...be described as " a land of hills and valleys, which drinketh water of the rain of heaven,"* or " a land of brooks of water, of fountains and depths that spring out of valleys and hills," t the first luxury of Jewish imagination is, alas ! (as far as the majority of...

...immersion ! The spring rains had ceased, it is true ; but Palestine was a well-watered country — ' a land of brooks of water, of fountains and depths that spring out of valleys and hills,' Deut. 8: 7 ; and to suppose, that in the latter part of May, when their summer...

...for the high recollections and glorious promises associated with it. It was indeed " a good land, a land of brooks of water, of fountains and depths, that spring out of valleys and hills *." From Dan to Beersheba it flowed with milk and honey, and was varied with all...

...by- numerous brooks and streams; whence it ia not more emphatically than beautifully described as a land of brooks of water, of fountains and depths, that spring out of valleys and hills. And the same preference is given to this day by the Eelauts (a Tartar tribe occupying...

...God, to walk in his ways, and to fear him. For ihc LORD thy God bringet h ihee into a good land, a 7 land of brooks of water, of fountains and depths that spring out of valleys and hills; a land of wheat, nnd barley, and vines, 8 and fig-trees, and pomegranates; n. Innd...

...Israelites the land of Canaan before they entered it — "The Lord thy God bringeth thee into a good land, a land of brooks of water, of fountains and depths that spring out of vallies and hills." (Deut. viii. 7.) Similar, and equally exact in description, is the language of...

...which Moses describes it to his people, as " a land flowing with milk and honey ;" " a good land, a land of brooks of water, of fountains and depths, that spring out of valleys and hills ; a land of wheat, and barley, and vines, and fig-trees, and pomegranates ; a land...

...God, to walk in his ways, and to fear him. 7 For the LORD thy God bringeth thee into a good land, a f the Egyptians to the LORD our God : valleys and hills ; 8 A land of wheat, and barley, and vines, and fig trees, and pomegranates; a land...

...that people, whom he loved above all other people. Here the Lord their God gave them 'a good land, a land of brooks of water, of fountains, and depths that spring out of vallies and hills; a land of wheat and barley and vines and fig trees and pomegranates; a land of oil...

...inexhaustible fertility. Still it was not without reason that Moses described it as "a good land, a land of brooks of water, of fountains, and depths that spring out of valleys and hills ; à land of wheat, and barley, and vines, and fig-trees, and pomegranates ; a land...