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Leviticus: 3

Leviticus Chapter 3 1 And if his oblation be a sacrifice of peace offering, if he offer it of the herd; whether it be a male or female, he shall offer it without blemish before the LORD. 2 And…

2 Chronicles: 17

2 Chronicles Chapter 17 1 And Jehoshaphat his son reigned in his stead, and strengthened himself against Israel. 2 And he placed forces in all the fenced cities of Judah, and set…

Anne Bradstreet: Fire

FireWhat is my worth (both ye) and all men know, In little time I can but little show, But what I am, let learned Grecians say What I can do well skil'd Mechanicks may; The benefit all living…

Ezra: 6

Ezra Chapter 6 1 Then Darius the king made a decree, and search was made in the house of the rolls, where the treasures were laid up in Babylon. 2 And there was found at Achmetha, in the palace…

Peloponnesus

(Encyclopedia) PeloponnesusPeloponnesuspĕlˌəpənēˈsəs [key] or PelopónnisosPelopónnisospâˌlôpôˈnyēsôs [key], formerly MoreaMoreamōrēˈə [key], peninsula (1991 pop. 1,086,935), c.8,300 sq mi (21,500 sq…

The Journals of Lewis & Clark: May 1, 1805

by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark April 30, 1805May 2, 1805May 1, 1805 Wednesday May 1st 1805. Set out this morning at an early, the wind being favourable we used our sales…

The Journals of Lewis & Clark: August 2, 1805

by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark August 1, 1805August 3, 1805August 2, 1805 August 2nd 1805. We resumed our march this morning at sunrise the weather was fair and wind from N. W…

Brewer's: Beefeaters

Yeomen of the Guard in the royal household, appointed, in 1485, by Henry VII., to form part of the royal train in banquets and other grand occasions. The old theory was that the word means…

The Dead Sea Scrolls

The first of the Dead Sea Scroll discoveries occurred in 1947 in Qumran, a village situated about twenty miles east of Jerusalem on the northwest shore of the Dead Sea. A young Bedouin shepherd,…