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And they that were in the castle, sent messengers to Tryphon, that he should make haste to come through the desert, and sent them victuals. (1 Maccabees 13, 21)
But Judas Machabeus, who was the tenth, had withdrawn himself into a desert place, and there lived amongst wild beasts in the mountains with his company: and they continued feeding on herbs, that they might not be partakers of the pollution. (2 Maccabees 5, 27)
Who is she that goeth up by the desert, as a pillar of smoke of aromatical spices, of myrrh, and frankincense, and of all the powders of the perfumer? (Song of Solomon 3, 6)
Who is this that cometh up from the desert, flowing with delights, leaning upon her beloved? Under the apple tree I raised thee up: there thy mother was corrupted, there she was defloured that bore thee. (Song of Solomon 8, 5)
A mighty wind shall stand up against them, and as a whirlwind shall divide them: and their iniquity shall bring all the earth to a desert, and wickedness shall overthrow the thrones of the mighty. (Wisdom of Solomon 5, 24)
They went through wildernesses that were not inhabited, and in desert places they pitched their tents. (Wisdom of Solomon 11, 2)
Quarrel not with a passionate man, and go not into the desert with a bold man: for blood is as nothing in his sight, and where there is no help he will overthrow thee. (Ecclesiasticus 8, 19)
My son, keep thy soul in meekness, and give it honour according to its desert. (Ecclesiasticus 10, 31)
The wild ass is the lion's prey in the desert: so also the poor are devoured by the rich. (Ecclesiasticus 13, 23)
Send forth, O Lord, the lamb, the ruler of the earth, from Petra of the desert, to the mount of the daughter of Sion. (Isaiah 16, 1)
The burden of the desert of the sea. As whirlwinds come from the south, it cometh from the desert from a terrible land. (Isaiah 21, 1)
And a man shall be as when one is hid from the wind, and hideth himself from a storm, as rivers of waters in drought, and the shadow of a rock that standeth out in a desert land. (Isaiah 32, 2)