...call on the name of the LORD his God, and f strike his hand over the place, and recover the leper. 12 ourning for Jacob. 4 Joseph getteth leave of Pharaoh...brethren, who craved hit pardon. 22 Hit age. '.'.!//, 13 And his servants came near, and spake unto him, and said, My father, if the prophet had bid thee...

...being sacred, seems to have prevailed amongst other heathen nations. Hence Naaman, the Syrian, said, 'Are not Abana and Pharpar, rivers of Damascus, better...waters of Israel ? May I not wash in them and be clean ? 1 It is ascertained, that there are six places of this name, five of which are situated on the river...

...went away, aud said, Behold, I thought, He will surely come out to me, and stand, and call on the name of the LORD his GOD, and strike his hand over the place, and recover the leper. Are not Abana and Pharphar, rivers of Damascus, better than all the watfcrs of Israel ? may I not wash in them, and be...

...he, " that 84 the Man of God will surely come out to " me, and stand and call on the name of the w Lord his God, and strike his hand over " the place, and recover the leper. Are not " Abana and Pharphar, rivers of Damascus, " better than all the waters of Israel? May ** I not wash in them, and...

...into rivers, and, floating to the sides, are devoured by dogs, vultures, and crows. 1 Kings v. 12. ' Are not Abana and Pharpar, rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel ?' A contention respecting the superior efficacy of rivers is not uncommon in this...

...his own leprosy. " Behold, I thought, He will surely come out to me, and stand, and call on the name of the Lord, his God, and strike his hand over the place, and recover the leper." Not one iota of his conjecture was realized. The prophet did not come out, nor assume the supposed...

...went away, and said, Behold, I thought, He will surely come out to me, and stand, and call on the name ve mercy on thee, saith the LORD thy Redeemer. 9 For this is 12 Are not Abana and Pharpar, rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel ? may 1 not...

...J 1 Sam. xxv. 38. ^ 1 Cor. i. 27. 5 Chap.xii. 1— 6. • to the eye or the mind. " Are not Abana, Pharpar, rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel? may I not wash in them and be clean ?"* It is possible they are much superior, but Jordan's streams are to cleanse the leper. If opportunities...

...went away, and said, Behold, I thought, He will surely come out to me, and stand, and call on the name ^ And it came to pass, that there went ant tome of the p aud recover the leper. 12 Are not Abana and Pharpar, rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters...

...desired by Elisha to bath in the river Jordan for the cure of the leprosy, exclaimed, are not Abanar and Pharpar, rivers of Damascus, better than all the...waters of Israel ? May I not wash in them and be clean ? By the Romans bathing was held in great estimation, probably as a luxury, for according to F;ibricius,...