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THE RIVER JORDAN, WHKRE THE CHILDREN OE ISRAEL ARE SUPPOSED TO HAVE 

 CROSSED INTO THE PROMISED LAND 



"One remarkable feature is the variety of soils and climatic conditions under which 

 these eggs were laid. In the Jordan Valley, earth's lowest spot, 1,300 feet below the Mediter- 

 ranean, we find them deposited on the very banks of this historic river, notably at 'the Ford/ 

 where it is supposed the Children of Israel passed over into Canaan (Josh. 3) ; also farther 

 down toward the Dead Sea, in soil heavily impregnated with alkali, where are the 'slime pits' 

 into which probably, during their retreat, the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fell when in 

 full flight from Chedorlaomer and his allies" (Gen. 14) (see text, page 516). 



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