, like the firstborn son of …
29816 Bible History Old Testament Vol. 2, p. 109.1 (Alfred Edersheim)
… the character of all was typical, and in no way connected with the worthiness of Aaron or of his house.
29817 Bible History Old Testament Vol. 2, p. 114.1 (Alfred Edersheim)
… and character of the God of Israel—see, not His likeness, but His glory! ( Exodus 33:18 ) Then would all become clear, and, with fuller light, joyous assurance fill …
29818 Bible History Old Testament Vol. 2, p. 120.2 (Alfred Edersheim)
… symbolical character of all, and hence the necessity of closest adherence to the directions given, are next illustrated by the judgment which befell those …
29819 Bible History Old Testament Vol. 2, p. 156.1 (Alfred Edersheim)
… spiritual character of Israel as called of God. Thus the distinction of an outward and visible and a spiritual Church had its equivalent in the Old Testament …
29820 Bible History Old Testament Vol. 2, p. 157.1 (Alfred Edersheim)
… typical character. It was, indeed, quite true that all Israel were holy and priests, yet not in virtue of their birth or national standing, but through the typical …