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A30018 Itinerarium totius Sacræ Scripturæ, or, The travels of the holy patriarchs, prophets, judges, kings, our Saviour Christ and his apostles, as they are related in the Old and New Testaments with a description of the towns and places to which they travelled, and how many English miles they stood from Jerusalem : also, a short treatise of the weights, monies, and measures mentioned in the Scriptures, reduced to our English valuations, quantity, and weight / collected out of the works of Henry Bunting ; and done into English by R.B.; Itinerarium Sacrae Scripturae, das ist, Ein Reisebuch uber die gantze Heilige Schrifft. English. 1682 Bünting, Heinrich, 1545-1606.; Brathwaite, Richard, 1588?-1673. 1682 (1682) Wing B5362A; ESTC R37168 398,143 460

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ammorites_n and_o make_v a_o great_a slaughter_n judg._n 11._o the_o travel_n of_o that_o noble_a captain_n joshuah_n joshvah_n and_o caleb_n travel_v with_o moses_n from_o raemsis_n out_o of_o aegy●t_n through_o the_o red_a sea_n and_o come_v to_o kades-barnea_a 268_o mile_n from_o kades-barnea_a they_o be_v send_v forth_o with_o other_o spy_n to_o the_o land_n of_o canaan_n num._n 13._o and_o go_v out_o of_o the_o wilderness_n of_o zin_n and_o paran_n and_o come_v to_o the_o town_n of_o rechob_n in_o galilee_n 140_o mile_n from_o thence_o they_o go_v to_o the_o town_n of_o hamath_n in_o syria_n which_o be_v after_o call_v antiochia_n 188_o mile_n from_o hamath_n or_o antiochia_n they_o return_v again_o to_o hebron_n 304_o mile_n where_o upon_o the_o side_n of_o the_o river_n escol_n they_o cut_v off_o a_o bunch_n of_o grape_n with_o the_o stalk_n
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altar_n and_o the_o people_n stand_v upon_o mount_n hebal_n he_o cause_v the_o whole_a book_n of_o deuteronomy_n to_o be_v read_v over_o with_o the_o blessing_n and_o curse_n so_o that_o all_o the_o people_n may_v hear_v they_o for_o thus_o we_o read_v in_o jos._n 8._o the_o one_o half_a of_o the_o people_n stand_v close_o by_o mount_n gerizim_n and_o the_o other_o by_o mount_n hebal_n etc._n etc._n deut._n chap._n 27._o these_o two_o great_a mountain_n begin_v upon_o the_o right_a side_n of_o the_o city_n sichar_n and_o extend_v themselves_o in_o length_n to_o the_o city_n of_o jericho_n upon_o the_o left_a side_n of_o this_o well_o be_v to_o be_v see_v the_o ruin_n of_o a_o great_a town_n which_o be_v think_v to_o be_v the_o old_a sichem_n and_o by_o the_o relic_n that_o remain_v there_o it_o may_v be_v judge_v to_o have_v be_v a_o very_a goodly_a city_n for_o there_o be_v yet_o to_o be_v see_v certain_a break_a pillar_n of_o marble_n as_o also_o large_a and_o spacious_a building_n 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