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Description:Excerpt from The Saturday Magazine, Vol. 2: January to June, 1833 When the children of Israel had completely detached themselves from the dominion of the king of Egypt, the object which, in pursuance of prophecy and the divine command, they had to accomplish, was to march to the borders of that pleasant land - the land of Canaan - which had been promised of old to them, through their great ancestor Abraham. The direct road to Palestine from Rameses, the chief seat of the Hebrews in Egypt, and probably the same as Goshen, was to the north, by the line of the Mediterranean Sea; and the march in this direction, if unopposed, might, probably, have been performed in the course of four or five weeks. But all this district, or, at least, the part of it adjoining the immediate boundary of the Holy Land, was inhabited by a strong and warlike people called Philistines, and we are expressly told by Moses that it was by special direction of God himself, that the Israelites declined -the nearest road, and took, instead of it, a turn to the south or south west, and came to Succoth which Josephus supposes to be the more modern listopolis from Succoth they advanced to Etham, at the extreme northern end of the western branch of the Red Sea. This western branch was called Sinus Horoopolites, by the ancient Greeks and Romans 5 and by modern nations, the Gulf of Suez. Here they were, as Moses says, on the edge of the Wilderness, or that vast desert which is situated between the rich river-soil of the Delta of Egypt, and the southern parts of Palestine. Here they had, in fact, very nearly headed the gulf, and, if escape from Pharaoh was their immediate care, the Israelites had only to proceed a day's journey right forward, and it would be obvious that the nature of the ground, and the deficiency of water, would effec tually check the pursuit of a considerable army, the chief strength of which, we know to have consisted in chariots and cavalry. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Saturday Magazine, Vol. 2: January to June, 1833 (Classic Reprint). To get started finding The Saturday Magazine, Vol. 2: January to June, 1833 (Classic Reprint), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: Excerpt from The Saturday Magazine, Vol. 2: January to June, 1833 When the children of Israel had completely detached themselves from the dominion of the king of Egypt, the object which, in pursuance of prophecy and the divine command, they had to accomplish, was to march to the borders of that pleasant land - the land of Canaan - which had been promised of old to them, through their great ancestor Abraham. The direct road to Palestine from Rameses, the chief seat of the Hebrews in Egypt, and probably the same as Goshen, was to the north, by the line of the Mediterranean Sea; and the march in this direction, if unopposed, might, probably, have been performed in the course of four or five weeks. But all this district, or, at least, the part of it adjoining the immediate boundary of the Holy Land, was inhabited by a strong and warlike people called Philistines, and we are expressly told by Moses that it was by special direction of God himself, that the Israelites declined -the nearest road, and took, instead of it, a turn to the south or south west, and came to Succoth which Josephus supposes to be the more modern listopolis from Succoth they advanced to Etham, at the extreme northern end of the western branch of the Red Sea. This western branch was called Sinus Horoopolites, by the ancient Greeks and Romans 5 and by modern nations, the Gulf of Suez. Here they were, as Moses says, on the edge of the Wilderness, or that vast desert which is situated between the rich river-soil of the Delta of Egypt, and the southern parts of Palestine. Here they had, in fact, very nearly headed the gulf, and, if escape from Pharaoh was their immediate care, the Israelites had only to proceed a day's journey right forward, and it would be obvious that the nature of the ground, and the deficiency of water, would effec tually check the pursuit of a considerable army, the chief strength of which, we know to have consisted in chariots and cavalry. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Saturday Magazine, Vol. 2: January to June, 1833 (Classic Reprint). To get started finding The Saturday Magazine, Vol. 2: January to June, 1833 (Classic Reprint), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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