| Maria A. West - Armenia - 1875 - 734 pages
...bring to mind God's command to the children of Israel, "When thou buildest a new house, then thou shalt make a battlement for thy roof, that thou bring not blood upon thine house, if any man fall from thence." We are busily engaged in our usual routine of work, as Spring... | |
| English literature - 1876 - 618 pages
...in Deuteronomy to authorise my future battlements ? — " When thou buildest a new house then shalt thou make a battlement for thy roof, that thou bring...blood upon thy house, if any man fall from thence." ' We need hardly say that this is a somewhat strained interpretation of the text ; the battlements... | |
| English literature - 1876 - 608 pages
...in Deuteronomy to authorise my future battlements ? — " When thou buildest a new house then shalt thou make a battlement for thy roof, that thou bring...blood upon thy house, if any man fall from thence." ' We need hardly say that this is a somewhat strained interpretation of the text ; the battlements... | |
| English literature - 1876 - 612 pages
...text in Deuteronomy to authorise my future battlements ?—" When thou buildest a new house then shalt thou make a battlement for thy roof, that thou bring...blood upon thy house, if any man fall from thence."' We need hardly say that this is a somewhat strained interpretation of the text; the battlements of... | |
| Maria Abigail West - 1876 - 754 pages
...to mind God's command to the children of Israel, " When thou buildest a new house, then thou shalt make a battlement for thy roof, that thou bring not blood upon thine house, if any man fall from thence." . We are busily engaged in our usual routine of work, as... | |
| Ozora Stearns Davis - Christian sociology - 1922 - 232 pages
...Deut. 22 : 8 for an example of such protection : " When thou buildest a new house, then thou shalt make a battlement for thy roof, that thou bring not...blood upon thy house, if any man fall from thence." We are justly held responsible for the safety of others and we ought to provide for it by the way in... | |
| Henry Lamm - Law - 1923 - 356 pages
...the night habitually slept on their own housetops. "When thou buildest a new house, then thou shalt make a battlement for thy roof, that thou bring not...blood upon thy house, if any man fall from thence." Deut. 20:8. The modern idea of the necessity of guardrails on sidewalks along deep excavations may... | |
| National Safety Council - Accidents - 1924 - 1180 pages
...Deuteronomy, twenty-second Chapter, eighth verse. "When thou buildest a new house, then thou shall make a battlement for thy roof, that thou bring not blood upon thine house, if any man fall from thence." King Solomon, of Israel, gave the following wisdom which... | |
| Ernest Henry Short - Christian art and symbolism - 1925 - 628 pages
...command in Deuteronomy xxii., 8, will be remembered : " When thou buildest a new house, then thou shalt make a battlement for thy roof, that thou bring not blood upon thine house, if any man fall thence." The temple-tower was a prominent object in the lay-out of an... | |
| Calvin Theological Seminary - 1926 - 328 pages
...which has a world of meaning for our industrial life: "When thou buildest a new house, then thou shalt make a battlement for thy roof, that thou bring not blood upon thine house, if any man fall from thence." Deut. 22:8. Think in this connection of child labor as found... | |
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