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Jerusalem and Mount of Olives.


Identifier: ramblesinbiblela00neil (find matches)
Title: Rambles in Bible lands
Year: 1909 (1900s)
Authors: Neil, C. Lang
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Publisher: New York : D. Appleton and company
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
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sting naturalfeature which is called in our version (i dew, andfully to realize in what its importance and excellenceconsists.3 From the end of April till about the endof October, and sometimes the end of November, nodrop of rain falls ; while each day, for some ten totwelve hours, the sun shines with great strength, unveiledby a single cloud. This fierce heat is, in May andOctober, intensified by a burning wind, the shirocco,which gathers its withering, scorching power as it sweepsover the vast sands of the Arabian desert, and is the awful 1 Prov. xix. 12. 2 Mic. v. 7 ; see also Hos. xiv. 5. 3 It is true that Dr. Thomson, in The Land and the Book, andcountless other writers have passing allusions to the summer sea-night-mist, but all have spoken of it as dew, and have treated it as such, andhave overlooked its true character, which brings out so beautifully theaccuracy and force of all the Bible allusions. See Palestine Explored,ioth edition, pp. 129-51 (Messrs. J. Nisbet & Co.).
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RAMBLES IN BIBLE LANDS east wind, or south wind, of the Bible.1 Duringthis period, but more especially at its close in Septemberand October, the west wind, which then prevails, comesup laden with moisture from the Mediterranean Sea,which is condensed in low-lying clouds of mist as soonas it reaches the land. These cloud-masses sweepalone near the ground, leaving behind them an immenseamount of what is mis-named in our version dew,but which is really a very fine, gentle rain in theform of a light Scotch mist. The Arabic modernname for it, fa/, is the same as the Hebrew word,and thus makes the identification certain. Its greatexcellence consists,— i. In its coming onlv in the hottest and driestseason, when for from six to seven consecutive monthsno other moisture from above can be had. 2. In its coming only during the night, when noman can work, and so interfering in no way with thebusiness or pleasures of life. 2. In its coming in such rich abundance as far toexceed the moisture depo

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