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... village is called to cut his throat ; if this be omitted , they believe that the departed soul has not entered the mansions of the blessed . " 3 But it is with the death of the god - man -- the divine king or priest - that we are here ...
... village is called to cut his throat ; if this be omitted , they believe that the departed soul has not entered the mansions of the blessed . " 3 But it is with the death of the god - man -- the divine king or priest - that we are here ...
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... village . It was believed to be the soul of a dead medicine - man , who suddenly appeared in this form to announce that he wanted meat , and that , as a preliminary measure , he proposed to visit somebody with an attack of dysentery ...
... village . It was believed to be the soul of a dead medicine - man , who suddenly appeared in this form to announce that he wanted meat , and that , as a preliminary measure , he proposed to visit somebody with an attack of dysentery ...
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... goats and smear their blood on the gateways of the village ( Miss Mary H. Kingsley , Travels in West Africa , p . 454 , com- pare p . 451 ) . butchery but a regular custom , which with the growth 48 CHAP . THE PASSOVER.
... goats and smear their blood on the gateways of the village ( Miss Mary H. Kingsley , Travels in West Africa , p . 454 , com- pare p . 451 ) . butchery but a regular custom , which with the growth 48 CHAP . THE PASSOVER.
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... village . Amongst the personages who figure in the procession are a Moorish king with a sooty face and a crown on his head , a Dr. Iron - Beard , a corporal , and an executioner . They halt on the village - green , and each of the ...
... village . Amongst the personages who figure in the procession are a Moorish king with a sooty face and a crown on his head , a Dr. Iron - Beard , a corporal , and an executioner . They halt on the village - green , and each of the ...
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... village go out to seek him . They find him , lead him captive out of the wood , and fire at him with blank muskets . He falls like dead to the ground , but a lad dressed as a doctor bleeds him , and he comes to life again . At this they ...
... village go out to seek him . They find him , lead him captive out of the wood , and fire at him with blank muskets . He falls like dead to the ground , but a lad dressed as a doctor bleeds him , and he comes to life again . At this they ...
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Page 40 - When thou art come into the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee, thou shalt not learn to do after the abominations of those nations. There shall not be found among you any one that maketh his son or his daughter to pass through the fire...
Page 41 - ... There shall not be found among you any one that maketh his son or his daughter to pass through the fire, or that useth divination, or an observer of times, or an enchanter, or a witch, or a charmer, or a consulter with familiar spirits, or a wizard, or a necromancer. For all that do these things are an abomination unto the Lord : and because of these abominations the Lord thy God doth drive them out from before thee, Thou shalt be perfect with the Lord thy God.
Page 43 - Wherewith shall I come before the LORD, and bow myself before the high God ? shall I come before him with burnt offerings, with calves of a year old ? Will the LORD be pleased with thousands of rams, or with ten thousands of rivers of oil? shall I give my firstborn for my transgression, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul...
Page 45 - But the firstling of a cow, or the firstling of a sheep, or the firstling of a goat...
Page 44 - And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, " Sanctify unto me all the firstborn, whatsoever openeth the womb among the children of Israel, both of man and of beast : it is mine.
Page 41 - ... vanity, and became vain, and went after the heathen that were round about them, concerning whom the LORD had charged them, that they should not do like them. 16 And they left all the commandments of the LORD their God, and made them molten images, even two calves, and made a grove, and worshipped all the host of heaven, and served Baal.
Page 45 - Thou shalt not delay to offer the first of thy ripe fruits, and of thy liquors : the firstborn of thy sons shalt thou give unto me. Likewise shalt thou do with thine oxen, and with thy sheep : seven days it shall be with his dam ; on the eighth day thou shalt give It me.
Page 41 - They did not destroy the nations, Concerning whom the Lord commanded them : But were mingled among the heathen, and learned their works. And they served their idols : Which were a snare unto them. Yea, they sacrificed their sons and their daughters unto devils, and shed innocent blood, Even the blood of their sons and of their daughters, Whom they sacrificed unto the idols of Canaan: And the land was polluted with blood.
Page 8 - Chitome were to die a natural death, the world would perish, and the earth, which he alone sustained by his power and merit, would immediately be annihilated. Accordingly when he fell ill and seemed likely to die, the man who was destined to be his successor entered the pontiff's house with a rope or a club and strangled or clubbed him to death.
Page 41 - There shall not be found with thee any one that maketh his son or his daughter to pass through the fire, one that useth divination, one that practiseth augury, or an enchanter, or a sorcerer, or a charmer, or a consulter with a familiar spirit, or a wizard, or a necromancer.