The Scripture as Rebus. Numbers 20, 11

The Scripture as Rebus. Numbers 20, 11

Page 35--Numbers 20, 11

Numbers 20, 11 from the 1789 edition of the popular children's Bible. The page includes illustrations depicting the actions stated in the phrase below: "Moses lifted up his Hand, and with his Rod he smote the Rock twice; and the Water came out abundantly. So the Congregation and their Beasts drank."

Dublin: Bennett Dugdale, 1789. In-8˚

A curious hieroglyphick Bible : or, Select passages in the Old and New Testaments, represented with emblematical figures, for the amusement of youth. Designed chiefly to familiarize tender age, in a pleasing and diverting manner, with early ideas of the Holy Scriptures. To which are subjoined a short account of the lives of the evangelists, and other pieces, illustrated with cuts

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