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THE BOOK OF JASHER ONE OF THE SACRED BOOKS OF THE BIBLE Long Lost or Undiscovered. Now GflFcrcd in Photographic Reproduction of the Version by Alcuin. SV' Published by THE ROSICRUCIAN ORDER A. M. O. R. C.

First Edition, September, 1934 Second Edition, February, 1938 Third Edition, January, 1947 Rosicrucian Press, San Jose, Calif. Fourth Edition, October, 1948 Fifth Edition, May, 1953 Sixth Edition, June, 195 S Crown Litho Co., Los Angeles Seventh Edition, May, 1958 Eighth Edition, July, 1960 Ninth Edition, January, 1963 Tenth Edition, April, 1965 McQuiddy Printing Co., Nashville, Tenn. Copyright 1934 and 1962 by Supreme Grande Lodge of A.M.O.R.C., Inc. Rosicrucian Park San Jose, California, U. S. A. No part of this publication may be reproduced, -stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without prior written permission of the publisher. Eleventh Edition, September, 1967 Twelfth Edition, January, 1969 Thirteenth Edition, May, 1971 Fourteenth Edition, September, 1972 Fifteenth Edition, January, 1974 Sixteenth Edition, May, 1975 Seventeenth Edition, February, 1977 Eighteenth Edition, December, 1979 Nineteenth Edition, June, 1981 Printed and Bound in the U. S. A. by Kingsport Press, Inc., Kingsport, Tenn.

PRELIMINARY EXPLANATION The Book of Jasher is one of the long-lost and long-sought-for sacred books which should have been included among the other books of the Bible but which was omitted as were many other books. In addition to the two references to the Book of Jasher that will be found in the other books of the Bible, there are historical references to this lost manuscript, and it is only natural that in recent centuries a great many stories should have been invented purporting to tell how and why the Book of Jasher became lost, hidden, or suppressed. In order that some of the mystery regarding the Book of Jasher might be removed, and, furthermore, for the benefit of those students of the Bible who sincerely desire to read another record of the events that are presented in the Old Testament, we have thought it well to reproduce the Book of Jasher in its original English translation as given to the world by the man who claims to have found it and preserved it. In order that our reproduction of this rare translation should be without error or change, we have photographed each page by a lithograph process. This gives us a truly photographic reproduction of each page of the translation of the original book. The pages as they appear in this book have not been reduced in size or altered in any manner, and only the cover of the book, the first title page, and this explanation are original with us. Attention is called to the many unique phrases found in the early chapters of the Book of Genesis in regard to the creation of the universe and of man and woman. It should be kept in mind that the original author of the Book of Jasher was born during the lifetime of Moses and lived in association and companionship with him. Therefore, the first part of the Book of Jasher was written by Jasher from the records and traditions that had been preserved by his ancestors. The latter part of the book is based upon what he observed himself during his lifetime. Consequently we have in the Book of Jasher a new witness to many interesting events and a new presentation of ancient records with a more careful translation and interpretation of the matters which were held sacred by his ancestors. The original introduction and explanatory matter which precedes the text of the book should be carefully read in order that the importance of the book and its translation may be appreciated. The Publishers September, 1934

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THE BOOK OF JASHER WITH TESTIMONIES AND NOTES, CRITICAL AND HISTORICAL, EXPLANATORY OF THE TEXT. TO WHICH IS PREFIXED, VARIOUS READINGS, AND A PRELIMINARY DISSERTATION, PROVING THE AUTHENTICITY OF THE WORK. Translated into English from the Hebrew, By FLACCUS ALBINUS ALCUINUS, of BRITAIN, ABBOT OF CANTERBURY, who went a Pilgrimage into the Holy Land, and Persia, where he discovered tliis volume, in the city of Ga2na. *' Is not this written in the Book of Jasher?" Joshua x. IS. " Behold, it is written in the Book of Jasher." 2 Sam. i. 18. BRISTOL ; PRINTED FOR THE EDITOR, BY PHILIP ROSE, 20, BROADMEAD : SOLD BY LONGMAN, LONDON; RICHARDSON, BRISTOL; AND BY ALL OTHER BOOKSELLERS. MDCCCXXIX. Entered at Stationers^ Hall.

ADVERTISEMENT. THE following translation of " The Book of Jasher," was discovered by a gentleman in a journey through the North of England, in 1721. It lay by him for several years, until, in 1760, there was a rumour of a new translation of the Bible, when he laid it before a noble Earl. On perusal, he highly approved of it, as a work of great sincerity, plainness, and truth. His lordship's opinion was, that it should have been placed in the Bible, before the Book of Joshua. He further adds, " By a writing on the outside of the manuscript, it should seem that this translation was laid before our first reformers, because it says : ' I have read the Book of Jasher twice over ; and I much approve of it, as a piece of great antiquity and curiosity ; but I cannot assert, that it should be made a part of the Canon of Scripture. Signed, WICKLIFFE.' " Since 1751, the manuscript has been preserved with great care, by a gentleman who lived to a very advanced age, and died some time since. On the event of his death, a friend to whom he had presented it, gave it to the present Editor, who, conceiving that so valuable a piece of antiquity should not be lost to men of literature, and biblical students, has committed it to the press, not doubting but that the attention of the learned will be attracted to so singular a volume. The Editor cannot assert any thing from his own knowledge, beyond Alcuin's account, but that carries with it such an air of probability and truth, that he does not doubt its authenticity. Some account of this volume may be found in Alcuin's works, published in one volume, fol. in the year 1600, in Paris. He died in 804. Should any gentleman possess a transcript, or copy of it, the Editor will be greatly obliged by any communication made to him, through the medium of the Printer.

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jT-'i. I - -V r^. ADVERTISEMENT. THE following translation of " The Book of Jasher," was discovered by a gentleman in a journey through the North of England, in 1721. It lay by him for several years, until, in 1750, there was a rumour of a new translation of the Bible, when he laid it before a noble Earl. On perusal, he highly approved of it, as a work of great sincerity, plainness, and truth. His lordship's opinion was, that it should have been placed in the Bible, before the Book of Joshua. He further adds, " By a writing on the outside of the manuscript, it should seem that this translation was laid before our first reformers, because it says : ' I have read the Book of Jasher twice over ; and I much approve of it, as a piece of great antiquity and curiosity ; but I cannot assert, that it should be made a part of the Canon of Scripture. Signed, WICKLIFFE.' » Since 1751, the manuscript has been preserved with great care, by a gentleman who lived to a very advanced age, and died some time since. On the event of his death, a friend to whom he had presented it, gave it to the present Editor, who, conceiving that so valuable a piece of antiquity should not be lost to men of literature, and biblical students, has committed it to the press, not doubting but that the attention of the learned will be attracted to so singular a volume. The Editor cannot assert any thing from his own knowledge, beyond Alcuin's account, but tliat carries with it such an air of probability and truth, that he does not doubt its authenticity. Some account of this volume may be found in Alcuin's works, published in one volume, fol. in the year 1600, in Paris. He died in 804. Should any gentleman possess a transcript, or copy of it, the Editor will be greatly obliged by any communication made to him, through the medium of the Printer.

PRELIMINARY DISSERTATION ON THB ANTIQUITY AND AUTHENTICITY OP THE BOOK OF JASHER WHEN a work of this nature is brought before the public, it is highly expedient to adduce evidence of its authenticity, which must resolve itself into the external and historical, and then, the internal proofs of its originality. As to the former of these, it is evident, that such a book existed in the days of Joshua, and that it also continued to be referred to in the time of the Royal Psalmist, David. It appears to have been preserved by the Judges, first, and afterward, by the kings of Judah, until the period of the Babylonish Captivity ; after which event, it is not referred to, either by the Prophets, or by the Chronologists of the Jewish nation ; a full proof that it was not brought back to Judea. It must then, of course, have been possessed by the kings of Persia, in which country it was found by Alcuin, who was the honour of our own country, and the great ornament of the Court of Charlemagne. This great prince, it appears, engaged his attendance on his person, and received instruction in the sciences from him. He also was present with him at the Council of Frankfort ; and, as a reward of his distinguished merit, endowed him with three rich abbies. When he left his court and returned to England, he was further promoted to be Abbot of Canterbury. Alcuin founded the University of Paris, in 800. The account of his pilgrimage to the Holy Land, and to Persia, is given by himself. His object in remaining at Gazna, for three years, was his obtaining this single piece of antiquity, which cost him in wedges of gold, at least £500, which, at this distance of time, would have amounted to four times that sum. He describes the roll on which it was written in large Hebrew characters of the earliest form, as being two feet nine inches wide, and nine feet in length, and, according to his relation, preserved in the original ark of gopher wood, adorned with Mosaic work, though in a state of decay, from the injuries of time.

Nothing can be produced to invalidate this authentic statement, and, consequently, it merits our credence. It could not be brought forward by him, to answer any end of a secular nature, as it appears he never made it public, beyond the circle of his friends, and when grown old, he left it, with his other manuscripts, to a friend, a priest in Yorkshire. Its preservation from one hand to another, for so many centuries, is easily accounted for, both from its intrinsic merit, and its extraordinary character. Its having been known to our first reformers, is evident from the testimony of that illustrious leader, Wickliffe. Its falling afterward into neglect, might have been caused from the very few learned men who lived in the following dark ages of Popish ignorance; when little was known, even by the priesthood, beyond their missals, litanies, and breviaries. The manner of its being brought to light, about a century since, was quite accidental ; but then being laid before a distinguished nobleman, who appears to have been high in office, on the most important occasion, that of a new translation of the sacred Scriptures, when he delivered his judgment of it, as a work of great sincerity, plainness, and truth, and whose opinion of it was, that the book of Jasher ought to have been printed in the Bible before the book of Joshua. From that time, it appears to have been preserved only for its antiquity and curiosity, till it fell into the present Editor's possession, who, on perusing it, saw sufficient reason for its publication, especially as it supplies a chasm in the history of the Judges, from the death of Joshua, including the elders who outlived him, and judged Israel. These are Caleb, who judged Israel twelve years; Jasher, who succeeded him, and Othniel, who saved Israel from Chushan Rishathaim; and then the events are recorded in regular succession of the succeeding Judges. One of the most remarkable circumstances is, that this book is not more frequently referred to, but that I account for on this principle, that it was not regarded as an inspired work, as the books of Moses were. It makes no claim of that nature, Jasher declaring that he received his information from Caleb, his father, and Hezron, his grandfather, and from Azuba, his mother. This applies to the events which occurred before his own times. He afterwards records facts, as they arose, and states them with the simplicity and force of truth. They

Tl agree, in general, with the statements in the books of Moses, and where they differ, it appears that he relates one series of facts, which are not narrated by MoseSj although likely to have occurred at the same time. But it is remarkable, that Jasher does not ascribe the causes which gave birth to the events narrated by him, nor does he introduce his commands with the authority of a lawgiver, or proclaim them, as Moses did, with " Thus saith the Lord." As a book of record, it appears to have truth without mixture of error, for its peculiar object and design. His name, Jasher, or the Upright, seems to stamp all his words and actions, and his counsels and laws are dictated by love to his countrymen, zeal for the honour of God, and a regard to the welfare of his people and nation, and their posterity, for whom he prays with ardour and affection to the time of his death. I come now to the internal evidence, which verifies the authenticity of this work, and proves it the very genuine production of Jasher. He begins with the creation of the world, and, in a manner similar to Moses, relates the first production of this system. There is a perfect accordance in his account of the formation of light, which he says, shone forth from the firmament and enlightened the abyss ; and the abyss fled before the face of the light, and divided between the light and the darkness; so that the face of nature was formed a second time. Then he proceeds to relate the formation of the sun and moon, which he says appeared in the firmament, the one to rule the light, and the other to rule the darkness. His account of the creation of man is truly sublime, and determines a point of the highest importance, the immortality of the soul. The question has long been agitated as to the sense in which the image of God, in which man was made, consisted- Here is a testimony of infinite value in the solution of this point, and worthy of being recorded in every language under the face of the heavens. It answers all the learned arguments of Doctor Warburton, in his divine legation of Moses, proving the great doctrine of the immortality of the soul, and a future state of rewards and punishments, to have been the undoubted judgment of the first patriarchs. The grandeur of this passage exceeds all the strains of human description. ''And when all these things were fulfilled, behold Jehovah appeared in Eden, and created man, and made him to be an image ot his own eternity." This passage proves that the first ages were fully convinced that man is formed for eternity, capable of immortality, and ordained for a neverending existence, and, consequently, an heir of everlasting happiness or misery.

Vll This doctrine established^ all the offices of religion, morality, and humanity flow from it. Man must be an accountable being, and ordained by his glorious Creator to live for ever. It is to be observed, that the fall of man, the promise of the woman's seed, and the early predictions of a deliverer, are not mentioned by Jasher ; nor does he at all allude to any of the predictions in the books of Moses, excepting those of his song, in which the future fates of the tribes are predicted. Shall we determine this to have arisen from his knowledge, that these subjects were designed to be revealed by the Hebrew lawgiver, or from his ignorance of them? It appears to me, that his book is simply a work of record, and not of revelation or prediction, and that the divine mysteries were appointed to be made known by one greater than Jasher, his master and teacher.

The words of Alcuin, which are to be read before The Book of Jasher. J * Alcuin, of Britain, was minded to travel into the Holy Land, and into the proevince of Persia, in search of holy things, and to see the wonders of the east. And I took unto me two companions, who learned with me, under able teachers and masters^ all those languages which the people of the east speak ; namely, Thomas of Malmsbury, and John of Huntingdon : and though we went as pilgrims, yet we took with us, silver, and gold, and riches. And when we came unto Bristol, we went into a ship bound for Rome, where we tarried six months, and learned more perfectly the old Persic language. Here the Pope blessed us, and said. Be of resolution, for the work ye have undertaken is of the Lord. From Rome we went to Naples, and tarried there three days, and from thence to Salermo, and from thence to Palermo. We went through Sicily, and took Melita in our way, where we abode six days. Hence we sailed for the Morea, visited Athens, Thessalonia, Constantinople, Philadelphia, Pergamus, Smyrna, Ephesus, Antioch, Coloss, Cappadocia, Alexandria, Damascus, Samaria, Bethel, and Jerusalem. Here we stayed six weeks, and the patriarch John received us kindly. And after having visited every part of the Holy Land, particularly Bethlehem, Hebron, Mount Sinai, and the like, we crossed an arm of the Persic Gulph at Bassora, and went in a boat to Bagdad, and from thence by land to Ardevil, and so to Casbin. Here we learnt from an Ascetic, that at the furthermost part of Persia, in the city of Gazna, was a manuscript, wrote in Hebrewj of The Book of Jasher. He stimulated us to this undertaking, by observing, that The Book of Jasher was twice mentioned in the Holy Bible, and twice appealed to as a book of Testimony, and that it was extant before the writings which are now stiled. The Books of Moses. We immediately undertook the journey, going by the way of Ispahan, where we tarried three weeks ; at length we arrived at Gazna. Here we laid aside the pilgrims' dress, and I hired a house, where we dwelt during our stay in this city, which was about three years. I soon became acquainted with the keeper of the library which belongs to the community of this city, and enquired of him concerning The Book of Jasher, which the recluse at Casbin had told us of. He said, he had read of such a manuscript in the catalogue of the library, but had never seen it, though he had been custos for * Alcuin lived in the eighth century. See Biography of Alcuinus Flaccus.

The Words of ALCUIN. ix forty-five years, but that it was locked up in a chest, and kept among the pieces of antiquities in a separate part of the library. As I lived nigh the custos, so I soon became familiar in his family ; wherefore one day I took the opportunity to tell the custos, that I was very much obliged to him for the civilities he had shewn me, and particularly for the free access he had given me to the library ; at the same time I made him a present of a wedge of gold, in value fifty pounds, which he readily accepted. The next time I went to the library, I begged the favour I might see The Book of Jasher. He then immediately turned to the catalogue, where it was written, The Vohtme of Jasher. He conducted me into a long room, where he shewed me the chest it was in. He now informed me, that the key was in the hands of the city-treasurer, and that, upon proper application, I might see the volume. The custos introduced me to the treasurer, and related to him the substance of my request. He smiled, and said, he was not then at leisure, but he would consider of it. The next morning I sent John of Huntingdon to the treasurer with a wedge of gold of the value of one hundred pounds, by way of a present. By John, he sent me word, that he would meet me at the Hbrary about the ninth hour. The time being come, the treasurer, the custos, and I, met at the library, when the treasurer having unlocked the chest, shewed me the book, which he called. The Volt/me of Jasher. And then he locked the chest, and gave the key to the custos, telhng him, that it was permitted that I might read in the volume, as often as I would, in the presence of the custos, and in the library. The Book of Jasher is a great scroll, in width, two feet three inches, and in length about nine feet. It is written in large characters, and exceeding beautiful. The paper on which it is written is for thickness the eighth of an inch. To the touch it seemed as soft as velvet, and to the eye as white as snow. The ark is of Mosaic work, finely and curiously wrought, but time and accidents have very much defaced the external ornaments of it. After this I had free access to The Book of Jasher. The first thing which commanded my attention was a little scroll, intitled. The story of the Volvme of Jasher, This informed me, that Jasher was born in Goshen, in the land of Egypt, that he was the son of the mighty Caleb, who was general of the Hebrews, whilst Moses was with Jethro in Midian ; that on the embassy to Pharaoh, Jasher was appointed virger to Moses and Aaron, to bear the rod before them ; that as he always accompanied Moses, Jasher must have the greatest opportunities, of knowing the facts he hath recorded ; that from his great attachment to truth and uprightness, he early received his name, i«i"; that it was a common saying in Israel of him. Behold the upright man ; that Jasher wrote the volume which bears his name ; that the ark was made in his life-time ; that he put the volume therein with his own hands ; that Jazer, the eldest son of Jasher, kept it during his life ; that the princes of Judah successively were custoes thereof ; that the ark and book in the last Babylonish Captivity was taken from the Jews, and so fell into the hands of the Persian monarchs ; and that the city of Gazna had been the place of its residence for some hundred years.

X The Words of ALCUIN. This excited in me a great desire of reading the volume itself. The work was divided into thirty-seven parts or portions. One of these portions I read at this time, and so two every day until I had read the whole through. The custos then informed me, that there were in the two side boxes of the chest, certain notes or remarks, which some of the ancients had made on several passages contained in The Book of Jasher, These also I read. I had now conceived a great desire of returning to England, with a transcript of The Book of Jasher, and of the Notes. Hereupon, I and my companions petitioned the commonalty of the city, that we might have the liberty of taking a transcript thereof. Here we were opposed by the treasurer, and our petition was rejected. Some months after this, it came into my mind, that we would petition to have leave to make an English translation of the said Book and Notes. Accordingly, one morning, having drawn up the petition, I sent John of Huntingdon with it, and a wedge of gold to the treasurer, with a letter desiring his opinion of it. After some days, I received for answer, that he had considered of my request, and would shortly relate the affair to the recorder of the city, and take his opinion thereon. Upon this, I despatched Thomas of Malmsbury with a wedge of gold, as a present to the recorder, together with a copy of the petition I had sent the treasurer. A few days after this, I received directions from the recorder, to attend the next court, and then our petition was granted. The order of court ran thus : "^ We grant unto Alcuin, and his two assistants, full liberty and power of translating out of the original Hebrew, The Volume of Jasher^ with the Notes appertaining thereto, now contained in a chest in the public library of Gazna, into English, and into no other language whatever. And we likewise order, that the said English translation be made in the library, and in the presence of the custos at such times of the day as shall be most convenient to the said custos." We soon began the translation in this manner; The manuscript was laid on a table, round which the custos and we sat. The custos opened the volume, and we read the first part or portion, and were permitted to set it down in the original ; from whence we made each a translation, and then the custos burnt the part we had so transcribed. And this was the manner in which we proceeded, but the custos would not suffer us to carry home any of our papers. In fine, after the labour of near a year and six months, we completed the translation of the Book and Notes, to which translation this is prefixed. The treasurer and custos burnt all other papers wrote by either of us, and took from us the translation we had made. In this dilemma we remained for some time, till, by a proper application, and by petitioning the court a second time, after having been solemnly sworn, that we had taken no other copy, nor were possessed of any other papers, besides that translation of The Volume ofJasher, then before the court, the translation was delivered to us, with a charge, that we should not let any person take a copy thereof in any place we passed through in our return to England ; which we solemnly promised ; and then we were dismissed, with proper credentials fo»* our return through Persia.

The Words of ALCUIN. xi We now re-assumed the pilgrims' dress, and after a stay of almost three years, left Gazna, and came to Ispahan, from thence to Casbin, and so back to Rome. Here we stayed some time, and I had an audience of the Pope, when I related to his Holiness, that I had seen The Book of Jasher, spoken of in Joshua, and in the Second Book of Samuel. The holy father, who was now ninety-five years of age, turned to the places I referred to, and then cried out, / have lived to the days of forgetfulness. After a short stay at Rome, we sailed for England, and landed at Bristol, after we had been absent seven years.

VARIOUS READINGS. Chap. i. ver. 1. IN the head of time. 6. the one that did rule the light, the other that did rule whilst it was dark. 19. and who made the harp and the organ. 20. in his time men began, &c. Chap. ii. ver. 2. and who ventured to travel, &c. 12. and why should we abolish the customs, &c. Chap. iii. ver. 2. have deviated from their paths. 10. were at variance. 13. shall inherit after me. 20. Out of thee shall come forth a great nation. * 26. a great dearth of grain in that land. * 2]. was advanced in Egypt. Chap. v. ver. 8. that opened the womb. Chap. vi. ver. 7* neither will we bow down to Pharaoh one day more. 9. for he had been gone out of the land, &c. 17. seemed as strangers to Moses. 22. behold our deliverance is in him. Chap. vii. ver. 8. I never before heard of the sayings of your fathers. Chap. viii. ver. 13. that I am a messenger to you. 19. had left oflF to be so. Chap. ix. ver. 16. And the people were sorely vexed. Chap. X. ver. 8. The Jacobites *3py> are not able to fly from us. Chap. X. ver. 11. 12. 29. Chap. xi. ver. 3. Chap. xii. ver. 18. 21. Chap. xiv. V. 2. 3. 5. 26. 32. Chap. xvi. ver. 4. Chap. xvii. v. 2. 20. Chap, xviii. v, 7Chap. xxi. ver. 2. 3. wherefore hast thou thus deceitfully undertaken to lead us out of Egypt. unto the enemies of circumcision. between two straits. And the sun and the moon gave their light whilst these things were done. Seeing ye will not be able to find food for them in the desert. and when we shall depart from hence we know not. whom Moses had caused to return, and they pitched their tents at the foot of mount Horeb. this, my daughter Zipporah, thou hast taken to be thy wife, and his name shall stink, shall find useful. even according to the plan Jethro had laid down. wise men to hear and speak for you. his spirit was moved within him. But Aaron stood aghast. Is not good for the commonweal of Israel. Labour, industry, and painstaking, will they be alien to. Are not all the tribes of Israel sanctified? * Publishers' Note: There seems to be an original error in the niunbering of these references. The reader will find more probable correspondence between the two references above and verses 43 and 44 of Chapter III.

VARIOUS READINGS. Chap. xxi. V. 7- the words of evil you now Chap, xxxii. v. 4. Cut off the flesh of thy forespeak, skin, then shalt thou beget 10. Depart from Korah, and a son. those that are with him. 7- Take sharp knives. 14. and they fled every one to 10. after he cometh out of the his dwelling. womb. Chap. xxii. v. 4. were familiar with the sons of Israel. Chap, xxiii. v. 24. the thoughts of the evil one against this people. Chap, xxxiii.v. 8. 9. Chap. xxiv. v. 4. 6. 12. to bring a description of the land, their dwellings shall you number. Caleb hath the truth in him. 11. 17. and let them ask of them the reason for their so doing, and behold they were well pleasing to the eye. Wherefore have ye built this tabernacle and this altar? Surely to defy Joshua and the elders of Israel, turned away the anger of Phinehas, &c. Chap.xxvi. V. 17. That Judah maybe many Chap, xxxhr. v.7- were too strong for them. in number. * 10. Who can command the Reubenites, the Gadites, in whom dwelt discernment. and all the people of Be not angry, O King. Israel, to go up to the Whom thou dost not wor- war. ship, is on their side. It is the advice of one Chap. xxxv. v. 2. Who shall be judge in Israel? who has discovered our 18. then should we be able to nakedness. drive out the nations. Chap, xxvii. v. 1 2. 14. 15. 20. Chap, xxviii. v. 10, 19. 25 Chap. xxix. v. 2. Chap. XXX. V. 11. And the bridge. and it became separated to holy uses, put an end to the designs of Achan. let no man escape alive. Sun, rest thou on Gibeon, and shine thou, moon, on the valley of Ajalon. Chap, xxxvi. v. 5. It seemeth well unto me, that ye gather yourselves together at Bethel, that 1, and the elders of Israel, may make an agreement with you. Chap, xxxvii. v. 16. And there was a great want of grain in Canaan. 17. seated Joseph on his right hand. * Publishers' Note: This verse will be found to correspond more correctly with verse 19 of Chapter XXXIV,

The formation of the worldf and creation of man. f THE BOOK OF J A S H E R. I Heb.TEE Up. KIGBT. A.M. 1. •/feft. the prime */feS. the desert 'Heb. the atoms ^Heb. confused mass of matter. *Hei.tbe flame, or, burning. *Heb. the bottomless pit. (Hefr.theetrtb, or, natare. CHAP. I. 1 The formation of ike world. 3 the light shineth. 7 ^^^ earth is productive. 11 the creation of man. 13 the birth of Cain and Abel. 17 of Enoch. 23 the death of Adam. 1 WHILST it was the ''beginning, darkness overspread the face of ''nature. 2 And the ''ether moved upon the surface of the ^chaos. 3 And it came to pass, that a great *light shone forth from the firmament, and enlightened the 'abyss. 4 And the abyss fled before the face of the light, and divided between the light and the darkness. 6 So that the face of nature was formed a second time. 6 And behold there appeared in the firmament two great lights : the one to rule the light, and the other to rule the darkness. 7 And the Aground brought I forth grass : the herb yielding A. M. seed, and the fruit-tree after 1, his kind. 8 And every beast after his kind: and every thing that creepeth, after their kind. 9 And the waters brought forth the moving creatures, after their kind. 10 And the ether brought forth every winged fowl, after his kind. 11 ^ And when all these things were ''fulfilled, behold "/r**. finished ' Jehovah appeared in "Eden, _ *™ ' and created man, and made him to be an 'image of his own eternity. 12 And to him was given {)ower and "lordship over all iving creatures, and over every herb, and over every tree of the field. 13 And it came to pass, in process of time, that the man begat "Cain : and he also be- '"'*•. *•"« p°»gat his brother "Abel. 14 And Cain was the first man who tilled the ground : that I am. ■>He&.deUghted ^Htb. likeness. »Heb. mie. ofTeft. the feeder

The death of Adam ; J A S H E R. and of Noahlb And Abel was a feeder of sheep. 16 And Cain went out and dwelt on the east of Eden, in the land of ^Nod. 17 And Cain begat •'Enoch : I'll then did men begin to build cities. 18 And unto 'Lamech was born • Jabal : he was the first who taught men to build tents. 19 And unto Lamech also was born 'Tubal-Cain : he was the first who. wrought in brass and iron, and who builded up the "harp and the organ. 20 And ^ Seth begat y Enos : then began men by name to call on the Lord. 21 And all the days of the life of ^Adam, there was rest, and peace, and quiet, unto all men. 22 For they listened unto all things, concerning which he spake unto them. 23 And Adam lived nine hundred and thirty years, and he died. CHAP. II. 1 The birth of Noah. 2 he first biUldeth the ship. 4 all the people speak one language. 8 Noah dies. 10 Peleg is born. 11 he divideth the land. 13 Nimrod opposeth Peleg, and the people are dispersed. 1056. 1 A^^ Lamech, the son of A.M. 61. tHeh. peregrination. 1/feft. the civilized. 'Heb. the meanspirited. 'Heb. the experienced. ' Heb. the emulous*. "//eft. all kinds of music. «//eA. the regular. yHeb. the despondent. *Heb, the flesh. 930. *Hd>. the soil of death. "Heb. rest. Noah. Methuselah, begat 2 And Noah was the first who builded the ship : and who sojourned upon the great waters. 3 And he was the father of those who go down into the deep, and who occupy themselves in much water. 4 At this time the whole was of one 4ip, and of one word : and there was peace unto all. 6 ^ And it came to pass, that men were multiplied before the face of the earth ; and they became mighty, and men of renown. 6 And "* Japhet, and his sons, and his sons' sons, said unto Noah, Behold, thou art our ^father ! permit us, we beseech thee, seeing the land is not able to bear us, our children, and our herds, and our flocks, to pass over and dwell in the plain of ^ Shinar. 7 And Noah said. Be it unto you, as ye list : only this thing I command ye, that ye worship the God of your fathers, observing all things which ye have received. 8 And Noah lived nine hundred and thirty years : and he died. 9 And from these men of renown rose up great nations, by whom the isles of the *^Gentiles were peopled. 10 ^ And it came to pass, in process of time, that there stood up among men, ''Peleg, the son of ' Eber. A.M. 1537. 1757. Heb. tongue. *Heb. the persuader. 'Hd>. ruler. '/feft.vigilance. 2010. 2 tOr, strangers. 1729. ^Heb. the divider. Ifeft. the wrath* ful.

Nimrod opposeth Peleg. Chap. iii. Abraham goes into Egypt. A.M. 1760. k Heb. the headstrong. 2093. • Heb. the multitude. •> Heb. the discontented. « Heb. the fruitful. 11 It was he who first invented the hedge and ditch, the wall and bulwark : and who by lot divided the lands among his brethren. 12 And '' Nimrod said, Wherefore should we obey Peleg : and why should we forsake the customs of our forefathers. 13 And the people hearkened unto him : for Nimrod was a mighty hunter, and a man of renown. 14 And there arose a great strife among the people : and they were scattered upon the earth. 15 And Nimrod builded him cities : and he gathered together the scattered of the land. CHAP. III. 1 Abraham and Sarah. 4 he leaves Canaan. 6 goes into Egypt. 8 his riches. 1 1 removes to Mamre^ 16 circumcises himself. 20 Sarah dissuades him from slaying his son Isaac. 39 his death. 41 Isaac dies. 43 a famine in Canaan. 48 Pharaoh sends for Jacob into Egypt. 51 Jacob goes. 53 his death 1 A-^^ "Abraham was the son of "^ Terah : and 'Sarah was the wife of Abraham. 2 And Abraham said, Lo, the nations are full of confusion : and the inhabitants of the earth have perverted their ways. 3 3 Thus saith Abraham, the son of Terah, I have spied iniquity among the Gentiles, and evil among the sons of Cain. 4 And Abraham departed from his brethren, and passed through the land of '^ Canaan, he and his wife ; and he pitched his tent on the plain of 'Moriah. 6 And as he journeyed still on to the south, he heard a voice saying unto him, ^ I will make of thee a great nation. 6 ^ And Abraham went into ^ Egypt : and he abode there, and found favour with ^ Pharaoh, 7 And Pharaoh gave unto Abraham, sheep and oxen : and he-asses and she-asses, and men-servants and maid-servants. 8 And Abraham was rich in cattle, and in men-servants and maid-servants, and in silver and gold: and Abraham went up out of Egypt, even unto ' Bethel did he go. 9 And the herds and possessions of Abraham increased exceedingly : so that the ^ land was not able to bear them. 10 Insomuch that the servants of Abraham, and the servants of ' Lot strove together. 11 Then Abraham arose, his wife, his servants, and his flocks: and he removed his tent, and he came and dwelt A. M. 2098. * Heh. delightful. ^ * Heb. morose. 'Heb, Out of thee shall come forth a great nation. iHeb. bondage. '• Heh. the unvrilling. ' Heb. house of God. '' Heb. spot. • Heh. the distressed.

Abraham circumciseth himself; J A S H E R. and qffereth his son Isaac. A. M. in the plain of ™Mamre, nigh of that voice which said unto A. M. 2103. unto "Hebron. thee, I will make of thee a 2144. "S' charm"" ^^ ^ ^^^ ^^ ^* camc to great nation. pass, that Sarah, Abraham's 21 [^ And Abraham rose up wife, had not brought forth early in the morning, and sadher first-born. died his ass, and took two of 13 And Abraham com- his young men with him, and plained, and said ; Unto me Isaac his son, and clave the thou hast not given an heir : wood for the burnt-offering, lo ! the stranger, born in my and rose up, and went unto house, shall rule after me. the place of which God had 14 And Abraham heard a told him. voice saying unto him, Cir- 22 Then on the third day cumcise the flesh of thy fore- Abraham lifted up his eyes, skin, for therefore art thou and saw the place afar off. barren. 23 And Abraham said unto 15 And Abraham did so : his young men, Abide ye here and he went in unto Sarah, with the ass ; and I and the and she conceived, and bare lad will go yonder and worship, a son, and he called his name and come again to you. •rteft. the laugh °Isaac. 24 And Abraham took the 16 And Abraham was ninety wood of the burnt-offering, and nine years old, when he and laid it upon Isaac his son ; circumcised the flesh of his and he took the fire in his hand, foreskin. and a knife ; and they went 17 And Abraham removed both of them together. from the plains of Mamre, and 25 And Isaac spake unto pffeft holy. went and dwelt between ^Ka- Abraham his father, and said, iHeb. strong, desh and •'Shur. My father : and he said, Here 18 And Abraham was strick- am I, my son. And he said, en in years, and his strength Behold the fire and the wood : failed him. but where is the lamb for a19 And when Isaac was burnt-offering ? twenty and five years old, 26 And Abraham said, My Abraham heard a voice, saying, son, God will provide himself Take thy son, and slay him, a lamb for a burnt-offering : so and offer him up a burnt-offer- they went both of them togeing in the land wherein he was ther. born. 27 And they came to the 20 And Sarah spake unto place which God had told him Abraham, and said. The holy of; and Abraham built an altar voice hath not so spoken ; for there, and laid the wood in remember thou the words order, and bound Isaac his son, 4

Abraham offereth his son Isaac. Chap. iii. A famine in the land of Canaan. A. M. and laid him on the altar upon the wood. 28 And Abraham stretched forth his hand, and took the knife to slay his son. 29 And the angel of the Lord called unto him out of heaven, and said, Abraham, Abraham: and he said, Here am I. 30 And he said, Lay not thy hand upon the lad, neither do thou any thing unto him : for now 1 know that thou fearest God, seeing thou hast not withheld thy son, thine only son from me. 31 And Abraham lifted up his eyes, and looked, and behold behind him a ram caught in a thicket by his horns : and Abraham went and took the ram, and offered him up for a burnt-offering in the stead of his son. 32 And Abraham called the name of that place Jehovahjireh : as it is said to this day, In the mount of the Lord it shall be seen. 33 ^ And the angel of the Lord called unto Abraham out of heaven the second time, 34 And said. By myself have I sworn, saith the Lord, for because thou hast done this thing, and hast not withheld thy son, thine only son : 36 That in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which is upon the sea 6 shore ; and thy seed shall pos- A. M. sess the gate of his enemies. 2144, 36 And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed ; because thou hast obeyed my voice. 37 So Abraham returned unto his young men, and they rose up and went together to Beersheba ; and Abraham dwelt at Beer-sheba.] 38 And Abraham repented him of the evil he purposed to do unto his son, his only son, Isaac. 39 And Abraham died, and 2190. was buried ; even in the place where Sarah his wife was buried, there was he buried also. 40 ^ And Isaac begat "^ Ja- 'Heb. the supcob of ' Rebecca his wife. Sr'the-iut41 And it came to pass, in ted. process of time, that Isaac was gathered unto his fathers ; and Jacob increased in men-servants, and in maid-servants, and in sheep, and in oxen, in he-asses and in she-asses, and in silver and in gold. 42 And Jacob dwelt in the land of Canaan. 43 51 And it came to pass, 2292. after many days were fulfilled, that there was a great famine in that land. 44 And 'Joseph, one of the .^^j. the added sons of Jacob, in those days ministered in Egypt. 46 And Jacob said unto his sons, Arise, go down into Egypt, and buy ye corn for us, your wives, and your little ones, that we and they may live, and not die.

Jacob dies in Egypt. J A S H E R. Pharaoh will not let the Israelites go. A. M. 46 And they saddled their 2299. asses, and they journeyed into Egypt, and they hastened to do according to all that Jacob had spoken, for the famine was sore in the land. 47 And Joseph interceded for his brethren : and Pharaoh said unto the sons of Jacob, Lade ye your beasts, and return ye into the land of Canaan. 48 And say ye unto your father. Thus saith Pharaoh, king of Egypt, Come unto me, ye, your wives, your sons, and your daughters, and your little ones ; and ye shall dwell in the land of Egypt, and ye shall -Heb. the best ©at of the "fat of the land. 49 And they returned into Canaan ; and they told unto Jacob, their father, all those things which Pharaoh had commanded them. 60 And Jacob accepted the offer that Pharaoh had made him, because the famine was sore in the land of Canaan. 61 And Jacob delayed not, but came down, he, and his family, into Egypt. 62 And Pharaoh gave him »//«*. nigh. the land of "Goshen to dwell in, which was near. 63 And Jacob died in the 2316. land of Goshen, in the land of Egypt. CHAP. IV. The Israelites increase, want to go into Canaan, raok will not let them ZajpnaKs. counsel. 20 raeliles are taxed. 6 4 They 6 Phago. 13 The Is1 ^T> the children of Is- A.M. rael sojourned in the 2336. land of Egypt many years after the death of Jacob their father. 2 And it came to pass in process of time, that they increased abundantly, and they waxed mighty ; and the land of Goshen was filled with them. 3 And they sent messengers unto Pharaoh, king of Egypt, saying : 4 The land in which we dwell is not able to bear us, our children, our flocks, and our cattle ; wherefore we pray thee, suffer us to return into the land of Canaan from whence we came out. 6 And Pharaoh said unto his servants, even unto the wise men of his kingdom : 6 How is this, that the children of Jacob say unto us, Suffer us to return into the land of Canaan from whence we came out ? 7 Are they not the subjects of the Egyptians? have we not bought them with a price ? 8 And the wise men answered Pharaoh, and said : When the famine was sore in the land of Canaan, thy father's father gave unto Jacob and his children the land of Goshen for to dwell in, and with the fat of Egypt were they sustained. 9 Now, know, O king, in those days, thy father's father advanced one Joseph, an 'He- ./fe*. the «iicD.

ZapnaK's counsel. Chap. v. A. M. brew, who was the son of 2375. Vacob. "Heb. the ex- \Q ^^d he was a stranger in the land of Egypt ; and he bought Egypt with a price. 11 And Pharaoh said, have we nourished them, and shall «i/ej. rebel. they "now turn up the heel against us? hirf ""* ^^^ ^^ ^^^ ^ Zapnah stood forth and said : Hearken unto me, O Pharaoh, king of Egypt, let thy servant speak, let the words of my mouth find favour before thee. 13 And Zapnah said. The children of Jacob are become a great people for number; and they increase daily, and they thirst after dominion. 14 And perad venture it shall come to pass that they shall *Heb. go in. «join themsclves unto our enemies, and fight against us, and slay us, and take away from us our inheritance. 15 Send therefore unto Goshen, even unto the children of Jacob, saying. Ye shall number the males according to your tribes, from him that is able to go forth to battle, even to the hoary head ; the females also ye shall number, ye shall number the children of Jacob both males and females. 16 And Pharaoh did so : and Pharaoh said : Behold the sons of Jacob are more in number than my own people. 17 Up now, let us set over them task-masters ; for the Pharaoh oppresses the Israelites. land of Egypt groaneth, it is A. M. heavy laden, it bendeth under 2377. its burthen. 18 Now the land of Egypt gave of its increase unto Pharaoh, the fifth part thereof. 19 And Pharaoh said: Of the increase of the land of Egypt shall ye every year bring into my storehouses, the tenth part thereof. 20 And of the increase of the land of Goshen shall the children of Jacob bring unto ^Pithom and ^Raamses year by pjj^^j *'"""year the tenth part thereof, «//«*. threats without waste shall they bring "'°^' it. 21 So the Egyptians were eased of their burthens ; and the children of Israel were grievously oppressed. 22 ^All these things which I Jasher have written, received I from ''Caleb my father, yea, "s^ej. the heareven from 'Hezron my father's i^ej.thei father, and from ''Azuba who fj°y\ travailed with me. ! arrow ^Heb. the chaste. CHAP. V. 4 Pharaoh again oppresses the Israelites. 6 He orders the jnales of the Hebrews to be killed. 8 Moses is bom. 13 Pharaoh's* daughter intercedeth for the Hebrew males. 14 Moses becomes her son. 1 THESE are the words of Jasher, the son of Caleb, by Azuba. 2 And it came to pass in process of time, that the children of 'Israel were multiplied Ij** »"'"'''exceedingly. 2386.

Moses is born ; J A S H E R. leaves Egypt, and goes to Goshen. A. M. 3 And they said one unto 10 And Pharaoh's daughter A. M. 2395. the other, Shall we bow down said. What wist you ? 2433. and serve the Egyptians, see- U And they said. Thy faing we are become more, and ther hath commanded that this mightier than they. infant be slain ; yea, and that 4 And the sayings of the all the Hebrew males as soon children of Israel were told as they are born be slain also, unto Pharaoh; and he said, 12 And Pharaoh's daughter They are wanton, they lift up said, Give unto me the child, the heel ; set over them more And they did so. And she task -masters. said, This shall be my son. 6 And they did so; but it 13 And it came to pass, availed not : for the more the that the wrath of Pharaoh house of Jacob was afflicted, was turned away from slaying the more they increased and the males of the Hebrews, multiplied. 14 And the child Moses 6 And Pharaoh was greatly grew and increased in stature, vexed, and he said, This peo- and was learned in all the pie will eat us up ; wherefore magic of the Egyptians. ye shall slay every male of the Hebrews that cometh out of CHAP. VI. the womb, in the day that he „ ,, / , r ^ ^j ^^„ .-^/^ • 1 1 II 1 1 J- 3 Moses leaves Esypt, and eoes into IS born shall he surely die. Goshen. 5 Proposes to his bre7 Now when the daughter ^^^^^ ^o shake off the Egyptian of Pharaoh heard of these yoke. 8 Pharaoh hears of this. things she sought to turn 10 Moses flies into Midiam. 12 away the evil imaginations of Calf^b invents the bow. 14 Moses her father against the males of f ^^« ^^^^ ^««Jf • ^^.i tS" ^, , ., , ^rT 1 brews reprove Moses. 21 lne^r the children of Israel. 6^^rrf,«s 8 And it came to pass that ^ Heb. drawn "Moscs the son of "^Amram, by 1 A^D it came to pass m from the water, djochebcd his wifc, was the those days, that Pharaoh Lusf **"' ™' first male that came out of the died ; and the daughter of " "'^- ^i'* womb after the decree of Pharaoh died also. '"'"' ''■ Pharaoh, king of Egypt, to 2 And there arose up a king slay all the males of the who knew not Moses ; neither Hebrews. regarded he the children of 9 And Jochebed the mother Israel. .//et.thepmis. of Moscs, with 'Miriam his 3 If When all these thmgs ^47^. sister, came unto Pharaoh's were accomplished, Moses daughter; and Jochebed said, came up out of Egypt; and Behold here the son of thy he sojourned with his brethren handmaid! in the land of Goshen. 8

Moses files into Midian ; Chap. vi. stays forty years, a/nd returns. A. M. 4 And Moses saw the op2473. pression of the Egyptians^ wherewith they oppressed his brethren : and it grieved him to the heart. 5 And he said unto his brethren. Let us shake off the yoke of the Egyptians : let us cast away their bondage from us. 6 We be more in number than the people of Egypt, the Jesser should always bow down and serve the greater : as it is written in the prophecy of Jacob our father. 7 The fifth part of the increase of our lands will we not give the Egyptians: neither will we serve Pharaoh any longer. 8 Now when it was told Pharaoh, That Moses stirred up the people : and made them uneasy under their burthens ; 9 That Pharaoh sent messengers unto Moses, but they found him not: for he had fled out of the land of Goshen from the face of Pharaoh, in» //e*. judging, to the land of "Midian. 10 And Moses abode with ^Heb. the ex- ^Jcthro, the pHnce of Midian: ^S!" the ^^^ Moses took to wife, -^Zipc«use of con- porah, the daughter of Jethro. tention. ^^^ j^^ j^^j^ ^|^j^ ^^^ ^j^j^^y and nine years. 11 ^ And it came to pass after Moses had fted from the 248^- face of Pharaoh, and had left his brethren in the land of Goshen, 9 12 That Caleb, the son of A. M. Hezron, invented the bow : for 2488. he was a mighty man, and a man of renown. 13 He taught the children of Jacob to shoot with the bow : he learnt his brethren to prepare themselves for the battle. 14 ^ And Moses was eigh- 2512. ty years old : and it was told unto him, saying, Pharaoh who sought thy life is dead. 15 And Moses sent 'Ger- 'Heb- the pe, shom his son before his face ; **^"*and Moses came, he and his wife, into the land of Goshen, even to his brethren did he come. 16 And Moses spake unto the children of Israel, and said. Whilst I sojourned in the land of Midian, I heard a voice saying unto me : Arise, go up unto thy brethren, for I will by thy hand bring back the children of Jacob, and they shall possess the land of Canaan from whence they came out. 17 And the elders of the children of Israel knew not Moses : neither regarded they the words of his mouth. 18 And they said unto Moses, Thou hast polluted the house of Jacob; for lo! thou hast taken to wife one who is not an Israelite. 19 And Moses said: 'I have for.i have desinned, viated. 20 And Moses put away Zipporah and her children :

quent. CcUeh^s speech to the Israelites. J A S H E R. Moses goes wito Pharaoh, A. M. and they returned unto Jethro CHAP. VII. A. M. 2613. in the land of Midian. o Moses goes unto Pharaoh. 6 De- 2513. 21 ^J Then stood forth Caleb sires that he might lead the Hewad said. The Egyptians have brews into the land of Canaan. 10 laid on us great weights, bur- Pharaoh straightens the Hebreios. thens that we are not able to 1^ They are angry with Moses bear, and the necks of the and Aaron. people are sore through the 1 A^^ ^^ came to pass, when pressure thereof; the people saw all the 22 Let us therefore hearken signs and the wonders which unto the words of Moses ; per- Moses wrought in the sight of adventure salvation is on his all Israel, in the presence of right hand. the congregation, that they 23 For this fifty years have believed. we served with great toil the 2 And Moses said unto the Egyptians, with the sweat of elders of Israel, Send also with our brows we have borne hea- me 'Aaron, my brother, that he '^^«^^- '•'* «''•vy burthens, and they have not may be a spokesman for me, touched them with the little and for you. finger. 3 And also Jasher, the son 24 And Moses said. Trust of Caleb, that he may bear in the Lord God of your fa- the rod before us. thers, for he will bring you 4 And the elders of Israel up out of the affliction where- said unto Aaron, and unto Jawith the Egyptians oppress sher, Go, and may ye, and all you, unto the land of our fa- the children of Jacob, find father Jacob, unto a land flow- vour in the sight of Pharaoh, ing with milk and honey. king of Egypt. ^b A land whereon my feet 6 Then went Moses unto have stood, and mine eyes Pharaoh, and said. Fourscore have seen ; and one years have we served 26 That ye may be a great thee, yea, with rigorous serpeople, a people whose num- vitude have bowed down our ber may be as the stars in the necks unto thee, firmament, and as the sand 6 And behold the land of upon the sea-shore. Goshen is not able to bear us ; 27 Wherefore I will go unto the number of thy servants inPharaoh, peradventure he will crease daily, wherefore, let us let the children of Israel go up now pass through the land of out of the land of Egypt unto Egypt unto the wilderness, that the land of Canaan, even unto we may go and sojourn in the the heritage of our fore- land of Canaan, from whence fathers. we came out. 10

Pharaoh straightens the people. Chap, viii. The people are angry with Moses* A.M. 7 For behold, O Pharaoh! 2613. thus hath said our forefathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob : The land of Canaan shall be thine inheritance, it shall be the dwelling of your sons, your sons' sons, and your posterity for ever. 8 And Pharaoh said, Are ye come hither to mock me ? I regard not the prophecies of your fathers, neither will I let the children of Israel go up out of the land. 9 The house of Jacob are the nurture of the Egyptians : wherefore do ye, Moses and Aaron, dissuade the people from their duty. 10 % Then Pharaoh called unto him the task-masters, whom he had set over the children of Israel, and he said unto them, Ye are negligent ; bring ye unto my treasure-cities, Pithom and Raamses, the fifth of the increase of the land of Goshen, by the sixth day, ye shall bring it to the full tale thereof. 1 1 And the task-masters did as Pharaoh had commanded ; and they pressed sore the officers of the children of Israel. 12 And they were straightened for time, because the commandment of Pharaoh was urgent. 13 And they cried unto Pharaoh, and said. Give unto thy servants other six days, so shall we be able to obey thy voice, O Pharaoh ! 11 14 But Pharaoh answered, 1 will not, hasten therefore, and bring of the increase of your lands, your flocks, and your herds, even the fifth part of them shall ye bring unto Pithom and Raamses. 16 And as they departed, the officers of the children of Israel met Moses and Aaron in the way, and they said unto them, 16 Pharaoh will not hear us, neither regardeth he the words of our forefathers, neither hath the words of you, Moses and Aaron, any power aver him, it had been better for us you had never gone forth and spake unto him. 17 And Moses was angry because of the sayings of the officers of the children of Israel, and Moses said, 18 Wherefore should Pharaoh evil intreat the children of Israel ? CHAP. VIII. 2 Moses persuades the people to go out of EgyxA. 8 Goes again to Pharaoh. 12 Moses's rod. IJ Becomes a serpent. 23 Turns the river into blood. 25 The river brings forth frogs. 30 Pharaoh will not let the Hebrews go. 1 A^^ ^* came to pass on the morrow, that Moses assembled together the sons of 'Reuben, ''Simeon, "Levi, "*Gershon, 'Kohath, 'Merari, ^Izhar, ''Uzziel, and 'Korah, A.M. 2613. 'Heb. 1 have seen my son. ^Heb. the attentive. 'Heb. copuled. *Heb. the stranger. « Heb, gath ering. 'bitter. tHeb. bright. ^Heb. the strength ofGod. ^Htb. bald.

Moses is sent to Pharaoh; J A S H E R. his rod is turned into a serpent. A. M. even the heads of the families 10 And Pharaoh answered A. M. 2613. of the children of Israel. and said: Surely to make a 2613. 2 And Moses said unto them, nation of thy people, that thou The heart of Pharaoh is set may est rule over them, art against us, and it cometh to thou come ! From whence art pass, when we speak unto him thou ? to go three days' journey into 11 And Moses spake unto the wilderness, that he oppress- Pharaoh, and said, The Lord eth us sore. hath sent me : out of Midian 3 And now, O elders of Is- am I come. rael, ye this day bear me wit- 12 And Pharaoh said unto ness, how that our fathers, Moses, What meanest that rod even Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, that is borne before you, Moses, dwelt in the land of Canaan, and before you, Aaron ? and possessed the same. 13 And Moses spake out 4 And they said unto us, It aloud unto Pharaoh, and said, is a land that floweth with milk Thus saith the Lord : It is the and honey. wand and token of my power, 6 And this we ourselves whereby you, and all the know, that the compass of it Egyptians shall know, that I will receive us, our wives, our am sent unto you. children, and our flocks, 1 4 And Pharaoh was seated 6 Remember also the words under a pavilion, he and his which Jacob spake unto us, wise men : and Moses, Aaron, when as yet he was with us : and Jasher, stood there also. Ye shall go up and dwell in the 15 And Pharaoh said. Is land of your fathers. that the rod of which I have 7 And the heads of the fa- been told, that thou, Moses, milies of the children of Israel didst throw it upon the earth, said unto Moses: Go unto Pha- before the elders of Israel, and raoh in our names, in the names it became as a serpent ? of the elders of the house of 16 And Moses said, O PhaJacob. raoh ! it came to pass as thou 8 ^ And Moses went unto hast spoken. Pharaoh : and Pharaoh was 17 And the heart of Phawalking in his garden, by the raoh was as salt : and Moses river side, and his wise men took the rod, and he threw it were with him. down before Pharaoh, and be9 And Moses said unto Pha- fore his servants, and the rod raoh. Let us, we pray thee, became as a serpent. go through the land of Egypt 18 Then the wise men, the unto the wilderness, that we magicians, and sorcerers of may serve the Lord. Egypt, threw down their rods 12

Moses worketh wonders. Cha p. IX. Caleb's advice to his brethren. A. M. before Pharaoh : and their rods 2513. became as serpents. 19 But the rod of Moses was as a serpent, when the rods of the magicians and sorcerers were not so. 20 ^ And it came to pass on the morning of the next day, as Pharaoh walked by the river side, Moses spake unto Pharaoh, and said, 21 Lo! this will I do; I will smite this river, which thou seest, with this rod, and the water thereof shall become as blood, and all the moving creatures therein shall die, and the river shall stink. 22 And Pharaoh said unto Moses, If thou canst do this thing, thou art able to be a lawgiver to, and a ruler over thy people. 23 And Moses smote the river with his rod, and the river was as blood : and the magicians did so. 24 And Pharaoh laughed at Moses. 25 ^ And it came to pass on the morrow, that Moses smote the river, and it brought forth frogs in abundance, so that they crawled upon the banks thereof. 26 And the magicians and sorcerers of Egypt with their rods smote the river, and it brought forth frogs. 27 And Pharaoh spake unto Moses, and said : Where are now thy wonders, seeing my servants do the like ? 13 28 And Moses went out from before the face of Pharaoh. 29 ^ And Moses returned into the land of Goshen, and he called for the elders of Israel : and he told them all that he had done in Egypt. 30 And that Pharaoh would not let them from their burthens to go through the land of Egypt into the land of Canaan, as our fathers had promised unto us, and unto our seed for ever. CHAP. IX. 1 Caleb proposes to fight their way through Egypt, 9 ivhich is told Pharaoh, 1 1 who is witling to let them go on certain conditions. 19 the Hebrews sell their possessions to the Egyptians, 23 whom they spoil. 26 the Hebrews go out armed. 1 A^^ ^^ those days it came to pass, that Caleb, the son of Hezron, stood up before the assembly of the children of Israel, and he said unto them : 2 Now know ye, that Pharaoh and his servants will not let us go peaceably through Egypt unto the promised land. 3 Are the Egyptians to compare with us ? Can they bend the bow .? Can they set forth the battle ? 4 Are not they backsliders .* Are thejr not weak ? Do not they delight in ease and in soft raiment ? A. M. 2613.

Moses persuades Pharaoh A. M. 6 Wherefore thus saith CaSi613. leb, the son of Hezron : Up, let us take the bow, and on the morrow let us enter the land of Egypt to pass through it to the land of our father Jacob. 6 And let no man do hurt unto the Egyptians, unless Pharaoh and his servants should seek to slay us. 7 And the counsel of Caleb was pleasing unto all the disciples of the bow_, who were the followers of the son of Hezron. 8 And Moses said, Caleb, the son of Hezron, hath well spoken : By midnight on the morrow, will we and all the host of Israel assay to go up out of the land of Egypt. 9 % And it came to pass on the morrow, that these things ■were told unto Pharaoh, and unto those that were with him. 10 And the wise men of Egypt said unto Pharaoh, Let the Hebrews go, lest peradventure they slay us, our wives, and our children, and take away the land from us. 1 1 Then Pharaoh called for Moses, and for all the elders of the children of Israel, and he said unto them, I will let you, your wives, and your children go : only your flocks and your herds, they you shall leave behind ; so shall you go up out of the land. 12 And Moses said, How then shall the people be sustained as they pass through 14 J A S H E R. to let the Israelites go. Egypt, and when they come into the wilderness, if our flocks and our herds go not with us. 13 And Pharaoh said. As you pass through the land of Egypt, I will command my servants, and they shall lodge you by night, and provide food for you by day. 14 Wherefore shall ye leave your flocks, and your herds, and the increase of your lands, behind ye ; then shall ye pass through the land of Egypt, and no one shall flght against you. 15 Seeing if you lead your flocks and your herds into the wilderness, there must they perish in the desert. 16 And Moses went forth from Pharaoh, and spake unto the children of Israel, saying, Pharaoh will let us go, our wives and our children, but our flocks and our herds, and the increase of our lands must we leave behind us in the land of Goshen. And the people were moved. 17 ^ Then spake Moses and the elders of Israel unto Pharaoh, and said. Thy people shall buy our flocks, and our herds, and the increase of our lauds with a price, that we may have wherewith to purchase necessaries of thy servants, the Egyptians, as we pass through thy land. 18 And Pharaoh said, Now will I let the people go, only A.M. 2513.

The Israelites sell their possessions. Chap, x. They deceive the Egyptians* A. M. this shall you observe. That 2613. my people shall give you for your flocks, and for your cattle, and for the increase of your lands, such pieces of money as they shall think proper, and you shall sell unto them all your possessions. 19 And Moses and the elders sold unto the Egyptians on a set-day, even all that they had, their cattle, their houses, the fruit of the ground, yea, all the worth of the children of Israel. 20 Only Miriam begged of the Egyptians a male and a female of every flock, and of every herd, and of every fowl, and of every beast. 21 HAnd it came to pass, that the flocks, and the herds, and the possessions of the children of Israel were so great in number, that the Egyptians lacked money to make good the purchase thereof. 22 And the Egyptians said unto their wives, and unto their daughters, give unto us your ear-rings, your jewels of silver, and your jewels of gold, that we may pay unto the Hebrews that which we owe unto them. 23 And the price thereof spoiled the Egyptians. 24 HAnd it came to pass, when the sale was over, that Moses hastened the children of Israel to go up out of the land of Egypt. 26 And the trumpet sounded about midnight, and the chil15 dren of Israel hastened with great haste to go up out of Egypt. 26 And Caleb spake in the ears of the people, and he said. Let every man take his bow in his hand ; so shall Israel go up out of the land of bondage with an out-stretched arm, 27 And they did so: and great fear fell upon all the Egyptians. CHAP. X. 1 The Hebrews deceive the Egyptians. 5 Pharaoh pursues them. 1 1 The Israelites murmur against Moses. \ 5 The people sendjasher to Pharaoh. 30 Resolve to pass the Red Sea. 1 ]^OW it came to pass on the morrow, that the Egyptians began to count the flocks, and the herds, and the possessions of the children of Israel, which they had sold unto the Egyptians, and behold there lacked in the tale thereof. 2 Then the people of Egypt cried unto Pharaoh, and said : We have done wrong in letting the children of Jacob our nurture go away from serving thee and thy people. 3 For lo! the Hebrews have sold unto us more in number of their flocks and their herds, and their possessions than they had. 4 And Pharaoh said. Arise, let us pursue after them, perA. M. 2513.

Pharaoh pursues the Israelites; J A S HE R. they send Jasher to Pharaoh. A. M. adventure we shall overtake 11 And the children of Is- A. M, 2513. them before they have gotten rael cried unto Moses, and said, 2513. into the wilderness. Wherefore hast thou attempted 5 And Pharaoh and the E- thus vainly to bring us up out gyptians pursued after the of Egypt, Surely, as sheep children of Israel : even unto appointed for the slaughter are ■ Heh. strong. ^Ethcm in the wilderness, at we come ! the extremity of the Red Sea. 12 ^ Then stood forth Ca6 ^[ Now it came to pass, leb and said, Let every man when Moses perceived that take his bow in his hand : for Pharaoh pursued after the it is far better that a few of us Israelites by the way of the die, than that we, our wives, wilderness, that he turned oflf, our children, our gold, and our and he and all Israel came silver, should fall a sacrifice ^H(b. secreted, xinio ''Baal-zephon, which is unto the uncircumcised. on this side of the Red Sea. 13 Remember how the E7 And it was told unto Pha- gyptians evilly intreated us : raoh, that Moses and the He- let us not forget the burthens brews had fled by the way of which we have borne. Baal-zephon. 14 And the people cried 8 Then said Pharaoh unto out with one voice. We will his captains, and unto the ru- die here : or we will slay the lers of his host : Lo ! the host Egyptians. of Egypt waxeth slack, let us 15 Then Moses, Aaron, and remain here for some time, and the elders of Israel, sent Jasher let us send forth spies ; for unto Pharaoh, saying : behold ! the deceivers cannot 16 Behold, thus saith Moescape out of our hands. ses, Aaron, and all the elders 9 And Moses sent messen- of Israel, On tlie morrow, by gers unto Pharaoh, saying, the break of day, we will reWherefore follow ye after us ? store unto thy people, if so be Are not the tribes of Israel in it shall be found that we have number more than the people done wrong unto the people of Egypt ? Let us go and serve of Egypt, thy servants. the Lord in the wilderness, we 37 And Pharaoh said unto pray thee ! Jasher, Say thou unto Moses, 1 0 And Pharaoh answered unto Aaron, and unto the elthose that were sent unto him, ders of the children of Israel, and said. Because ye have de- that, I, Pharaoh, will abide in ceived Pharaoh and his ser- this place, and all the host of vants : because ye have spoiled the Egyptians. the Egyptians. And Pharaoh 18 But if on the morrow, was exceeding wroth. Moses, Aaron, and the elders 16

Jasher returns to Moses. Chap. xi. The Israelites cross the Red Sea. A. M. of Israel shall delay to perform 2613. the covenant they have this day made, then vi^ill I and all the host of Egypt follow after them, and slay them : none shall escape ; no, not one. 19 And when Jasher had heard all that Pharaoh spake unto him : then returned he unto Moses, unto Aaron, and unto the elders of Israel, and he said unto them ; 20 Thus saith Pharaoh, I, Pharaoh, will abide in this place, and all the host of the Egyptians. 21 But if on the morrow, Moses, Aaron, and the elders of Israel shall delay to perform the covenant they have this day made, then will I and all the host of Egypt follow after them, and slay them : none shall escape ; no, not one. 22 And the people feared greatly ; because they had spoiled the Egyptians. 23 ^ Then Moses called unto the people, and said, Behold ! there is left unto us but one way, whereby we may es'/fei. the fury, cape the "augcr of Pharaoh: and of those that are with him. 24 It is now midnight, and by the time of the cock-crow the Red Sea will be dried up : and peradventure we may cross over dry-shod into the wilderness. 25 And it shall come to pass, that if Pharaoh and his host shall assay to come after IT us, the waters shall return and overwhelm them. 26 Then Moses commanded Aaron, saying, About the mid of night, ye shall pass through the Red Sea, you and the people who lie on the bank thereof : ye shall pass through, until all have passed through. 27 And after that, I and the people that shall remain with me will pass through the Red Sea. 28 And Pharaoh and the Egyptians shall not know of our departure, until the hindermost have entered the Red Sea. 29 And the people were between two walls. 30 And they said one unto another : It is better for us to be drowned in the Red Sea than to be slain by the Egyptians. CHAP XI. 1 The Israelites pass the Red Sea. 6 Pharaoh pursues them to the banks of the Red Sea. 10 Miriam and the virgins dance, 16 Pharaoh follows them into the Red Sea. 19 The sea returns and drowns the Egyptians. 23 Moses' song. 1 A^^ ^* came to pass about the seventh hour of that night, in which the children of Israel were encamped on the Red Sea, that Aaron with the people began to pass through the waters. 2 And there went into the Red Sea of the children of Israel, six hundred thousand men on foot, besides women and A. M. 2513.

Pharaoh pursues the Israelites. J A S H E R. Miriam and the virgins dance. A. M. children : and few fell by the 2513. way. 3 And the sun and the moon saw all that was done. 4 And it came to pass on the morrow, that it was told unto Pharaoh, and unto those that were with him, saying : 6 Behold the children of Israel are fled : hehold even now they cross the Red Sea. 6 And Pharaoh and his host pursued after them, by the way of Baal-zephon : even to the banks of the Red Sea did they pursue them. 7 And the Egyptians said one to another, We cannot go in after the Hebrews, because of our chariots and our horsemen : for the way is not prepared for them. 8 And moreover should we pass through the sea: peradventure the Israelites shall slay us in the wilderness. 9 And Israel escaped that day out of the hands of the Egyptians : and Israel saw the Egyptians stay on the banks of the sea. 10 ^ And Miriam said in the presence of Moses, and of Aaron, and of all the elders of Israel : 11 Behold! the waters are as a wall between us and the Egyptians : so that they cannot come nigh unto us, to destroy us. 12 And Miriam said, Sound the trumpet : bring forth the timbrel, lead up the dance. 18 13 And Miriam, the sister of Moses, with the virgins her companions, danced before the elders of Israel : and they leaped for joy, and they rejoiced exceedingly. 14 [H And the Egyptians pursued, and went in after them to the midst of the sea, even all Pharaoh's horses, his chariots, and his horsemen. 16 And it came to pass, that in the morning watch the Lord looked unto the host of the Egyptians through the pillar of fire and of the cloud, and troubled the host of the Egyptians, 16 And took off their chariot wheels, that they drave them heavily : so that the Egyptians said. Let us flee from the face of Israel ; for the Lord fighteth for them against the Egyptians. 17 ILAnd the Lord said unto Moses, Stretch out thy hand over the sea, that the waters may come again upon the Egyptians, upon their chariots, and upon their horsemen. 18 And Moses stretched forth his hand over the sea, and the sea returnd to his strength when the morning appeared ; and the Egyptians fled against it ; and the Lord overthrew the Egyptians in the midst of the sea. 19 And the waters returned, and covered the chariots, and the horsemen, and all the host of Pharaoh that came into the sea after them ; there remained not so much as one of them. A. M. 2613.

Moses* song of deliverance. Chap. xi. Moses* song of deliverance. A.M. 20 But the children of Israel 29 And in the greatness of A. M. 2613. walked upon dry land in the thine excellency thou hast over- 2513. midst of the sea ; and the wa- thrown them that rose up ters were a wall unto them on against thee : thou sendest forth their right hand, and on their thy wrath, which consumed left. them as stubble. 21 Thus the Lord saved Is- 30 And with the blast of thy rael that day out of the hand nostrils the waters were gatherof the Egyptians ; and Israel ed together, the floods stood saw the Egyptians dead upon upright as an heap, and the the sea shore. depths were congealed in the 22 And Israel saw that great heart of the sea. work which the Lord did upon 31 The enemy said, I will the Egyptians : and the people pursue, I will overtake, I will feared the Lord, and believed divide the spoil ; my lust shall the Lord, and his servant be satisfied upon them ; I will Moses. draw my sword, my hand shall 23 % Then sang Moses and destroy them. the children of Israel this song 32 Thou didst blow with thy unto the Lord, and spake, say- wind, the sea covered them : ing, I will sing unto the Lord, they sank as lead in the mighty for he hath triumphed glorious- waters. ly : the horse and his rider hath 33 Who is like unto thee, O he thrown into the sea. Lord, among the gods ? who 24 The Lord is my strength is like thee, glorious in holiness, and song, and he is become my fearful in praises, doing wonsalvation : he is my God, and ders. I will prepare him an habita- 34 Thou stretchedst out thy tion ; my father's God, and I right hand, the earth swallowwill exalt him. ed them. 26 The Lord is a man of 36 Thou in thy mercy hast war : the Lord is his name. led forth the people which thou 26 Pharaoh's chariots and hast redeemed: thou hast guided his host hath he oast into the them in thy strength unto thy sea : his chosen captains also holy habitation. are drowned in the Red Sea. 36 The people shall hear, 27 The depths have covered and be afraid : sorrow shall them : they sank into the hot- take hold on the inhabitants of tom as a stone. Palestina, 28 Thy right hand, O Lord, 37 Then the dukes of Edom is become glorious in power : shall be amazed ; the mighty thy right hand, O Lord, hath men of Moab, trembhng, shall dashed in pieces the enemy. take hold upon them ; all the 19

Moses^ song of deliverance. J A S H E R. The people relieved by Miriam. A. M. inhabitants of Canaan shall 2613. melt away. 38 Fear and dread shall fall upon them ; by the greatness of thine arm they shall be as still as a stone ; till thy people pass over, O Lord, till the people pass over, which thou hast purchased. 39 Thou shalt bring them in, and plant them in the mountain of thine inheritance, in the place, O Lord, which thou hast made for thee to dwell in ; in the Sanctuary, O Lord, which thy hands have established. 40 The Lord shall reign for ever and ever. 41 For the horse of Pharaoh went in with his chariots, and with his horsemen into the sea, and the Lord brought again the waters of the sea upon them ; but the children of Israel went on dry land in the midst of the sea.] CHAP XIL 1 The Israelites go three days' journey from the Red Sea. 4 They faint for want of water, 8 Jre relieved by the observation of Miriam. 22 She excites them to till the ground. 34 The place is called Elyma. 1 A^^ ^* came to pass, after the children of Israel had rested for seven days, that Moses said unto the elders : 2 Let us go three days' journey into the wilderness, lest 20 we become an eye-sore unto A. M. the Egyptians. 2513. 3 And the children of Israel, even all the people, journeyed. 4 And it came to pass on the third day, on the evening thereof, that the people fainted for want of water. 6 And they cried unto Moses, and they said. Give us to drink, lest we die. 6 And Moses was vexed, because of the thirst of the children of Israel. 7 And Moses said unto Miriam, his sister, Lo ! what shall I do, lest the people faint for want of water. 8 And Miriam said unto Moses, Go thou with me, and I will shew unto thee a well of water, which lieth eastward of the camp of the children of Israel : a spring which oozeth under the shadow of a tree. 9 And Moses went with his sister ; and Aaron, and Jasher went also : and they came unto the tree. 30 And when Moses saw the oozing, he said unto Miriam, What is this to the people of Israel. 11 And Miriam said. Dig: and lo the oozing became as a rivulet. 12 And Moses, Aaron, and Jasher were astonished. 13 Then Miriam said. Follow the stream. 14 And they came unto a place, where there were twelve wells of water.

Miriam's counsel to till the ground. Chap. xii. The Israelites listen to Miriam. A. M. 15 And the people sojour2513. neyed there : and the elders of Israel said unto Miriam, 16 Behold ! thou hast refreshed the tribes of Jacob, when they fainted for want of water ; thou hast led us into the valley of the palm-trees. 17 Say now unto us, that which shall be pleasing unto thee ; and that will we do. 18 And Miriam said. Remember now the words of Pharaoh when he spake unto us, Why covet ye to take with you your flocks, and your cattle, for they cannot be sustained in the wilderness. 19 Nevertheless, O my brethren, unto this day have I sustained the male and the female of every flock, and of every herd, and of every fowl, which I brought out of the land of Goshen. 20 And this day do I deliver them unto the children of Israel, them^ and their young ones, that they may increase and multiply, and be food for this people. 21 For behold! the place that we are in is barren^ and how long we shall dwell therein is not known unto man. 22 Up then, and let us till the ground : let us cultivate the land, that we perish not. 23 Let us bend the bow, let us slay the wild beasts of the field : pe^^adventure it shall come to pass, that the earth shall bring forth of its increase, 21 and the beasts of the field shall A. M, become food for us, and for 2513. our children. 24 Then answered the elders of the children of Israel, and said : 25 All that Miriam hath spoken, that will we do. 26 Only how shall be sustained, we, our wives, and our children, until the earth give of its increase. 27 And Miriam said, With the silver and gold ye brought out of Egypt, send and buy of the nations, on this side 'Jor- . jj^ ^1,^ dan, oxen, and cattle, and stream. corn, for you, and your children. 28 Moreover, as I journeyed on to the eastward, lo, I saw trees bearing fruit, and an herb of the field, of which I took, and did eat. 29 ^And it came to pass on the morrow, that certam men of Israel arose, and went eastward, and found all things even as Miriam had spoken unto them. 30 And they brought of the fruit thereof, and the people did eat daily, and were satisfied. 31 And they sent chosen men into ""Rephidim, and they b^^^ ^^^ y^i bought oxen and sheep, and 'ey. corn and oil, and wine. 32 Then arose Caleb, with all those who shot with the bow, and they slew the beasts of the field, even the wild beasts thereof, according as Miriam had commanded them.

Moses sends Caleb to Rephidim. A. M. 33 And the place thereof 2524. was called *'Elyma, because the \Si' "'^** people were there refreshed with water, and because Miriam had chosen it . for the sojourning of the children of Ifurael. 34 And in process of time the children of Israel spread themselves from Elyma, even to Dopkah, unto the borders of the valley of Rephidim, and unto the land of Nebaioth. 35 And they dug ditches, and they planted trees, and they sowed corn. 36 But they built them no houses ; under tents in the open fields did they dwell. CHAP. XIII. 1 Moses sends spies into Rephidim. 4 Sends Caleb to fight aga^t Rephidim. 6 Miriam her proposal to Moses. 10 Joshua pushes the Amalekites out of the land. 1 pjO W it came to pass, that 2632, Moses spake unto the elders of Israel, and he said. Behold, I have sent out spies into Rephidim, to search out the land. •Or,theiicker. 2 And lo "Amalck dwelleth there, and the children of Amalek have built them houses in Rephidim ; they have gotten also flocks, and much cattle and possessions. 3 Up, let us drive them out of the land, that we may inherit it : for to drive out, and to take possession of the lands 22 J A S H E R. Miriam her counsel* veier. of the Gentiles are we come up A.M. out of the land of Egypt, out 2532. of the house of bondage. 4 And Moses said unto Caleb, Go thou and "Joshua, with '^«*- *'•• ***"the chosen men of the bow, up unto Rephidim, and fight against Amalek. 5 Behold they are but as a handful of men ; Israel shall swallow them up. 6 Then spake Miriam unto Moses, and said, Send messengers unto Amalek, peradventure, when he understandeth the intentions of the children of Israel, he will go quietly out of the land. 7 For it is now upwards of four hundred years since our fathers dwelt in Canaan : these people know us not, neither regard they the claim of us their children, 8 Say therefore unto the inhabitants of Rephidim : I will buy with a price all the flocks, the cattle, the herds, and possessions ye are possessed of. 9 That they may have silver and gold, to buy food and raiment in the lands wherein they shall be strangers. 10 And Moses sent Jasher unto Amalek, saying, Rephidim have 1 chosen for the habitation of the children of Israel ; depart thou from thence, for to-morrow before the sun setteth will I possess it. 11 Only this thing will I do, if it shall come to pass, that you, and your people go

Jethro and Moses meet. Chap. xiv. His advice to Moses, A. M. quietly out of the valley : then 2532. will I buy with a price all the flocks, ttie cattle, the herds and possessions ye are possessed of. 12 And Amalek said unto Jasher, What meaneth Moses the stranger! Have I done any wrong unto the descendants of Jacob ? Will they take from me that which is my own, the land of the Amalekites? 13 And Jasher returned unto Moses, and unto the elders of Israel; and told them all that Amalek had spoken, 14 And Moses called unto Joshua, and he commanded him, saying" : Go out, fight against Amalek, smite them with the edge of the sword. 16 For they have rebelled against us ; they have not in the least hearkened unto the words of Jacob. 16 •ffAnd Caleb and Joshua, with chosen men of the host of Israel, went up against Rephidim ; and they pushed the Amalekites out of that land. CHAP. XIV. 1 Jethro brings Zipporah to Moses. 4 Who meels Jethro at mount Ho' reb. 10 Jethro advises Moses to appoint judges and rulers over the people, and 32 to give them laws and ordinances. 1 A^^ ^* came to pass, when Jethro saw that Moses, his son-in-law, was be23 come a prince unto the He- A. M. brews, that he had brought 2633. them up out of the land of Egypt into the wilderness, and that he had driven out the Amalekites, and possessed himself of their city, and all the country of Kephidim : 2 That he went out to meet Moses: and there went with him Zipporah and her two children whom Moses had sent back. 3 And Jethro came, and his daughter, and her two children ; and they encamped at the foot of mount 'Horeb. ^ha. drought. 4 And Moses departed from the wilderness of ''Zin : to meet >>Heb. ebony. his father-in-law at mount Horeb. 6 And Jethro said unto Moses, Behold I am thy fatherin-law : this, my daughter Zipporah, thou knowest is thy wife, and these are thy two children : take them unto thy self, as thou hast covenanted with me. 6 And Moses and Jethro were friends. 7 ^ And it came to pass, that Moses told Jethro all that he had done in Egypt : that he had led the children of Israel through the Red Sea, and had brought them into the wilderness. 8 And this I say unto you. Behold, lift up your eyes, for the number of the children of Jacob exceed the number of thy people: and their dwell

Jethro delivers unto Moses J A S H E R. divers laws and ordinances. A. M. mgs are from Ely ma, even 17 Thou shalt say unto the A. M. 2533. until thou comest into the val- children of Jacob, even before 2633. ley of Rephidim. the elders thereof: 9 And Jethro said. Thou 18 Ye shall set apart every hast spoken truly : thy people seventh day, for a day of rest : are a great people, and their ye shall not work therein, neinumber are without tale. ther thou, nor thy wife, nor thy 10 Now therefore hearken son, nor thy daughter, nor thy thou unto the voice of Jethro man-servant, nor thy maid-serthy father : Write thou with vant, nor thy cattle : a pen all those things which I 19 For on that day, ye shall shall now say unto thee. rest from your labour : ye shall 11 For lo at this time thou bring offerings of your cattle, iudgeth the people daily : your flocks, and your herds, which thing is too heavy for and of your fowls. thee, thou art not able to per- 20 And the priests shall slay form it alone. them before the congregation : 12 Set over all Israel, rulers and the flesh thereof shall ye of thousands, and rulers of roast with fire, and the people hundreds, and rulers of fifties, shall eat thereof. 13 And let them judge the 21 And on that day shall the people at all seasons appointed priests rehearse in the ears of to their charge: they shall all Israel, all the wonders which judge of all the small matters ; ye have received from your the great ones shall the people forefathers : the mighty things bring unto thee. which thou hast done in the 14 So shall the weight there- land of Egypt : and all those of sit easier on thy shoulders, laws and ordinances, thou shalt and the people shall have thee appoint unto this people to oband thy oflRce in greater esteem, serve. 16 For it will so fall out; 22 Thou shalt say unto the that all those whom thou shalt children of Israel : make judges over the people, 23 Ye shall not use Terawill hearken unto all things phirn, neither shall ye worship which thou shalt speak unto any one of the gods of the nathem. tions : the Lord, the maker of 16 And it shall come to heaven and earth, shall ye only pass, after thou hast done all worship. this, that thou shalt teach them 24 Ye shall not speak evil laws and ordinances, that thou of the maker of all things, mayest direct them in the way 26 Ye shall reverence the that thy people should walk, hoary head, and in the duties that they 26 Ye shall not smite any must do. 24

Divers laws and ordinances. Chap. xv. Miriam is imprisoned. A.M. one man so that he die : he that ders and all the children of A. M. 2533. does, shall die the death, and Israel together, nigh unto 2534. his name shall be forgotten. mount "Sinai. •»«». wmtchhii. 27 Ye shall not evil speak 2 And Moses said unto the of, nor slander any one of the people : Choose ye out from children of Jacob. among you, seventy men, ac28 Ye shall not covet that cording to your tribes, that which appertaineth unto ano- they may judge for you. ther. 3 That there may be rulers 29 Ye shall not do after the of thousands, rulers of hunabominations of the Egyptians: dreds, and rulers of fifties, your sons shall not uncover the 4 And Miriam arose and nakedness of your daughters. said. Shall Jethro instruct the 30 Ye shall not uncover the Hebrews ? Are the children nakedness of a woman during of Jacob without understandher uncleanness. ing? 31 Ye shall not uncover the 5 Are the customs of the nakedness of the virgin be- Midianites to be brought in trothed : neither shalt thou go among us? Are we to forsake in unto a woman who is the the good old paths in which wife of another. our fathers, even Abraham, 32 ^ And Jethro said unto Isaac, and Jacob, have trod. Moses : Moreover, thou shalt 6 And the voice of the tribes teach the children of Israel of the congregation were on such other statutes and ordi- the side of Miriam. nances, which thou, and the 7 And the anger of Moses judges thou shalt appoint, shall was greatly kindled against find needful. Miriam ; and Moses sought to 33 And Jethro returned in- cut Miriam off from the conto Midian : and Moses departed gregation. for the valley of Rephidim. 8 And Moses hid Miriam for seven days ; and the conCHAP XV gregation wotted not what was 1 «r jj J ! ' . • , come unto her. ' f r:;;:St VS^T'T^I l And the people of Israel angry with her. Q Miriam is im- gathered themselves together prisoned ; 9 on which the people unto Moses, and said : rise and demand her. 11 She is 10 Bring forth unto us Miset at liberty, and the people re- riam, our counsellor, for acjoice 15 Miriam dies and the cording to all she hath spoken people mourn. 16 Her character. -Pi i *^ 2534. 1 A^^ ^* came to pass, that 11 Then Moses brought forth Moses assembled the el- Miriam, and presented her be25 fore the congregation. e

Moses takes Jethro's advice. J A S H E R. Judges and rulers appointed. A. M. 2534. 2639. 2540. 12 And when the people saw Miriam that she was well, they rejoiced greatly, with exceeding great joy. 13 And all the days of Miriam, the children of Israel did according to all the words of Abraham, of Isaao^ and of Jacob. 14 ^ And Miriam went and dwelt in Kadesh. 16 And Miriam died there. And the children of Israel mourned for Miriam forty days : neither did any man go forth of his dwelling. 16 ^ And the lamentation was great ; for after Miriam arose up no one like unto her of the daughters of Jacob : no, not even unto this day. 17 And the fame thereof went out into all the lands of the Gentiles; yea, throughout all Canaan. And the nations feared greatly. CHAP. XVI. 2 Moses takes Jeihro's advice. 5 He builds an altar. 6 Twelve young men chosen ; 7 who slay the offerings. 11 Seventy elders chosen. 13 Moses and the seventy elders go up mount Sinai. 1 ^ND it came to pass after the lamentation for Miriam was over, that Jethro came unto mount Sinai, and he spake unto Moses, saying : 2 Thus saith Jethro, the priest of Midian, Thou shalt appoint rulers of the people, according to all that which I 26 have spoken unto you at the A. M. foot of Horeb. 2640. 3 And Moses hearkened unto the words of Jethro, his father-in-law: and he obeyed his voice in all that he had commanded him. 4 ^ And Moses said unto 'Nadab and ^Abihu, the sons ^ua. popular. of Aaron: Go to now, and ^^«»>^»«dbuild ye an altar, even as Jethro hath dictated unto you. 6 And Nadab and Abihu builded an altar nigh unto mount Sinai, even as Jethro had dictated : and they set up twelve pillars, according to the number of the tribes of the children of Israel. 6 And Moses chose out from among the congregation, twelve young men ; men of strength and renown. 7 And Moses commanded them, saying : Behold the people have brought oxen and sheep for a peace-offering, slay them before the altar, and roast the flesh thereof with fire, that the people may eat of the fat tnereof, and be satisfied. 8 And the young men, the priests, did so : and the congregation did eat before Sinai, and the people were well pleased. 9 And Moses stood forth and said, The work is great, and the number of the children of Israel, the Lord, the God of our fathers, hath multiplied exceedingly: and he

Jethro meets Moses at Sinai, Chap. xvii. Jethr6*s advice to the Israelites. A. M. will increase them daily, even 2540. until their number shall be as the stars of the firmament. 10 It is meet therefore that ye choose out from among you, seventy elders, that they may assist me, and Aaron, and Joshua, and Nadab, and Abihu, the servants of the Lord. 11 And the congregation did as Moses had spoken. 12 ^And in those days it came to pass, that Moses spake *Heb. clothed uuto Aarou, and unto ' Hur, ID white. saymg : 13 Stay ye with the people here, and judge them, tor lo, I shall go up on the mount with Joshua, Nadab, and Abihu, and the elders ; and we shall stay there forty days and forty nights. 14 ^ And I, Jasher, the son of Caleb, bare the rod before Moses and Joshua, and the seventy elders of the people. CHAP. XVII. 1 Jethro meets Moses on mount Sinai. 5 J(dhro''s counsel., concerning building the tabernacle. 9 Institution of the priesthood. 10 Aaron^s family is chosen. 11 Holy vestments appointed. 12 The ark. \A The people murmur. 21 Moses, his proposal. 22 Nadab and Abihu only dissent. 24 Moses descends from the mount. 28 The tribe of Levi made holy. 1 ^OW it came to pass on the morrow, that Jethro met Moses, Joshua, Nadab, 27 Abihu, and the seventy elders, A. M. on the mount ; and the trumpet 2643. sounded. 2 And Jethro said unto Moses, Thou hast done well ; in that thou hast chosen out wise men to be counsellors unto thee, 3 And Jethro bowed himself before Moses, Joshua, Nadab, and Abihu, and before the seventy elders. 4 % And on the second day, about the ninth hour thereof, the trumpet sounded, and Jethro, Moses' father-inlaw, stood forth and said : 5 Behold, thus saith Jethro, the son of * Esau, the priest of •//ej. the hairy Midian : It is meet, O Israel ! that ye build a tabernacle for the God, the maker of heaven and of earth ; even for the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, that ye may serve the Lord, who hath delivered ye out of the hands of the Egyptians, and from the dangers of the Red Sea. 6 Then Moses, Joshua, Nadab, and Abihu, and the seventy elders, answered Jethro, and said : 7 The Lord, our God, hath been merciful unto us : and the light of his countenance hath shone upon us. 8 Then Jethro instructed Moses in what manner, and in what form, and with what materials he should build the tabernacle of the Lord of Hosts.

The tabernacle and a/rk. J A S H E R. The Israelites murmur. A. M. 9 And thus saith Jethro : Up, let us return thither, we, A. M. 2543. When ye have builded the ta- our wives, and our children : 2643. bernacle, ye shall appoint or become the slaves, and walk priests to minister before the after the laws and customs of Lord : according to the tribes Jethro, the Midianite, whom of the children of Israel, shall we know not ? ye appoint. 16 And the people spake 10 And Moses, Joshua, Na- unto Aaron, saying : Moses, dab, and Abihu, and the seventy who, by his cunning, hath elders, said : Let Aaron and brought us up out of the land his sons be set apart as sancti- of Egypt, now seeketh to fied unto the Lord. make himself a king and a 11 Then said Jethro unto ruler over us. Moses, Thou shalt put upon 17 And Aaron answered Aaron and his sons, the gar- the people, and he said : On ments which thou hast seen, the morning of the third day, that they may be a holy priest- ye shall assemble according to hood unto the Lord, the God your tribes, and I will do all of Israel. that which ye shall then speak 12 Moreover, ye shall build unto me. an ark unto the Lord, wherein 18 ^ Then Aaron sent mesye shall lay up before the Lord sengers unto Moses, Joshua, the testimony ; even the wri- Nadab, and Abihu, and the tings of the laws and ordinances seventy elders, on the mount, which ye shall receive. and they spake before them, 13 And it came to pass, saying : when the forty days were ful- 19 Thus saith Aaron, thy filled, wherein Jethro com- brother, because ye tarry on muned with Moses, Joshua, the mount, the people murand the seventy elders, that all mur, and say, Whether is it the statutes and the ordinances better, that we be the subjects to be observed, were written in of the Egyptians whom we a book of remembrance. know : Up, let us return thi14 ^ And it came to pass, ther, we, our wives, and our whilst Moses, Joshua, Nadab, children ; or become the slaves, and Abihu, and the seventy and walk after the laws and cuselders, tarried in the mount, toms of Jethro, the Midianite, that the people murmured, whom we know not ? and they said one among ano- 20 And when Moses had ther, heard these things he was ex16 Whether is it better, ceeding wroth, that we be the subjects of the 21 ^ Then Moses, after he Egyptians whom we know : had sent away the messengers, 28

Moses comes from the mount. Chap, xviii. Nadah and Abihu rebel. A. M. spake unto Joshua, Nadab, Nadab, and Abihu stand up A. M. 2543. and Abihu, and the seventy before the people. 2543. elders : 28 ^ Then Moses called for 22 Behold, thus it behoveth Aaron, and he said unto him, us to say unto the people : We The Lord hath chosen thee, have seen the Lord in the and thy sons, to minister before mount, we have ate and drank the Lord, in the tabernacle in his presence, and the words which ye shall build. which he hath spoken unto us, 29 Separate therefore yourthey are those which we now selves, thou, and thy sons, even deliver unto you. all the tribe of Levi, that ye 23 And the saying of Mo- may be a holy priesthood unto ses was pleasing unto Joshua, the Lord. and unto the seventy elders : 30 And Moses came down but unto Nadab and Abihu it from the mount : he, and Joshua, was not pleasing. and the seventy elders of the 24 And Nadab and Abihu people, were cut oif from the assembly : and they hastened into CHAP. XVIIL the camp of the children of 3 ^^dab and Abihu rebel. 6 The Israel, which lay at the foot of Levites slay three thousand of the mount Sinai. people. 8 The people repent. 25 H And it came to pass 12 They build a tabernacle, 18 on the fortieth morning after and an altar. \^ Aaron and his Moses, Joshua, and the seven- ^^^ «^^ *[ ^' '^^^'^' ty elders had gone up on the 1 AND it came to pass on mount, that the trumpet the morrow, that Moses sounded : and Moses, Joshua, stood before the people, at the and the seventy elders, assay- entrance into the camp, and he ed to come down from the said : mount. 2 Who is on the Lord's 26 And as they descended, side ? Let him come forth of Joshua* spake unto Moses, and the camp. said, Lo, Nadab and Abihu 3 And Aaron, and all the have joined themselves unto sons of the tribe of Levi, exthe people : and the voice of cept Nadab and Abihu, came the people seemeth as the voice forth of the camp, and stood of rebellion. before Moses. 27 And it was told unto 4 And Joshua said unto Moses, and unto Joshua, say- Moses : Lo, the people have ing. The voice of the people spoken well of Nadab and is the voice of shouting, and Abihu ; and they have eaten, of great joy : lo, Aaron, Hur, and they have drank, and be29

Three thousand of the people slain. J A S H E R. TTie tabernacle built. A.M. 2543. *0r, ruler. hold, now they are risen up to play. 5 ^ Then said Moses unto the sons of Levi, even unto all the tribe thereof : Gird on each man his sword, and go ye through the camp, and slay ye the froward, even every man his friend. 6 And they did so : and they slew Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, with three thousand of the people. 7 But Aaron held his peace. 8 ^ And it came to pass, when the slaughter was over, that the children of Israel humbled themselves, and they said : 9 All that the * Lord shall say unto us, that will we do. 10 And the people sent messengers unto Moses, and unto Aaron, and unto Joshua, and unto the seventy elders, saying : 1 1 We have done wrong ; we have sinned ; intreat ye for us. 12 And Moses said, Thus saith the Lord, Ye shall build a tabernacle unto my name, wherein my honour shall dwell. 13 ''Bezaliel and "^ Aholiab to the pattern of ^^e cndued with understandthe Lord. . • n r i '/f€A. the build- mg, m all manner oi work*'■ manship, in cunning works, in works of gold, and in works of silver : lo, they shall build the tabernacle according to all that I shall say unto them. 30 */feJ. according 14 And Bezaliel and Aholiab built the tabernacle for the congregation ; with the offerings of the children of Israel, even of gold, of silver, of brass, and of fine linen. 15 f This is my sanctuary ; and I will dwell among my people from this day forth, for evermore. 16 ^ And it came to pass, that Moses went into the tabernacle, in the sight of all the children of Israel. 17 And Moses came forth to the door of the tabernacle, and spake before the congregation, and said : 18 Thus saith the Lord, Ye shall build an altar before the door of the tabernacle : and ye shall offer thereon burnt-offerings, and lambs, and kids of a year old : and Aaron and his sons shall minister before me. 19 ^ And thus shalt thou clothe Aaron : Thou shalt put upon Aaron, the coat, the ephod, the breast-plate, the mitre, and the crown. 20 And on his sons, even on all the males of the tribe of Levi, who are able to stand before the congregation, ye shall put on coats, girdles, and bonnets. 21 Thus shall ye consecrate Aaron and his sons: and they shall minister before me for ever. A. M. 2543.

Moses reads the law. Chap. xix. Laws and ordinances. A.M. 2544. CHAP. XIX. 1 Moses reads the law before the congregation. Y] They promise to observe the ordinances and statutes. 1 A^^ ^^ came to pass on the morrow, that Moses read before the congregation, out of the book of the covenant, the statutes and ordinances which the Lord had appointed unto the children of Israel to observe. 2 And Moses said, Thus saith the Lord, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob : I am the Lord, thy God, with my outstretched arm have I delivered ye from the bondage of the Egyptians; ye shall worship no other god beside me. 3 The likeness of the Lord, thy God, thou shalt not make, either in gold, in silver, in brass, or in wood : thou shalt not use Teraphira in thy dwellings, saith the Lord. 4 Sacred and holy shall my name be, in the mouths of this congregation : and in the mouths of your sons, and your sons' sonsj throughout all generations. 5 Ye shall set apart every seventh day, for a day of rest : thou shalt not work therein, neither thou, thy wife, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, nor thy man-servant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor the 31 stranger that shall be within thy gate. 6 For on that day, thou shalt rest from thy labour : and on that day thou shalt bring offerings of thy cattle, of thy flocks, of thy herds, and of thy fowls. 7 And the priests shall slay them before the congregation: and the flesh thereof shall they roast with fire. 8 And on that day shall the priest rehearse in the ears of all Israel, all the wonders done in the land of Egypt, and in the Red Sea. 9 Thou shalt reverence the hoary head. 10 Thou shalt not smite any man, so that he die : if thou dost, thou shalt die the death, and thy name shall be forgotten. 11 Thou shalt not speak evil of, nor slander any of the children of Jacob. 12 Thou shalt not covet that which is the property of another. 13 Thou shalt not do after the abominations of the Egyptians : thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy sister, she is thy own flesh. 14 Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of a woman during her uncleanness. 15 Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of the virgin betrothed ; neither shalt thou go in unto a woman who is the wife of another. A. M. 2544.

The ark is built. J A S H E R. The vessels of the tabernacle. A. M. 16 ^ And when Moses had that the priests might hear the A. M. 2544. made an end of speaking, all ark of the testimony before the 2546. the people cried out with one people. voice : 5 Then made they the mer17 All these things which cy-seat of pure gold, and the the Lord hath commanded, cherubims at each corner will we observe to do : we, and thereof : of pure gold did our sons, and our sons' sons, for they make them, ever. 6 The table of Shittimwood made they, and they CHAP XX. overlaid it with gold : and 2 The ark is built. 5 The mercy- they cast four rings of gold, seat. 6 The table. J The ves- and they made staves to bear sets. 8 The incense-altar. 1 1 the table. The hangings. 16 Priests to be 7 And the vessels of the tawithout blemish. y^^ ^^e dishes, the spoons, the 2545. 1 A-'^^ Moses said, Behold, bowls, the covers, the candlethus saith the Lord, sticks, the six branches thereYe shall build an ark unto the of; and the seven lamps, the Lord, and he shall put the ark snuffers, and snuff-dishes, of into the tabernacle of the con- beaten gold were they made, gregation : and he shall lay up 8 The incense-altar of Shittherein the words of the testi- tim-wood was four-square, and mony, which I have read this the horns thereof of the same, day in the ears of all Israel, for overlaid with pure gold, with a perpetual memorial of the rings and with staves to bear covenant which the Lord hath it withal, made with the posterity of Ja- 9 Of Shittim-wood also did cob, they make the altar of the 2 ^ And Bezaliel and Aho- burnt-offering, and the horns liab made the ark according thereof, and the staves thereto the pattern they had receiv- of: and with brass did they ed of the Lord, on mount Si- overlay it. nai. 10 The pots, the shovels, 3 And the ark was of Shit- the basons, the fire-pans, the tim-wood : two cubits and a grates, the four rings, the lahalf was the length of it, and ver, the twenty pillars with a cubit and a half the breadth their sockets : all of brass did of it, and the height a cubit they make them. and a half. 11 And of fine linen were 4 And they made four rings made the hangings of the taof gold, two on each side, and bernacle, and the hangings of they made two staves also ; the gate of the court were of 32

The Levites to be anointed. Chap. xxi. Korah's rebellion. A. M. blue, of scarlet, and of pur- and of purple, and of scarlet, A. M. 2645. pie, wrought in needle-work, and of fine linen, which the 2646. by the virgins of Israel: ac- people offered, appertained cording to the pattern Moses unto the Levites, even as the had received of the Lord, on Lord had commanded Mothe mount. ses. 12 For they brought unto 18 ^ Thus did Moses in the Moses, day by day, all the sight of all Israel: even acwork which they had done: cording to the commandment and Moses looked on the same, of the Lord, did he. that it might be done according to all that the Lord had CHAP. XXL commanded him. l Korah, his rebellion. \ I He and 13 f And Moses said, Thus ^(s company destroyed by Jire. hath the Lord spoken, Thou 13 The people fear greatly. 15 shalt put the ark of the cove- The priesthood established. nant, the table, the mercy-seat, 1 AND when Korah, * Da- "Tfej. the rites, with all the furniture thereof, than, <> Abiram, and " On, Jj^f^f j^e^j^if'' into the tabernacle of the con- with two hundred and fifty of «/feJ. iniquity, gregation. the children of Israel, men 14 Before the door of the famous in the congregation, tabernacle shalt thou build the and men of renown, saw all altar, with the laver, and with that was done, the hangings thereof: and 2 They said one to the with oil shalt thou sanctify other : This thing which Mothem. ses and Aaron have done, is 16 Aaron, and his sons, shalt not of the Lord, thou bring before the door of 3 For behold, henceforward the tabernacle of the congre- shall the tribe of Levi live on gation : and thou shalt wash the fat of the land, they shall them with water, and thou be clothed in soft raiment; shalt anoint them with oil. they shall fare sumptuously 16 Only this thing shalt every day ; the plough and the thou observe. All the males axe shall they be strangers to : of the tribe of Levi, without and lo! we, and our sons, and blemish, shalt thou consecrate, our sons' sons, shall they gall saith the Lord : the eunuch, with the yoke that this day whether he be born so, or made they have brought upon us. so, shalt thou not consecrate. 4 And they gathered them17 And the burnt-offerings, selves together unto Moses, and the sacrifices, and the of- and they said unto him : ferings of kids, and of goats, 6 What thing is this that and of sheep, and of oxen, thou hast done ? Are not all 33 F

Korah destroyed hy fire. J A S H E R. Israel enjoys peace. A. M. the people holy? Wherefore 2545. hast thou separated the tribe of Levi, to be sanctified unto the Lord ? 6 Hast thou not brought us into the wilderness? Should not all help to till the ground ? yea, the hands of the people are not equal to the task : and shalt thou take away every tenth man from the labour. 7 And Moses said, Tomorrov/ shall the Lord answer the blasphemies you now utter : and shew who is holy, and who is not holy. 8 ir And it came to pass on the morrow, that Korah, Dathan, and Abiram, with the two hundred and fifty men of the children of Israel, assembled themselves together before the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. 9 And Moses spake unto them, and said. Behold, O Korah, Dathan, and Abiram, thus saith the Lord, Ye fight against me, even against the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, who hath brought you up out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. 10 And Moses said unto the congregation : Separate yourselves from Korah and his company, peradventure the Lord will do a new thing. 11 And they did so: and Korah and his company stood before the tabernacle. 34 12 And Moses commanded A. M. the Levites, saying : Up now, 2545. slay Korah, Dathan, and Abiram, with those that are with them, with fire, even as the Lord hath spoken unto me. 13 And Korah, Dathan, and Abiram, with the two hundred and fifty men of the children of Israel, perished by fire before the door of the tabernacle of the Lord. 14 And great fear fell on all the congregation : and they hastened every man to his tent. 15 ^ Thus did Moses establish the priesthood in his brother's house, in the tribe of Levi ; and he committed unto them, the keeping of the tabernacle, of the ark, and of the book of the testimony, according to all that the Lord had commanded him. CHAP. xxn. 1 Israel enjoys peace. 4 They defile themselves with the women of Midian and Moab. 1 AFTER these days it came 2546. to pass, that the people obeyed the voice of the Lord, by the mouth of his servant Moses. 2 And there was peace throughout all the tribes of the children of Israel. 3 For no man opened his mouth against Zipporah : nor against the women of Midian, her companions, nor against those of Moab.

Aaron reads the covenant. Chap, xxiii. Laws and ordinances. A. M. 4 IT And in process of time, 4 He shall bring the male A. M. 2546. the women of Midian, and the of his flock unto the priests, 2547. women of Moab, became con- the sons of Aaron ; and they versant with the sons of Israel. shall slay it before the door of 5 During all the days of the tabernacle, and they shall Jethro, Moses' father-in-law, cut it in pieces, and they shall and all the days of Zipporah, lay it on the altar on the fire Moses' wife. which they shall make ; and 6 And the children of Israel they shall roast the flesh theredefiled themselves with the of, which is acceptable, and a women of Midian, and with sweet savour, as the Lord hath the women of Moab : and they appointed. learned to walk after all their 5 And when any man shall abominations. bring a meal-oflfering unto the Lord, he shall offer of fine flour, CHAP. XXIII. unleavened, mixed with oil and 2 Jaron reads out of the book of frankincense ; and the priests the covenant divers laws cojicern- shall bake it on the altar, and ing trespasses, and their atone- they shall eat thereof; it is a ments. IS The passover and feasts thing done by fire, and is of instituted; 2^Shelomite,his bias- a sweet savour phemj^. 20, He is stoned. q And thou'shalt bring an 2547. 1 A^^ ^^ ^^™® to pass after oblation of thy first fruits unto many days, that Moses the Lord; and with all thy assembled the congregation of offerings, thou shalt offer salt, thechildrenof Israel together; 7 The peace-offering, wheeven all the tribes thereof, to ther it be of the herd, of the the door of the tabernacle of flock, or of the field, it shall the Lord. be the best ; without blemish 2 And he brought forth the shalt thou bring it before the book of the covenant, and Lord. Aaron read it before the con- 8 If thou dost sin through gregation, in the sight of all ignorance, against any of the Israel. commandments of the Lord, 3 And Aaron said. Thus thou shalt bring before the saith the Lord, by his servant door of the tabernacle of the Moses: If any man bring an congregation, a young bullock, offering unto the Lord, he or a kid, or a lamb, without shall bring it voluntarily ; it blemish ; and the priest shall shall be a male without ble- kill the bullock, or the kid, or mish, of his flock, of his cat- the lamb, and he shall roast tie, and of the prime of his them with fire, on the altar, ^owl. without the gate of the camp,

Laws and ordinances. J A S H E R. Wave-offerings appointed. A. M. and thy sin shall be forgiven Aaron, or his sons, shall not A. M. 2547. thee. drink wine nor strong drink, 2647. 9 If thou shalt touch any when they are to minister beunclean thing, whether it be fore the congregation, that they of man, or of beast, thou shalt may discern between the clean bring unto the priest, a lamb, and the unclean ; and that they or a kid of thy goats, or two may teach the children of Isturtle doves, or an ephah of rael my statutes. fine flour ; and he shall make 1 4 Thus saith the Lord, an atonement for thee. When a woman hath borne a 10 If thou shalt commit a child, whether it be a maletrespass unwittingly, then shalt child, or a maid-child, she thou bring a ram, without ble- shall be unclean thirty and mish, with the estimation there- three days ; and she shall bring of, in shekels of silver ; and a lamb of the first year, or two when thou hast satisfied the turtle doves, or two young trespass, thou shalt add the pigeons, and she shall bring fifth part thereof, and thou them unto the priest, and he shalt give it unto the priest, shall make an atonement for who shall make an atonement her, and she shall be clean, for thee, and thy trespass shall 15 ^ Thus saith the Lord, be forgiven. When a man shall have in his 11 If thou shalt trespass, flesh the plague of the leprowittingly, against thy neigh- sy, he shall be brought unto hour, by taking that which is Aaron, or unto one of his sons, his, thou shalt restore it to the who shall look on him, and if full estimation thereof; and he be unclean, he shall put thou shalt give him a fifth part him out of the camp, until he more : and then thou shalt shall be healed of his sore ; and bring unto the priest, a ram, then he shall bring unto the without blemish, with its value priest, two he-lambs, without in shekels of silver ; and the blemish, and three tenth-deals priest shall make an atonement of fine flour, mingled with oil, for thee, and thou shalt be for- with one log of oil, and the given. priest shall wave them before 12 And the priests, the sons the Lord, and shall make an of Aaron, shall eat of the sin- atonement for him, and he offering, of the peace-offering, shall be clean. and of the trespass-offering ; 16 Thus saith the Lord, according to all which the Whilst a woman is unclean in Lord commanded Moses in her flesh, she shall be put apart mount Sinai. seven days, no man shall ap13 ^ Thus saith the Lord, proach unto her during her 36

The passover instituted. Chap. xxiv. The Shelomite stoned. A.M. uncleanness; and when she is shall ye rejoice before the Lord^ A.M. 2547. cleansed of her issue, she shall for seven days. 2547. take two turtle doves, or two 22 Thus did Moses estayoung pigeons, and bring them blish the feasts of the Lord ; unto the priest, to the door of even as he was commanded on the tabernacle ; and he shall mount Sinai, make an atonement for her, 23 ^ Then came forth the and she shall be clean. son of Shelomith before the 17 ^ And it shall come to congregation, and spake unto pass, on the seventh month, in Moses, at the door of the taevery year, when the congre- bernacle, saying : gation of the children of Israel 24 The Lord hath not hath sinned against the Lord, spoken these things ; peradthat every man shall bring an venture they are imaginations offering according to his esti- of evil to this people, mation ; and the priests shall 25 And Moses commanded wave every man's oblation be- the Levites, saying. Lead him fore the Lord, at the door of forth of the camp, and let the tabernacle of the congre- the people stone him with gation, and the priests shall stones, that he die, as the Lord make atonement for the sins hath spoken, of all the people of Israel, and 26 And they did so : and they shall be forgiven their the people stoned him to sins, which they have sinned death ; because he had blasagainst the Lord. phemed before Moses, and 18 ^ Moreover thus shall because he had spoken evil in ye do, on the fourteenth day Israel. of the first month: at even shall be the feast of the pass- CHAP. XXIV. over unto the Lord. , „ 1 Twelve spies sent into Canaan. 19 And the next day shall lo Ten bring an evil report. 11 be the feast of unleavened Caleb and Joshua encourage the bread unto the Lord, for seven people. 18 The ten are stoned. ^g^yg 20 Jethro dies. 22 Zipporah dies. 20" And on the tenth, there ^3 Aaron dies. shall be a day of atonement ; 1 A.^^ ^* came to pass, 2648* wherein ye shall afflict your when the days of the souls. sojourning of the children 21 And on the fifteenth day of Israel in the wilderness shall be the feast of taberna- were multiplied, that Moses cles ; with boughs, and with spake unto the elders, and branches of palm-trees, and unto all the congregation of with willows of the brook, Israel, saying: 37

^ies sent into Canaan. J A S H E R. The spies stir vp the people to rebel. A.M. 2648. *H^e6. huge. there, with our enemies, the Amalekites, the Hittites, the Jebusites, and the Amorites. 1 1 And Caleb, even he who taught Israel to shoot with the bow, stood forth and said. Up, let us gird on the sword, and take the bow, perad venture we shall possess the land, for we are more mighty than the people of the nations ; and the Lord is with us, and he will prosper us. 12 And Joshua said, Caleb hath spoken the truth. 13 Then said the other men who were sent with Caleb and Joshua unto Moses, and unto all the congregation, ten were they in number, We cannot stand before this people, for they are stronger, and in stature we appear unto them as dwarfs ; the sons of Anak are giants : lo ! we shall never be able to go in and possess the land. 14 And they sowed sedition among the people : and the children of Israel murmured, and said : 15 Wherefore hath Moses and Aaron brought us hither, that we, our wives, and our

The Lemies stone the spies. Chap, xxv. Moses exhorteth the people. A.M. children, fall by the sword of rtrAP YW A.M. 2648. the Gentiles. ' i^nAr. AAV. 2^^^ 16 And they said as one 1 ^^^^^ exhorteth the people to go man: Shammua shall be our into Canaan. & Balak opposeth . • J -ii J. the designs of Moses. 14 The captain, and we will return Mtdiamfes, the Moabites, and into the land ot i^gypt. /^e Amorites, are smitten, except 17 ^ Then spake Caleb, the the women; 18 with whom the ^Htb. regard- SOU of "Jephunneh, and Joshua, Israelites defile themselves. 23 '"jlift.thesteady the soH of "Nun, These men, 1^^ Leviies hang up the chiefs. who went with us, have "^^ The women of Midian are 1 1 J. -1 , ,1 slam, save the virgins. 30 Mobrought an evil report on the ^^^ ^^.^^^^ ^,^^ ^^^.^ 4^ .y,^^ land : tor the land is good, it Reubenites desire to have their floweth with milk and with inheritance on this side Jordan. honey : and the Lord, the 47 It is granted on condition. God of our fathers, hath delivered the people thereof into 1 A-^^ *^® trumpet soundour hand. ed before Moses, and 18 And Moses said. They before "^ Eleazer, the pi-iest, and 'f^M^^'J*''^'' have blasphemed ; they have before the. elders, at the door lied unto the Lord : and the of the tabernacle : and all IsLevites, and the congregation, rael assembled to hear the stoned them with stones, be- words of the Lord, fore the door of the taberna- 2 And Moses sajd. The cle. days of the accomplishment 19 Then dwelt Israel in of the promise, which the peace, and listened unto the Lord hath made unto our fawords of the Lord, which he thers, that their seed shall inspake by the mouth of Moses, herit the land of Canaan, is at his servant. hand. 2660. 20 ^ And it was told unto 3 Arm therefore to the war, Moses, that Jethro, his father- so many of you, according to in-law, was dead. your tribes: one thousand out •/fej. pulled 21 And°Balak, the king of of every tribe, shall ye numiown. Moab, was king of Midian: ber. now Balak was not the son of 4 And Joshua, and Caleb, Jethro. and ^Phinehas, the priest, with "HeS. confiding 22 And Zipporah, Jethro's the holy trumpets, shall go bedaughter, the wife of Moses, fore you, and lead you into the died also: but the children of land whereof the Lord hath Israel mourned not. said : Thy seed shall possess 23 And Aaron went up in- the land of Canaan, as I sware tHth. steep. to mount ^Hor, and died there, unto thy fathers ; a land flowand was buried. ing with milk and honey. 39

Balak opposeth Moses, J A S H E R. The Israelites desirqi/ the Midianites. A. M. 2661. « Heh. incest. *Heh. grave. • Or, Mediterranean. 6 The Amorites, the Moabites, the Midianites, the Jebusites, and all the nations of Canaan : they shall not stand before you, saith the Lord. 6 ^ Now it came to pass, that when Balak, the king of ''Moab, had heard all that had been spoken by Moses, that he assembled the princes of Moab and of Midian, with those of the Amorites, and he said unto them : 7 Behold ! Moses, with the Hebrews who have followed him out of Egypt, draw nigh unto our land to dispossess us, and to drive us out from the heritage of our fathers. 8 Now therefore send messengers unto ^ Balaam, the king of ^Mesopotamia, lest when they have destroyed us, they destroy him, and his people also. 9 And the messengers came unto Pethor, and spake unto Balaam : Lo ! the Hebrews, who are come up out of Egypt, have set their faces against us, join thou with us, that neither we, nor thy servants, be slain. 10 Then Balaam assembled the princes of Mesopotamia together, and he said unto them ; Lo ! Balak, king of Moab and of Midian, hath sent unto us, that we fight with them against Moses and the Hebrews, who have now set their faces against the Midianites, the Moabites, and the Amorites, to dispossess and destroy them. 40 11 And the princes said, A. M. Why should we fight against 2661. Israel, seeing we dwell in the land between the two rivers ? 12 And the messengers returned unto Balak : and Balak was disheartened. 13 f Then went forth Joshua, Caleb, and Phinehas, the priest, with the holy instruments, and with the trumpets, and it was proclaimed, saying : 14 Smite the Midianites, even all the males thereof: but the females ye shall not touch. 16 And they did so: and there fell that day all the males of the children of Midian, of Moab, and of the nations. 16 Then returned Phinehas, Joshua, and Caleb, with all Israel, that went forth to the battle. 17 And they brought into the camp of Israel, all the wives of the Midianites, of the Moabites, and of the Amorites, with the virgins : even all the females. 18 And the elders, and all the children of Israel, defiled themselves with the women of Midian, with the women of Moab, and with the women of the nations. 19 And children of the women of Midian, Moab, and the nations, were born unto the elders of the people of Israel. 20 And the people did evil in the sight of the Lord.

The Israelites defile themselves. Chap. xxv. Moses divides the spoil. A. M. 21 % Then Moses, with 2561. Eleazar, the priest, stood forth and said : 22 Ye have sinned, in that ye have saved the women of the nations when ye fought against them ; and the Lord delivered the people into your hands. 23 And Moses spake unto the Levites, and said. Thus saith the Lord : Take the heads of those who have sinned, and hang them up before the door of the tabernacle of the Lord, in the sight of all the congregation. 24 And they hung them up in the sun, in the sight of all Israel. 26 And there fell of the people, twenty and four thousand, and then the slaughter ceased. 2652. 26 Then Moses spake unto the children of Israel, and said. Thus saith the Lord : ye shall slay all the women of the nations with whom ye have defiled yourselves, and the males born unto them ; you shall save for yourselves only the virgin who hath not lain with man. 27 And the children of Israel did according to all that they were commanded. 28 And the number of the women-children, virgins, were thirty and two thousand, who knew not man. 29 II And it came to pass, after these things, that Moses 41 said. Bring forth the spoil of the Moabites, the Midianites, and of the nations. 30 For thus saith the Lord, The prey shall ye divide ; the one half thereof shall be for those who took the war upon them, and the other half shall ye give unto the congregation of the Lord, 31 Now the half that pertained unto the men, even unto those of each tribe who came from the war, were of sheep, three hundred and seven and thirty thousand and five hundred : of beeves, thirty and six thousand : of asses, thirty thousand and five hundred : and of virgins, sixteen thousand. 32 But of these, the tribute unto the Lord, were of the sheep, six hundred and seventy and five: of the beeves, seventy and two : of the asses, sixty and one : and of the virgins, thirty and two. 33 And Moses delivered the tribute unto Eleazar, the priest, as an offering unto the Lord. 34 And Moses gave unto the congregation their portion : of the sheep, three hundred and seven and thirty thousand: of beeves, thirty and six thousand : of asses, thirty thousand and five hundred: and of virgins, sixteen thousand. 35 But of these the tribute unto the Lord, were of the sheep, six hundred and seventy and five : of the beeves, seventy G A. M. 2662.

Gad and Reuben petition Moses J A S H E R. with respect to inheritance. A. M. and two : of the asses, sixty 2652. and one : and of the virgins, thirty and two. 36 And Moses delivered the tribute unto Eleazar, the priest, as an offering unto the Lord. 37 So the Lord's portion of the spoil deUvered unto the Levites, were of the sheep, one thousand three hundred and fifty : of the beeves, one hundred and forty and two : of the asses, one hundred twenty and two : and of virgins, sixty and four : besides their part as one of the tribes of Israel. 38 But of the gold, and of the silver, and of the jewels, and of the chains, and of the bracelets, and of the ear-rings, which the men of war had taken, brought they unto Moses, and unto Eleazar : and Eleazar offered them up as an oblation unto the Lord. 39 And the sum thereof, was sixteen thousand and seven hundred and fifty shekels. 40 ^ And it came to pass on the morrow, that the children of the tribe of Gad, and of the tribe of Reuben, drew near unto Moses, and unto Eleazar, the priest, and unto the elders of Israel, and said : 41 Behold our inheritance is fallen unto us on this side //««. water ^ Jordan. 42 And we, our wives, our children, and the virgins, the Lord hath given us, are many in number, and our cattle are a great multitude. ^ 42 of judgment. 43 ^Ataroth, '' Dibon, ' Ja- A. M. zer, with all the cites and vil- 2552. lages on this side Jordan, in the « Heb. the land of Gilead, permit us to k°^^° nite^u-' possess, that we may build f«"*- . sheep-folds for our cattle, and " ^ '" ^" dwellings for our wives, and for our children. 44 And Moses said unto the rulers of the tribes of Reuben, and of Gad, Surely, to excuse yourselves from the war, from driving out the Canaanites, do ye ask of me this thing ! 45 And they answered Moses and said. We, ourselves, will go armed unto the war, and we will pass over Jordan : neither will we return again unto our wives, and our children, until Israel hath possessed the land of Canaan. 46 And Moses said. Be it unto you even as you have said: 47 Only observe you this thing, that ye be ready to pass over Jordan armed before the Lord, and before Joshua, his servant, until he hath driven out your enemies : then shall ye return, and ye shall be guiltless before the Lord. 48 But if ye turn your backs on tlie covenant ye have this day made, behold the sin, which ye shall sin before the Lord, will avenge you. 49 And they said unto Moses : We, thy servants, will do as thou, our lord, hast commanded. 60 And they departed.

Moses teacheth the Israelites a song. Chap. xxvi. Twelve appointed to divide Canaan, A. M. the Lord, in the ark of the co- A. M. 2663. CHAP. XXVI. venant, the words which this 2663. 1 Joshua is appointed to succeed ^^V ^ have taught the children Moses. 2 Moses' charge to Jo- ot Israel, that your sons, and shua. 15 Moses blesses the tribes yoursons' sons, and yourdaughof Israel. 27 Takes the rod from ters, may learn them. Jasher. 29 He goes up Pisgah. Q And Moses, and the chil30 Views the promised land. 32 j^g^ ^f Israel, sojourned in ^'''' ^^'^"- the plains of Moab, by Jor1 AND the Lord said unto dan, over against Jericho. Moses, Call Joshua, 7 U And Moses assembled the son of Nun, unto you, be- together Joshua, and all the fore the door of the tabernacle children of Israel, and he said of the congregation, and give unto them: unto him a charge ; for behold 8 Behold the days draw the days draw nigh wherein nigh wherein 1 shall be gatherthou shalt die. ed unto my fathers. 2 And Moses did as the 9 And thus saith the Lord, Lord commanded, and Moses When ye shall pass over Jorsaid unto Joshua in the sight dan into the land of Canaan, of all Israel, Thus saith the that ye shall drive out the inLord, Be strong, and of great habitants : and ye shall divide courage, for thee have I cho- by lot, their land among your sen to lead my people into the families: according to the numland of which I sware unto ber of each tribe, shall ye dithem, that they should possess vide it. it ; and I will be with thee. 10 Ye shall surely drive out 3 ^ And the Lord spake the inhabitants, none shall reunto Moses, and said, Write main, lest Israel be corrupted now a song, even the song I through their abominations, shall teach thee, that the chil- and they be as thorns in your dren of Israel may learn the sides. words thereof ; that they 11 And these are the men may not hereafter forsake my who shall divide the land : ,^^ ^^^_ laws, nor disregard the statutes even Eleazar, the priest, and wished. which they have received. Joshua, the son of Nun. ^'^f; Lold!*** 4 And Moses spake before 12 And of the princes of 'Heb. dispersed the congregation all the words the people, Caleb, "Shemuel, God.' ^™^ ** of the song, until they were ''Elidad, '^Bukki, "^Hanniel, |,2d*ofGod ended. *Kemuel, ^Elizaphan, ^Paltiel, f««i. thein." 6 And Moses spake unto ''Ahihud, and ' Pedahel. fSeS^^iiberty. Joshua, and unto Eleazar, the 13 And thus saith the Lord, »>//«*! brother priest, saying. Lay up before Command the children of Is- fna^XovtSat

Moses blesseth the tribes. J A S H E R. TTie rod is taken from Jasher. A.M. rael, that they give unto the 2663. Levites, forty and eight cities, for them to dwell therein. 14 And the suburbs thereof shall measure two thousand cubits on the north, on the south, on the east, and on the west, of every city : and every city shall be in the midst thereof. 16 ^ Then Moses blessed the tribes of Israel, and he said: 16 O that Reuben may live, and become a great peopie! k^ei. thanks- 17 That '' Judah may be •^'^'"^* suflBcient, that his enemies do not spoil him. 18 Of Levi, he shall possess Urim and Thummim ; the Lord shall smite through the loins of them that rise up against him : for they shall teach Jacob the statutes of the Lord, and they shall offer burnt-offerings and incense before the Lord, for ever. '/feft. dexterous 19 "Benjamin shall be the beloved of the Lord : under the shadow of the Almighty shall be his safety. 20 Joseph shall receive of the precious things of the firmament, he shall eat of the fat of the land, and shall be satisfied : his glory shall be the strength as of a unicorn ; he shall push the people together unto the ends of the earth, -/fes. inhabit- 21 "" Zebulun and " Issachar shall rejoice : they shall suck 44 ing. "//ej.comroerce of the plenty of the seas, and A. M. of the hidden things of the 2663. sand. 22 "Gad shall dwell as a '//**•» ^^tlion: he shall judge among the people, and the people shall bless him. 23 Dan shall thrive as a lion's whelp : his habitation shall be from Bashan. 24 P Naphtali shall be highly 'W«>- ^'e^'i^J. favoured ; and shall be filled with the blessings of the Lord. 26 "^Ashur shall be blessed q^«j, subtle. with his children : his foot shall he dip in oil, his shoes shall be iron and brass, and as hfs days, so shall his strength be. 26 'Simeon shall be many 'Ha. hearing. for number: and his bread shall be fatness. 27 ^ And Moses called for Eleazar, the priest, and he said unto him: Take now from Jasher, the rod, and do thou lay it up before the Lord in the tabernacle of the congregation, on the side of the mercy-seat shall it be laid up. 28 And I, Jasher, the son of Caleb, delivered unto Eleazar, the priest, the rod : and Eleazar put it up in the tabernacle, on the side of the mercy-seat before the ark : and it remaineth there even unto this day. 29 ^ And when Moses had made an end of blessing the children of Israel, he went up out of the plains of Moab, unto mount * Nebo, even unto >Heb. fruitful. the top of ' Pisgah. '"'''■ »°"y

Moses' death. Chap, xxvii. Joshua prepares to pass over Jordan. A. M. 30 And from thence he unto me : When I am gather- A. M. 2663. saw all the land of " Gilead, ed unto my fathers, then shalt 2664. • Heb. testify, gyen unto Dan and " Manasseh, thou lead the people over Jor»«c6.forgetting and the land of Judah, even dan into the land of Canaan : sh^e!' '"°''" ""^o ^^^ s^^j ^he plain of the and the Lord will be with thee, valley of ^ Jericho, and the and will fight for thee, city of the palm-trees, even 3 Prepare therefore for your unto Zoar. journey ; arm yourselves for the 31 And he said, Now be- battle: for lo ! the trumpet hold T with my eyes the land, shall sound on the third day, concerning which the Lord and the ark of the Lord shall sware unto Abraham, Isaac, go over Jordan before the peoand Jacob, saying, I will give pie. it unto thy seed. 4 ^Then spake unto Joshua 32 And Moses died in the the chief of the tribes of Reuland of Moab. ben. Gad, and Manasseh, We 33 And Moses was an hun- remember the covenant we dred and twenty years old made with Moses, the servant when he died. of the Lord ; we will go over 34 And the children of Is- Jordan armed, and we will not rael wept for Moses thirty return until our brethren have days. found rest. 6 And all the elders with CHAP. XXVII. one voice cried out and said, , T 1 I I ji 7 J All thing's wherein we obeyed 1 Joshua exhorts the people to pass -.^ J? . c l.^ t "^ y over Jordan. 8 He sends messen- Moses, the servant of the Lord, gers to Rahab, a princess of Je- and listened unto his voice, will richo. 14 Rahab, her advice to we now do. the king of Jericho. 19 It is 6 And whosoever shall turn rejected. Jijs back on whatsoever thou 2664 ^ ]\0W it came to pass, commandest, he shall surely after the days of weep- die. ing for Moses were ended, on 7 ^[And it came to pass on the morrow thereof, that Jo- the third day, on the morning shua assembled Eleazar, the thereof, that Joshua rose up priest, and all the elders of the early, and the trumpet soundpeople, with the captains over ed, and the people gathered thousands, over hundreds, over themselves together, and they fifties, and over twenties, be- removed from * Shittim, and 'Heb. lodged fore the door of the tabernacle they came unto Jordan, and of the congregation. they pitched there. 2 And Joshua said, Moses, 8 And Joshua sent messenthe servant of the Lord, said gers unto ""Rahab, one of ^^f • s^ne46

Messengers sent to Rahah, J A S H E R. Rahah's advice to the king of Jericho. A. M. the princesses of Jericho, say2554. ing : 9 Behold, on the morrow we shall pass over Jordan, and the Lord will deliver Jericho into our hands. 10 And Rahab said unto those who were sent, Speak unto Joshua and say : The Lord, the God of Jacob, prosper you, inasmuch as I also am the daughter of an Israelite, by a woman of Midian. 11 And it was told unto the king of Jericho all the words which Rahab had spoken. 12 Then the king of Jericho assembled together all his princes and his nobles, and Rahab was there also, for she was a woman renowned for wisdom. 13 And the king said unto Rahab, How is this that you confederate with the avowed enemy of the nations ? 14 And Rahab answered, and said. Let not the king be angry, and thy servant will speak : 15 Behold thussaith Rahab, I was born among the Israelites, and they are as the locusts for number, and the Lord, the maker of heaven and earth, thou' dost not "whom thou knowest not, he worship. fighteth for them, even for Joshua, for Caleb, and for all Israel. 16 And this, O king, thou knowest, that Moses, with a few chosen men, smote all the 46 people of Midian, all the people of Moab, all the Jebusites, all the Hittites, all the Hivites, and all the Amorites on the other side Jordan, with the edge of the sword, save only the females, from whom Israel do and will hereafter multiply exceedingly : 17 And hath given their land unto the tribe of Reuben, unto the tribe of Gad, and unto the half-tribe of Manasseh.* 18 Send messengers therefore unto Joshua, and say. Thus saith Jericho, Spare us, we beseech thee, you shall go quietly through our lands, you, your wives, your children, your flocks, and your herds, and ye shall eat of our bread, and drink of our vintage. 19 Perad venture the wrath of Joshua will be turned away from destroying thee, and thy people. 20 And the king of Jericho said. It is the counsel of an harlot ; and Rahab was shut up in her own house, and spies were set, that they might watch her. CHAP. XXVIIL 1 The ark passetk over Jordan. 8 All Israel pass over Jordan in six days. 15 Rahab sends messengers to Joshua. 17 She dwells in Israel. 18 Jericho is taken. 20 Achan, his rebellion. 1 ^ND it came to pass on the morrow, that Joshua spake unto Eleazar, the priest, A.M. 2554.

The Israelites pass over Jordan. Chap, xxviii. Joshua is magnified. A. M. and unto the Levites, saying-, 2554. 2 Let the ark of the covenant of the Lord be borne before the people by the priests, as they pass over Jordan. 3 Only this I command, that the tribe of Reuben, the tribe of Gad, and the half-tribe of Manasseh, shall pass over armed first ; even as Moses hath commanded. 4 Moreover, no one shall come nigh unto the ark : fifty cubits shall the children of Israel, except the priests, leave between them and the ark. 5 And the trumpet sounded, and the tribe of Reuben, the tribe of Gad, and the halftribe of Manasseh, even all the males thereof, from sixteen years of age, and upwards, passed over Jordan, armed. 6 Then followed the ark of the covenant of the Lord, borne by the priests, and they passed over in the midst thereof. 7 And there followed the tribe of Benjamin, even all the armed men thereof, their wives, their children, their flocks, and their herds. 8 And in six days the whole congregation of the children of Israel passed over Jordan, they, their wives, their children, their cattle, even all their possessions. 9 And they encamped on the west of Jordan, in the plains of Jericho. 47 10 And the wood whereon the children of Israel passed over Jordan, stayed upon the face of the waters six days and six nights. 11 And when the people of Jericho, and the kings of the land of Canaan, had heard that Joshua, and all the children of Israel^ had passed over Jordan, and were encamped in the plains of Jericho, great fear fell upon them. 12 ^ Now after the people had rested seven days, Joshua commanded the captains of thousands, the captains of hundreds, and the captains of fifties, saying : 13 Prepare ye for the war, that we go up and smite Jericho, and the king thereof, and all the inhabitants, with the edge of the sword. 14 And there came forth of all Israel, forty thousand men armed for the battle : and Joshua was magnified in the sight of the Amorites, in the sight of the Canaanites, and in the sight of all the nations. 15 Then. Rahab sent unto Joshua, saying" ; Let me intreat with thee for my nation, that they may live. 16 And Joshua answered, and said. As many as save themselves by flight, may live: but whosoever shall be found in Jericho, shall surely die the death. 17 Then came Rahab, with her kindred, and with all her A.M. 2664.

Achan is stoned. J A S H E R. Joshua goeth up to At. A. M. household, unto Joshua ; and she 2554. dwelleth with the children of Israel unto this day. 18 And the people of Jericho fled from the city, every one to the mountains. 19 And Joshua took the gold and the silver, even all the spoil of Jericho; and he brought it into the treasury of the Lord_, and it was holy. 'Ha. wine- 20 1[ And 'Achan spake bibber. aloud, and said. Wherefore hath Joshua taken from the congregation, all the gold, all the silver, and all the brass ; even all the spoil of the city of Jericho, and given it to the tribe of Levi. 21 Moses, the servant of the Lord, when we slew the Midianites, the Moabites, and the people of the nations, on the other side Jordan, gave th^ half of the spoil unto the armed men, who went forth to the battle, and the other half he gave unto the congregation, according to their tribes. 22 And the sayings of Achan were told unto Joshua, and Joshua said to the Levites : 23 Bring forth Achan, and let him be stoned, for he hath blasphemed. 24 And they stoned Achan 'Heb. tumult, in the valley of ''Achor, in the presence of Joshua, and of the elders, until he was dead. 25 And thus did Joshua punish the rebellion of Achan, even as the Lord had commanded. 48 CHAP. XXIX. A. M. 2556. 1 Joshua goeth up to Ai. 5 Five thousand Israelites lie in afnbush, 11 Ai is taken. 13 The king of Ai hanged.^ IJ The Gibeonites become the servants of Joshua. 1 ^ND it came to pass on the morrow, that Joshua arose, with the men of war, even thirty thousand men of valour. 2 And Joshua said. Go up against 'Ai, and smite the in- 'Ha. woe. habitants thereof with the edge of the sword : let none escape alive. 3 And they went forth, and they abode between ''Bethel ^-Heb. the and Ai: afad Joshua lodged ^ouwofGod. among the people that night. 4 And Joshua arose up early, he, and the elders, and they went up to Ai. 5 And Joshua took about five thousand men, and he commanded them to lie in ambush on the west side of Ai. 6 And when the captains had set the people, even all the host of Israel, Joshua went that night into the midst of the valley. 7 And when the king of Ai saw all that was done, but he knew not of the men who lay in ambush, he sent messengers unto Joshua, saying : 8 On the morrow, about noon, I, and the men that are with me, will give you, and thy people, battle in the plain.

The inhabitants of Ai destroyed. Chap. xxx. The Gibeonites sue to Joshua. A.M. 9 Then said Joshua unto 2555. the captains, and unto the people : Behold^, when the king of Ai, and his people, come forth to the battle, seem ye as if ye fled before them for fear: and flee ye by the way of the wilderness. 10 So shall it come to pass, that the men of Ai shall com& forth of their city, and when the trumpet shall sound, then shall ye turn upon the men of Ai, and destroy them. And they did so. 11 And those five thousand men who lay in ambush, arose and entered Ai, and took it, and all the spoil thereof. 12 And when the men of Ai saw all that was done, and that they had no power to flee this way or that way, they were sore troubled. 13 And Joshua, and the people, smote the men of Ai, and chased them in the field, and pursued them into the wilderness, until there remained none of them, save the king of Ai, whom Joshua hanged on a tree. 14 And Joshua went up to Ai, and smote it with the edge of the sword, all the men, the women, and all the children thereof, save the virgin who knew net man. 15 Then Joshua took all their cattle, and the spoil of their city, as a prey for Israel, as the Lord had commanded Moses. 49 16 ^[ Now it came to pass, A. M. after Joshua had smote Jericho 2656. ^and Ai, two great cities of Canaan, that great fear fell upon the Gibeonites. 17 And they sent messengers unto Joshua to ""Gilgal, * w**- 'ound. saying ; We are thy servants ; whatsoever thou shalt command us, that will we do. 18 Only this we pray thee, do not unto us as thou hast done unto the men of Jericho, and unto the men of Ai. 19 Then said Joshua unto the messengers. This shall ye do, ye shall live, and ye shall fight for us, and we will fight for you : so shall it come to pass, that ye shall live quietly in the land. 20 f And the Gibeonites dwelt in ''Gibeon, which is a i Heh. my great city, and a royal city, *o^and much greater than Ai : and the men thereof, were more mighty. CHAP. XXX. 1 Five kings war against Gibeon. 5 Joshua fighteth for Gibeon ; 9 and overcometh the five kings; 14 and afterwards destroy eth their cities. 18 Other kings war against Joshua. 25 Joshua puteth them to flight. 1 ^OW when all the kings 2557. which dwell on this side Jordan, and on the coasts of the great sea, with ^Adonize- . ^^^ ^^^ .^^^ dek, king of Jerusalem, had lord. heard all the mighty works which Joshua had done, and H

Five kings fight against Gibeon ; J A S H E R. who are beaten by Joshua. A.M. 2667. •> Heh. woe to t'nem. ' Heh. fierce. " Heb. haughtiness. <= Heb. resplendent. f Heh. walking place. « Heb. oracle. »> Heb. rotund. that the men of Gibeon had made a league with him, that they were moved. 2 Wherefore Adonizedek sent unto ''Hoham, king of Hebron, and unto 'Piram, king of •"Jarmuth, and unto ^Japhia, king of ^Lachish, and unto ^Debir, king of ''Eglon, saying, 3 Come up unto rae, that we, and the kings which dwell on this side Jordan, and the kings of the sea-coast, may fight against Gibeon, and destroy it, because the men thereof have made peace with Joshua, and with all Israel. 4 Therefore the five kings of the Amorites, the king of Jerusalem, the king of Hebron, the king of Jarmuth, the king of Lachish, and the king of Eglon, gathered themselves together, and went up/ they, and all their hosts : and they encamped before Gibeon, and they made war against it. 6 ^ Now Joshua was at this time at Gilgal, with all the armed men of Israel. 6 And the men of Gibeon sent unto Joshua, saying, Because we are thy servants, behold all the nations on this side Jordan have waged war against us. 7 Come up therefore quickly unto us, and help us, and save us, thy servants, that we perish not. 8 And Joshua hasted from Gilgal, with all the men of 60 sun. '' Heh. walled. ' Heb- burnt. ■» Heh. strong as an oak. war, and the mighty men of A. M. valour. 2667. 9 And he came suddenly upon them before the break of day, and he discomfited them, and they fled : and he slew them with a great slaughter before Gibeon, and he chased them along the way that goeth up to 'Beth-horon, and he smote ' '^^ft- house of them even unto ''Azekah, and unto 'Makkedah. 10 And Joshua pursued them with great slaughter until the evening. 11 And Joshua said. Sun, be thou silent upon Gibeon : and thou, moon, shine thou on the valley of ""Ajalon. 12 And Joshua returned ; and all the men of war with him, to Gilgal. 13 And the Gibeonites returned to their city : and they rejoiced greatly. 14 ^ And it came to pass, after Joshua, and the men of Israel, had rested themselves at Gilgal, that he sent chosen men up against Makkedah, against Lachish, against Debir, against Jarmuth, against "Libnah, and against °Gezer. 16 And they fought against them, and they took them, even all the cities ; and he did unto them, even as he had done unto Jericho, and unto Ai : and he slew the kings thereof, and all the inhabitants thereof, with the edge of the sword : even all the men, the women, and the children, save the virgin ■ Heb. bright as the moon. • Heb. cut off.

Jabin stirs up the princes. Chap. xxxi. Joshua subdues Canaan. A. M. who knew not man, by lying 2557. with him. 16 And the fame thereof went out throughout all the land of Canaan, and the kings of the mountains, and the kings of the valleys, and the kings of the sea-shore, assembled themselves together, and said, 17 Surely as dead men are we before Joshua, and before the men of Israel. p Heb. knowing 18 And ^ Jabin, king of ^Ha^ja. the gra- ^^^^ ^^j^ ^^^^ 'Jobab, king of minded ' fleft. howling. ^ Madon, and unto the kin^s • Heb, reproof. a ^.^ i tt i a oi the sea-shore : Up, let us gather together our hosts, our armies, and our chariots, and let us assemble together at the Heb. high- waters of 'Merom, and fight against Israel, and destroy them, lest they slay us, our wives, and our sons, and take from us our daughters, and our heritages. 19 And the words of Jabin were acceptable unto all who heard them. 20 And they gathered themselves together at the waters of Merom, and they were much people ; even as the sand upon the sea-shore for multitude : and they defied the armies of Israel. 21 And Jabin stood forth and said, Know ye this, if it should come to pass, that the Israelites prevail this day, then shall all the nations be slain : or we, and our sons, shall become the vassals and slaves of the Hebrews. 51 22 For this cause came they A. M. out of Egypt, to slay, and dis- 2667. possess, according to all that the lawgiver, even Moses, hath commanded them. 23 To take from us our cities, our lands, our vineyards, our cattle, our gold, our silver, our brass, and also our pure virgins. 24 And lo ! now Joshua, and the people of war that are with him, come forth to the battle. 25 And Joshua, with forty and two thousand men, with the men of Gibeon, came suddenly upon them, and slew them, and chased them to Zidon, and he smote them until there were none remaining. 26 And Joshua burnt Hazor, because of Jabin, the king thereof; for he it was who led the nations to battle. 27 And all the rest of the cities saved Joshua, but the spoil thereof reserved he as a prey for the children of Israel. 28 Then Joshua wared against the Anakims; and he left none of them, save in "Gaza, in ^s^^Mt**''*"'^ ^Gath, and ^Ashdod. »'A6?*rest. 29 And the land rested from Inf^eioved?^ war. CHAP. XXXI. 1 Joshua is stricken in years. 4 He divides Canaan. 12 The borders of the several tribes 24 Israel e7ijoys peace and plenty. 1 A^^ ^* came to pass after many days, that Joshua spake unto Eleazar, the 2559.

Joshua divides the land hy lot. J A S H E R. Judah, his borders. A. M. priest, unto Caleb, and unto 2569. all the elders, and unto the congregation of the children of Israel, saying: 2 Behold I am grown old, and am stricken in years : and peradventure the days drawnigh wherein I shall be gathered unto my fathers. 3 And all that Moses, the servant of the Lord, hath said unto me, that hath the Lord done by me. 4 Unto the tribe of Reuben, the tribe of Gad, and the half-tribe of Manasseh, did Moses, whilst he was yet with us, give all the land on the west of Jordan, the land of the Amorites, the land of Moab, the land of Midian, all Bashan, and half of Gilead ; even all the nations which the Lord delivered into his hands. 5 And at that time, Moses spake unto me and said. When ye shall pass over Jordan, and the Lord shall deliver into your hands all the land of Canaan, to possess it, that ye shall divide the land by lot unto the nine tribes, and unto the half-tribe of Manasseh. 6 And Caleb stood forth, and said unto Joshua : Lo ! Caleb, thy servant, is now fourscore and nine years old. 7 And these fifty and eight years have I gone forth to the battle, with the bow, with the spear, and with the javelin. 8 The tribe of Judah is a great tribe, and Moses, the ser52 vant of the Lord, hath said, A. M. when he sent me to spy out 2559. the land. Surely the land on which thy feet have trodden, shall be thine inheritance, and thy children's, for ever. 9 And behold I am as strong this day as I was on that day in which Moses sent me : as was my strength then, so is it now for war, both to go out, and to come in. 10 And behold, though the Anakims dwell in the land, give it unto me, that I may possess it : then shall I be able to drive them out. 11 And Joshua said. Be it unto you, even as thou hast said : and he blessed him. 12 ^ So the border of the lot of Judah encompassed the salt sea at the end of Jordan, and fetched a compass by Kadesh Barnea : even by Karkaa, unto Hazor, even unto the river of Egypt. 13 And from Gaza, even to Ashdod, were its borders on the great sea. 14 And from Ashdod it fetched a compass : and its borders went out by Gath, even unto Makkedah. 15 And from thence the border went out by Bethshemosh, unto the south side of the Jebusite, even unto Debir, did it go. 16 This is the coast of the children of the tribe of Judah round about, according to their lot.

The lot of Joseph, Chap, xxxii. Circumcision renewed. A.M. 17 ^ Then spake Joshua and 2569. said, The lot of the children of Joseph shall be from Jordan by Jericho, to Bethel, and Luz, and Ataroth, and Gezer, and all the cities, and plains, and the lands thereof. 18 But the elders of the tribe of Joseph, said unto Joshua, Give, we pray thee, the land thou hast allotted for us •w«ft. fruitful, unto * Ephraim : for we be raany. 19 Let us go up to the wood-country, and cut down the trees thereof, that we may drive out the Perizzites, that we may have cities and houses to dwell in, and lands whereon to feed our flocks and our herds. 20 And Joshua said. Go, and do as ye have spoken : and he blessed them. 21 ^ And Joshua divided all the land of Canaan, to every tribe, according to its number, even as Moses had commanded him. 22 Only to the tribe of Levi did he give no inheritance : for the priesthood is their portion, save the forty and eight cities for them to dwell in. 23 Joshua appointed also eities of refuge for the slayer, throughout all the tribes of Israel. 24 And the children of Israel had peace : and they were filled with plenty, with riches, and with virgins. 53 CHAP. XXXII. 1 Circumcision renewed. 13 Joshua dismisses the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and Manasseh. 18 7%ey return, and repass Jordan. 1 ]\0W it came to pass in those days,, that Joshua assembled together Eleazar, the priest, the Levites, and all the congregation at Shiloh, and he set up the tabernacle of the Lord there. 2 And Joshua stood before the door of the tabernacle of the congregation : and he spake in the presence of all Israel, and he said, 3 Now behold the Lord hath given you rest in the land concerning which he sware unto your fathers, saying. Thy seed shall inherit the land of Canaan. 4 Abraham, our father, heard a voice, when he dwelt in this land, which said unto him: Circumcise the flesh of thy foreskin, for therefore art thou barren. 6 When your fathers were in bondage in Egypt, because of the Egyptians from the time of the birth of Moses, they were uncircumcised. 6 But Moses, the servant of the Lord, commanded me, saying, When ye be come into the land of Canaan, to possess it, speak unto the Levites, and say: 7 Make unto yourselves razors, and let the priests circumA. M. 2560.

Eleazar reads the covenant. J A S H E R. Reuben and Gad repass Jordan. A. M. ciseone the other: and circum2660. cise ye all the males of the children of Israel. 8 And the Levites did so : and all the people abode in their tents in the camp till they were whole. 9 And Joshua said, This shall be a law and an ordinance unto you, to be observed in all your tribes, and in all your families. 10 Ye shall bring every male on the eighth day after he openeth the womb, unto the priest, to be circumcised : ye shall do this, both ye, your sons, and your sons' sons, for ever. 11 And it came to pass after seven days, that the people were whole. 12 Then Joshua commanded Eleazar, the priest, and he read out of the book of the covenant, all the laws, and the ordinances which Moses commanded to be observed, concerning the servant;, whether he be an Hebrew, or a stranger, and the statutes concerning the virgins of the nations, and the children born unto them. 13 And Joshua blessed the tribe of Reuben, the tribe of Gad, and the half-tribe of Manasseh, and he said unto them : 14 Return ye by the way ye came, and go over Jordan, unto you wives, unto your sons, unto your daughters, and unto your flocks, and unto your possessions. 64 16 For ye have done all A. M. that Moses hath commanded 2560. you : ye have obeyed me also. 16 But take ye diligent heed to do the commandments and the laws of the Lord ; to cleave unto him ; and to serve him with all your heart ; and with all your soul. 17 Then the tribe of Reuben, the tribe of Gad, and the half-tribe of Manasseh, even all the armed men thereof, departed from Joshua, at ^Shiloh. 'Ha. disband18 And they passed over •°^' Jordan, to the land of Gilead, whereof they were possessed, as Moses had spoken. 19 And the tribe of Reuben, the tribe of Gad, and the half-tribe of Manasseh, returned into the land of Gilead, with their shares of the spoil they had taken from the Canaanites, with much cattle, with gold, with silver, with iron, and with brass, and with very much raiment : and with their portion of pure virgins; as the Lord had commanded Moses. CHAP. xxxm. 1 The Retibenites, the Gadites, and the Manassites build a tabernacle and an altar. 5 Joshvxi is angry with them. 8 Joshua sends Phinehas to them. 15 Their reasons. 22 Joshua is pacified. 29 Joshua and Eleazar die. 1 ]\OW it came to pass that the elders of the 2661.

Thei/ build a tabernacle in Gikad. Chap, xxxiii. Joshua sends an embassy to Gilead. A. M. Reubenites, the elders of the let them pass over Jordan, and A. M. 2561. Gadites, and the elders of the enquire at their hands the cause 2561. half-tribe of Manasseh, said one thereof. among another. 9 And they went, and they 2 Behold Joshua, and our passed over Jordan : and they brethren, have set up the taber- saw the tabernacle and the alnaelein Shiloh ; let us likewise tar which the children of Reubuild a tabernacle and an altar, ben, the children of Gad, and as testimonies unto the Lord ; the children of Manasseh, had for Jordan is a border between built, and behold they were them and us. well to look unto. 3 That the Levites, who 10 And they said unto the dwell among us, may offer up Reubenites, the Gadites, and our burnt-offerings, our sacri- the Manassites, Wherefore fices, and our peace-offerings, have ye thus trespassed in maunto the Lord. king yourselves a people to 4 And they built a taber- rebel against the Lord ? nacle, and they sat up an altar 1 1 Tell us, we pray ye, on this side Jordan, in the Wherefore have ye built a land of their possession, even tabernacle and an altar, besides in Gilead. the tabernacle and the altar 5 1[ And it came to pass, which are in Shiloh ? when Joshua and the children 12 And the men of Reuben, of Israel heard thereof, that the men of Gad, and the men they assembled themselves to- of Manasseh, answered, and gether at Shiloh. said. The Lord, the God of our 6 And Phinehas said, Lo ! fathers, knoweth, that as a the people of Reuben, the peo- testimony have we built the pie of Gad, with the Manas- tabernacle and the altar, sites, seek to make themselves 13 For Jordan is between a separate people ; even as Ko- us and Shiloh ; wherefore that rah, have they sinned. we, our wives, our sons, and 7 For they have built a ta- our daughters, might worship bernacle, and they have set up the Lord, surely have we done an altar, on the other side this thing. Jordan; unto Shiloh will they 14 And speak unto Joshua, not come, at the place which and unto our brethren on the the Lord hath appointed will other side of the river of Jorthey not appear, to offer sacri- dan, and say, fioes^and burnt-offerings. 15 Thus say the men of 8 And Joshua said. Send Reuben, the men of Gad, and Phinehas, Caleb, and Jasher, the men of Manasseh, As the with the princes of Israel ; and Lord liveth, we, and our sons, 55

Reuben and Gad, their answer. J A S H E R. Joshua, his death. A. M. from sixteen years of age, shall 2561. appear once in every year before the Lord, in Shiloh. 16 Moreover J whatsoever ye shall command us, that will we do. 17 And the words of the Reubenites, of the Gadites, and of the Manassites, were pleasing unto Phinehas, and unto all those who were with him. 18 ^ Then Caleb, Phinehas, Jasher, with the princes, returned unto Joshua, and unto the children of Israel, in Shiloh. 19 And they said. Thus say our brethren, the men of Reuben, the men of Gad, and the men of Manasseh, We are the people of the Lord : and as a testimony thereof have, we built for us, our wives, our sons, and our daughters, a tabernacle, and have set up an altar. 20 And behold once in every year will we, and our sons, from sixteen years, and upwards, appear before the Lord, in Shiloh. 21 And whatsoever ye shall command us, that will we do. 22 And the thing pleased Joshua, and all Israel; and they said. We will not destroy the land wherein the children of Reuben, of Gad, and of Manasseh, dwell. 23 And thev said. Their chosen men shall bear testimony also among the elders of Israel, at Shiloh. 56 24 Now had Israel rest from A. M. all their enemies round about: 2661. for the people of the nations feared greatly. 25 ^ And Joshua waxed old, and he called for all Israel, and he said : Behold, I have divided unto you, by lot, all the land of Canaan, as an inheritance for your tribes, possess ye the land, as the Lord hath promised unto you. 26 Now, therefore, fear ye the Lord : and serve him in sincerity, and in truth, 27 And the people said unto Joshua, We will serve. the Lord. 28 And when Joshua had made an end of speaking, the people departed, each man to his dwelling. 29 And Joshua died, being 2564. one hundred and ten years of age. 30 And Eleazar, the son of Aaron, died. CHAP. XXXIV. I Judah and Simeon take possession of their lots. 4 Othniel smiteth Kirjaeth-sepher. 7 The Israelites suffer the Canaanites to dwell among them. 15 Phinehas reproves the Israelites for so doing. 21 The people weep. 24 Caleb dies. 1 ]\0W after the death of 2665. Joshua, Judah said to Simeon, Come thou, and let us drive out the Canaanite out of my lot : and I will go with thee up into thy lot.

Judah slays the Canaanites. Chap, xxxiv. Phinehas reproves the Israelites. the Lord. lance. A. M. 2 And they did so : and they 2565. slew of the Canaanites, ten thousand men. 3 ^ And Caleb said, He that smiteth Kirjaeth-sepher : • Heb. the en- to him wiU I givc * Achsah, my chanter. j i «. x T daughter, to wiie. k Heb. hour of 4 And ''Othniel, the younger brother of Caleb, took it : then gave he unto him Achsah, his daughter. 5 And the children of Judah said unto the Kenites, Ye are the children of Jethro, who was father-in-law to Moses, ye shall dwell in the land, and ye shall fight for us, and we will fight for you. 6 Then Judah went up with Simeon into his lot : and he Heb. the ba- took Gaza, ""Askalon, *^Ekron, 'Tcft. enerva- ^nd the mountains. *ed. 7 But the inhabitants of the valleys he could not drive out, nor the Jebusites that dwell in Jerusalem : wherefore they dwell among them even to this day. 8 Joseph also in his lot did not drive out the Canaanites : but the Canaanites still dwell among them. 9 Manasseh in his lot did not utterly drive them out : for the Canaanites would dwell in Megiddo. Dor, Taanach, and Bethshean. 10 Neither did Ephraim drive out the Canaanites : but they dwelt with them in Gezer. 11 The children of Zebulun made the inhabitants of 57 Kitron and Nahaleel their tributaries. 12 The children of Ashur also dwell among the Canaanites, the inhabitants of the land : in Accho, Zidon, Ahlab, Achzib, Helbah, Aphik, and Rehob. 13 Neither did Napthali drive out the Canaanites: nevertheless made they the inhabitants of Bethshemosh and of Beth-anath tributaries. 14 So also the tribe of Dan dwelt among the Canaanites. 15 ^ And it came to pass, when the tribes of the children of Israel had gone up each unto his lot, that Phinehas, the priest, spake unto the elders of the people, and said : 16 What is this that you have done ? Moses, the servant of the Lord, said unto you. Ye shall surely drive out all the inhabitants of the land. 17 And behold ye have made a league with the Canaanites, with the Jebusites, with the Perrizzites, and with the Amorites: and ye dwell among them. 18 And the elders of the people said. They were too strong for us : peradventure if we had not made a league with them, we had all perished, we, our wives, and our children, and all our flocks, and our herds, and oar gold, and our silver, and our virgins ; even all our possessions, had been a prey unto them. A. M. 2565. 2568.

Jasher succeeds Caleb. J A S H E R. Jasher judgeth in Israel A. M. 19 For who are they, now 2668. Moses and Joshua are dead, who can lead forth all the people to battle ! 20 Then answered Phinehas, and said, The Canaanites will henceforth be as thorns in your side, and their customs will be as snares unto you : and the Lord, the God of our fathers, will not go forth with our armies. 21 And the elders of the people, lifted up their voice, and wept ; because of those things, which should befall all Israel. 22 IT Now Caleb ruled in Israel after Joshua was dead, twelve years. 23 And the people dwelt in peace, all his days. 2576. 24 And Caleb died, and was buried : and the children of Israel mourned until the thirtieth day. CHAP. XXXV. 1 Jasher succeeds Caleb, his father. 7 Jezer obtains leave to build a city. 11 Azubct, her complainii 14 Ehud advises to slay the Canaaniles. 16 The Israelites separate themselves from them. 28 Deborah, her request is granted. 2676. 1 X^iy it came to pass after these things were fulfilled, that Phinehas, and the elders of the tribes of Israel> assembled themselves together at Shiloh. 2 And they said. Who shall judge Israel ? for behold, now 68 Moses, Joshua, and Caleb, are A. M. dead, the people of the Lord 2676. are without a leader. 3 And they named Jasher, the son of Caleb, by Azuba: seeing he is an upright man. 4 And, moreover, this we know, that he hath seen all the wonders, wrought in Egypt, in the wilderness : even all the mighty works, that have been done. 6 And the people shouted for joy. 6 And Jasher judged Israel, in Shiloh. 7 IT And it came to pass, 2677. that 'Jezer, his younger son, •^«*- dutiful, said unto Jasher; Behold, I pray thee, the land of Canaan, how the people of the nations mix with thy people. 8 Wherefore let thy son, even thy son Jezer, build him a city, after his name : that the people of the land may be shut out from among us. 9 And Jasher said: Be it even as thou hast spoken. 10 And Jezer builded him a city, in the tribe of Judah: the same is the habitation of the Jasherites, unto this day. 11 H Now it came to pass, 2679. when the elders of the children of Israel were assembled together at Shiloh, that Azuba^ the mother of Jasher, spake, and said, 12 Lo! the nations will swallow us up: the name of our fathers will surely be forgotten.

Ehud's advice. Chap. xxxv. Jasher's advice. A. M. 13 For the sons of Israel 2579. defile themselves with the women of the nations : they have forsaken the daughters of Jacob. //eft. unity, 14 And "Ehud said, Up, let us slay the people of the nations : let us utterly drive them out of the land of Canaan. 15 For so long as they be among us, they will be a snare unto us : and Israel shall be defiled. 16 Then spake Jezer, and said, Separate yourselves from among them : let the Canaanites inhabit their cities, and let us possess our cities. 17 So that they may not come nigh unto us : nor that we, nor our sons, draw nigh to the people of the nations. 18 And Othniel stood forth, and said, Would to God, it was now with us, as it was in the days of Moses, and Joshua, when all Israel went forth to the war ; then might we drive out the nations • 19 For behold ! now the armed men of each tribe are for themselves, and for the lot of their inheritance. 20 Moreover, it will henceforth behove us, that we permit not all the males of Israel at one time to appear before the Lord in Shiloh, lest the enemy noteth it. 21 Who shall lead Reuben over Jordan : will Gad with Manasseh now fight for us ? 22 Then spake Jasher and 69 said : Hear, O my people, A.M. hearken unto the words, of the 2680. son of Caleb, by Azuba. 23 Peradventure, the people of the nations, are too strong for us : and who is there now, of the sons of Jacob, that shall conquer. 24 Reject not, therefore the counsels of Othniel, and of Jezer. Suffer ye the Canaanites, the Perrizzites, the Hittites, the Hivites, and the Amorites, to dwell in their cities : and besides the cities we possess of the nations taken in the vear, let us build cities for our increase ; for our sons, and our daughters, and their children, that they dwell therein, and serve the Lord, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, who hath brought us out, from under the bondage of Egypt, unto the promised land: a land flowing with milk, and with honey. 25 So shall we, and those who come after us, be a separate people : sanctified unto the Lord. 26 Moreover, thus hath said the Lord, by the mouth of his servant Moses, Your sons shall not take to wife the daughters of the children of Canaan ; lest they be cut off" from the congregation. 27 And all the elders of Israel cried out, and said, As Jasher, our judge, hath spoken, so shall it be. 28 f[ Then came "Deborah, 2581. ' ' • Heb.

Jasher sends messengers to Canaan. J A S H E R. Jasher makes a league A. M. the daughter of Jasher, and 2581. said unto her father: Behold my husband was slain before Makkedah, when Israel went out to fight for the people of Gibeon. 28 Wherefore that I, and my sons, and my daughters, may serve the Lord, let us build us a city, that we may dwell therein. 30 And Jasher said, Thou hast said it : and call thou . its name Debir. CHAP. XXXVI. 1 Jasher sends messengers unto the kings of Canaan. 6 He assembles them nigh Bethel. 8 Jasher and the kings make a league. 15 The Israelites serve the Lord, all the days of Jasher. 2682. 1 A^^ ^^ came to pass in those days, that Jasher sent messengers unto all the kings, and unto all the nations of Canaan : and he wrote unto them, saying: 2 Jasher, the judge of all Israel, unto the kings of the seacoasts, the kings of the mountains, and the kings of the valleySj greeting: Know ye, that Moses, the servant of the Lord, hath commanded us, that we should not dwell with you in your cities, nor follow after your customs : and that we should not suffer you to dwell with us in our cities. 3 Seeing we worship the Lord, who made heaven, and 60 earth, and all things therein : A. M. and ye fall down, and worship, 2682. Baalim, and the gods of your own imaginations. 4 That we shall not give our daughters unto your sons, nor take your daughters for our sons. 5 Wherefore thus saith Jasher, It behoveth, that ye assemble yourselves together, at Bethel : that I, and all the elders of Israel, may covenant with you. 6 ^ And in those days, the 2683. kings and princes of the seacoasts, the kings of the mountains, and the kings of the valleys, assembled themselves together, nigh unto Bethel, in the way as thou goest up to Bethhoron. 7 And Jasher, and all the elders of the tribes of Israel, came there also. 8 And Jasher stood forth, and he spake unto all the kings of the sea-coasts, the kings of the mountains, and the kings of the valleys, and said : To live in peace surely, that there be no more war between us, our sons, and our sons' sons, are we now come. 6 Behold, now, O, ye nations ! chuse you out m every tribe, the cities ye are willing to dwell in, and all those lands, and possessions, which shall be yours : and be ye unto yourselves. 10 That your families remain inhabiters of the land,

The Israelites serve the Lord; Chap, xxxvii. They build synagogues. A. M. and that ye eat the fruit of AM 2583. your increase. CHAP. XXXVII. 2594 11 Then answered all the j j,^^ j^^^^^.^^^ ^^.^^ ^^^^ kings ot the sea-coasts, the gogues in every city. 3 The kings of the mountains, and priests read the covenant therethe kings of the valleys, and in. 3 They build no altar. 6 they said : What thou, O Ja- Jasher appoints rulers of cities. 8 sher, ludffe of all Israel, hath Various habits to be worn. 10 1 *^ '^ *u 4. J Jasher assembles the elders. 13 spoken, seemeth unto us good : rr, ^_«^„/i _ ^/-/^ A^ , ,,' , ^ ^1 », , rie reminds them of former things. and all that thou commandest, 21 His charge to the elders. 23 that will we do. Ofhniel is to succeed Jasher. 24 12 And they bowed down Jasher blesses Israel. 26 Jazer before Jasher; and before all builds an ark; 28 in which the elders of Israel. Jasher lays up the book which he 13 And they did all that ^"^^ ^^^te. Jasher had spoken, and they 1 ^OW it came to pass in took them cities, lands, and process of time, when the possessions, in every tribe : children of Israel had built even such as Jasher, and the them cities, and had gotten elders of Israel, had appointed them possessions, in the land of for them. Canaan, that they grew migh14 And the people of Israel ty ; and for number, they were dwelt in their cities, and had as the sand on the sea-shore, their lands, and their posses- 2 And they built httle tabersions ; and the people of the nacles in every city ; and in nations dwelt in their cities, every town. and had their lands, and pos- 3 And the priests and Lesessions: and they are separa- vites, on every sabbath-dav, ted even unto this day. read before the people of every 15 ^ And the children of city, and of every town, the Israel served the Lord all the law, and the statutes : and they days of Jasher, who had seen rehearsed, in the ears of all the all the great works done for people, the mighty works that Israel, in Egypt, and in the were done in Egypt, and in the wilderness. wilderness. 16 And Israel rested from 4 But they sat up no altar, war, all the days of Jasher: neither did they offer burnt-ofobserving all things written in ferings, or peace-offerings, save the book of the covenant, and only at Shiloh. Israel did not defile themselves 5 But the children of Israel, with the women of the na- throughout all their tribes, kept tions. the passover, and the feasts ; as 61 Moses had appointed.

Variotis garments appointed. J A S H E R. Jasher^s charge to the people. A.M. 2696. 2697. 2699. 6 H And Jasher appointed rulers of cities ; and rulers of towns. 7 And the people dwelt in peace ; and they walked uprightly. 8 H And it came to pass, that Jasher spake unto all the children of Israel, before the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and he said. The garments of the virgin, of the virgin betrothed, of the married woman, and of the widow, shall from henceforth note them as such^ that ye may be chaste before the Lord, your God. 9 Likewise the garments of the young man, of the married man, and of the widower, shall note them as such, that ye may be blameless. 10 And they said. All these things will we, our wives, our sons, and our daughters, observe to do. 11 H Now it came to pass, that Jasher assembled together Phinehas, the priest, and Othniel, and all the elders of Israel : 12 And Jasher spake unto them, and he said : Lo ! the days of ray life are many, and the time is at hand that I shall return to the place of my fathers ; 13 Hear therefore the words of Jasher : 14 Call to mind the days of old ; remember the times that are past. 62 16 Our father Jacob dwelt in Hebron in this land. 16 And there was a sore famine in Canaan. 17 Now Pharaoh, king of Egypt, had advanced Joseph, one of the sons of Jacob. 18 Wherefore went he into Egypt, and he dwelt in the land of Goshen; and he died there. 19 After the death of Jacob, the Egyptians oppressed your brethren. 20 Then came Moses from Midian, and delivered us out of bondage ; and led us through the Red Sea into the wilderness. 21 And now behold this day, is fulfilled the prophecy of Abraham : Unto thy seed will I give this land. 22 Ye are for multitude a great people : and it shall come to pass, that if you observe the statutes, and ordinances, of the Lord, and walk uprightly, ye shall drive out the remnant of the Gentiles. 23 Wherefore I charge ye this day, that ye command your sons, that they do not take them wives of the nations : it is an abomination, it bringeth destruction. 24 And lo, Othniel! perad venture he shall judge Israel after I am no more. 25 And Jasher blessed Israel, and he said, The Lord, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of JaA. M. 2699.

Jasher blesses his children. Chap, xxxvii. The ark is built. A. M. cob, prosper your goiDg-out, born, may read and praise the A. M. 2600. and your coming-in. Lord. 2600. 26 H And it came to pass 30 % And when Jasher had on the morroWj that Jasher made an end of speaking, he called unto him, his sons, and called unto him Jazer, his his daughters; and he blessed eldest son, and he said unto them, and he said, him. Build now an ark, that I 27 The days of my life are may put therein this testimony : one hundred and twelve years : and do thou lay it up in the these are the days of my pil- city of Jezer. grimage. 31 And Jazer builded an 28 And Jasher said. This ark of Gopher-wood, and he book which I have written, brought it unto his father, and ye shall neither add to, nor di- Jasher put therein the book, minish from : it is thine, and thy which he had written. sons, to possess for ever. 32 And Jazer laid it up in 29 That the elders of Is- the city of Jezer. rael, and the children not yet 63 THE END OF THE BOOK OF JASHER.

NOTES. IT cannot be conceived that the author who so admirably describes the most High by his name JEHOVAH, could intend to exclude his divine agency in the work of Creation ; and therefore, when he says. The ether moved upon the surface of the chaos, we must understand the ether as a subordinate agent, under the direction and influence of the first great cause. The term Ruach, signifies spirit, breath, or wind, but when the Elohim is added, it signifies the energetic power and Influence of JEHOVAH, and frequently the Holy Spirit. This all-pervading energy first gave motion to the ether, this communicated it to the dull insensible matter of the chaos, put life and motion into it, and produced the separation of the elements of air and fire, from earth and water, so that the abyss fled before the face of the light, and divided between the fight, and the darkness. The ether, or firmament above, and the earth below, at first, only a mass of matter, but, by the agency of the Divine Being, using subordinate means, at length, subsided by its various stratas, so as to form the terraqueous globe, the waters subsiding to their proper channels. The opinions of the numerous theorists, such as Burnet, Whiston, and others, widely differ on the nature of the abyss. The one insisting that there was rio visible sea, but that the waters formed the abyss in the centre of the earth ; the other, that the waters from the beginning, formed their own channels. The sacred historian, Moses, and the author of this Chronicle, leave these matters without explanation, only in general terms, declaring the separation of the grosser matter, the earth, from the finer matter of air and water. It appears, both from Moses and Jasher, that the creation of the sun and moon is a glorious display of the divine power, and that their utility in the system is of the first importance, the one to rule the light, and the other to rule the darkness. The formation of the earth was followed by the production of vegetable and animal substances ; the latter not being created until a provision was made for their subsistence, the beast and every creeping thing from the earth, the fishes from the waters, and the fowl from the ether; each after their kind, with the power of propagating their species, so as to continue their various orders, in perpetual succession, without any new act of creation. Herein the divine power and energy are displayed in a most excellent manner, and may induce a due obedience to that command, Let every thing that hath breath, praise the Lord. When all these things were finished, although the distinct work of each day is not mentioned, it is evident that Jasher attributes all things to God, as their author. Then having formed this noble theatre of nature, he beheld it with approbation, and having prepared it as the habitation of some superior being to what hitherto existed, he created man. This act, from the expression used, intimates design and coun

2 Testimonies and Notes concerning the Book of J A SHE R. sel ; and Moses beautifully expresses it by the important words, " Let us make man in our own image." And again, after his creation, " So God made man in his own image." Both in his spiritual and corporal state, he was made a resemblance of the moral and political image of God, as well as of his immortality and eternity. It is evident that man knew his Creator, and was impressed with awe of his Majesty, and reverence of his power and glory ; but especially of the highest admiration of his bounty and goodness, of his favour and love. The impressions of Deity upon his mind, were those which produced confidence, love, joy, and delight ; and rendered obedience, not only rational, but grateful and pleasing; no reluctancy, no hesitation, no delay; all was harmony, peace, and love; creation smiled in all its richest productions, man enjoyed them with innocence, and returned his homage, devotion, and obedience. Ediior. Notes on Chap. I. ADAM was perfect in his generation, complete in his stature ; of the most extensive knowledge, walking uprightly, and eschewing evil. Eve was perfect in her generation, amiable, and lovely to look unto ; of modest behaviour, of consummate chastity ; beautiful, walking uprightly, and hating iniquity. Between these two, there was no superiority, they were both made at one time, and they both had the same powers of knowledge. Hur, out of the book of Aaron. Notes on Chap. II. NOAH was the first who builded up a ship, a floating house, an ark, to remain upon the surface of the waters. With this he visited the opposite land, and improved fishing ; and his sons after him transplanted themselves to distant lands. Hur. At this time all the people of the earth spake one language, and lived in common ; were of one mode, of one form, and of one way of life. Hur. And it came to pass when the sons of Japhet saw that the land was burthened with people, by reason of the longevity of men at this time, and the number of children born unto them, and having now built themselves floating habitations, and invented the sail, they sought distant lands. Hur. The sons of Japhet settled in that part of Asia the less, which lieth upon the Mediterranean. Ben Zaddi. In the days of Peleg it came to pass, that men first began to inclose lands. He enacted the laws of property. He settled the bounds of families ; he first gave particular inheritances ; he grew an arbitrator ; lands were given by him for cultivation ; infringers hence became culpable of his displeasure ; punishments, riches, pride, government, poverty, idleness, and rebellion, ensued. Thus, at this time, people, friends, were dispersed ; different interests destroyed union ; avarice arose. One, from distance of place, became stranger and enemy to the other ; contests and local vices sprung up. Leaders, rulers, teachers, arose ; new words and ideas took place ; so that, in process of time, people who understood one another heretofore, could not converse ; hence misunderstandings, misrepresentations, enmities, evil-speaking, war, &c. On. Nimrod arose and opposed himself to Peleg. Now Nimrod was a man whose way of life was opponent to inclosures, for he was a hunter ; he ranged the lands, and slew the beasts of the field, with an arrow from the bow. He spake against the sayings of Peleg ; but it came to pass, that Peleg was mightier than Nimrod. Wherefore Nimrod said unto those that were with him : Let us also build us cities to dwell in, lest Peleg and those that are with him be too many for us. This was the beginning of the kingdom of Babylon, and Nimrod was the first king thereof. Phinehas. Notes on Chap. III. NOW had the world subsisted about two thousand years, and from their dispersion and different views and interests, different modes of worship had arisen ; men had forsaken the precepts of the patriarchs, the natural worship of the Deity ; set up symbols of the Deity ; worshipped in groves, estranged themselves concerning the truth ; their ideas became, through vice, circumscribed; the discerning few now got rule; irregularity and punishment stalked. Abraham, seeing the defection of his brethren, counselled them to return to the ways of old; but they had gone so far astray, and had so bewildered themselves, that they could not return

Testimonies and Notes concerning the Book of J ASHE R. to their primitive way of worship and life. This obliged Abraham to leave their society, that he, and his family, might serve the Lord, persuaded, that if he, and his, walked uprightly, that from him would arise a great people, by whose example the nations would be led to serve the Lord. Hur. Tradition saith. That the patriarch Abraham heard a voice as from heaven, commanding him to slay his son Isaac, as he was in the field alone by himself. Abraham returns to his wife Sarah disconsolate. Sarah enquires the cause, and Abraham tells her, that a voice from heaven had said unto him. Take thy son, and slay him, and offer him up a burnt-offering in the land wherein he was born. Upon this, Sarah, who was a woman of great wisdom and discernment, expostulated with Abraham, and convinced him that it could not be the voice of God ; and her argument was very conclusive : If the holy voice has said. Of thee I will make a great nation, the holy voice cannot say this, because if thou slayest thy son, how can the former be fulfilled ? Hur. Notes on Chap. IV. JASHER takes no notice why Joseph was advanced in the court of Pharaoh ; and therefore it may be presumed, that so many stories were extant, that he could not with certainty adopt one. However, the most probable I will here set down, as a remark on that part of Jasher which concerns Joseph. Joseph was the beloved of Jacob, and obtained leave of his father, to travel into Egypt ; for, says he, there will be a famine in the land of Canaan, and I will go and provide corn for you and my brethren at Zoan, that ye perish not. Accordingly, Joseph had not been long at Zoan before there happened to be a great increase of corn in that land ; but in the land of Canaan, the earth brought not forth. Now Pharaoh sent and gathered together all the wise men of his kingdom, and he said unto them : Behold, the earth giveth of its increase, thrice told, and there is as much more food for the people than they want, and moreover the hands are not equal to the harvest ! what shall we do ? And the wise men knew not. And it was proclaimed, saying. Whosoever shall resolve the thing, he shall stand before Pharaoh. And it was told unto Pharaoh, that Joseph, the stranger, the son of Jacob, who dwelt at Hebron, in the land of Canaan, could unfold the secret. Then Pharaoh called for Joseph, and Pharaoh, said unto him. Speak. Then Joseph bowed himself before Pharaoh, and said. The Lord God of his fathers had revealed it unto him, that there should be great plenty in Egypt, and that there would be great dearth in the land of Canaan, which dearth was then actually begun ; wherefore, O king, build storehouses in every city, and buy ye of the Egyptians the surplus of their abundance ; peradventure this time of plenty will be succeeded by a time of want and scarcity. Then Pharaoh advanced Joseph. Phirtekas. There is but one expression in Jasher which points at all the evils which the administration of Joseph brought on the Egyptians, it is this ; And he was a stranger in the land of Egypt : and he bought Egypt with a price. The Egyptians, before the advancement of Joseph, was a free people ; they paid no tax towards the support of the government, nor of the priesthood. As Joseph had prophesied, so it came to pass : the time of plenty was succeeded by a time of want and scarcity. And then it was, that be sold unto the people at a great price, the increase he had before bought for a very low price. When he had exhausted the money, and the jewels of the people, and brought the wealth of Egypt into the king's coffers, and the people still wanted food, he then bargains with them that they should pawn their lands. And when the dearth was over, then it came to pass, that all Egypt by a perpetual decree rendered the fifth of its increase unto Pharaoh. Phinekas. The Hebrews were oppressed by the Egyptians by a taxation, and which was as a brick for hardness. When Pharaoh saw that they were become a great people for number, he sent unto them, that they should bear some part of the public burthen, towards the maintenance and dignity of the state ; he alledged, that when the famine was in the land of Canaan, the corn of Egypt saved their lives ; and therefore they should give them the tenth of their increase, of their flocks, of their herds, and of their grounds. The children of Israel, who had lived free from the least demand of any kind, for three hundred years and upwards, regarded this imposition, as

4 Testimonies and Notes concerning the Book of JASHER. a brick, that is, as a hard thing, and were un- thing could be; and seeing that the young easy under it. Hur. woman looked at the water, and then at the child, imagined that she was going to drown it. Notes on Chap. V . Upon this, the princess calls earnestly to Miriam, MIRIAM was born fifteen years before Moses, and asks her, what she was going to do with the She was the daughter of Amrara, by Jochebed, infant ? Miriam advances, and says, I am about his wife ; one who to great natural parts added to drown it, even as Pharaoh has commanded, that of great thought and foresight. The decree How ! says the princess, sure Pharaoh has not coming forth, that the Hebrew males should all said it. Then answered Miriam, Thy father be slain as they were born, and she having heard hath said, Every male that openeth the womb, how good-natured the daughter of Pharaoh among the children of Jacob, shall ye drown in was, proposed to her parents, that she would the river. And this is the first which hath carry her brother Moses, and meet the princess opened the womb since the decree hath been as she walked by the river side, which was the made. And the princess said. Give me the custom of the princess every morning to do, and child. Miriam having delivered the child, the seem as though she was going to drown the princess enquires for one to nurse it. Here infant. By which means, says Miriam, when Miriam produces his mother, Jochebed, to be a the princess beholdeth the child, peradventure nurse for her brother. And the princess said, she may enquire what I am about to do with He shall be my son, and his name shall be the infant. Then will I answer, and say, I am called Moses, because I have taken him from going to drown it, it being an infant male of the the water, wherein he was to be drowned. Then children of Jacob, according to the decree of Jochebed took Moses, and returned unto her Pharaoh, thy father, which says. Every male house, and she said to her daughter, Behold, that openeth the womb, among the children of now thou art unto me as an uplifting. Aaron, at Jacob, shall ye drown in the river. O, says this time, was three years old. The princess Jochebed, thou art as a sea of bitterness unto that very day went unto Pharaoh, and got the me ! O my daughter, thou hast ingulphed me in decree revoked. Thus did Miriam, when fifteen an ocean of perplexity ! Be not afraid, says years of age, contrive the revoking of the decree Miriam, whether is it not all one, that he perish of Pharaoh, concerning the murder of the infant by the hands and command of the daughter of males of the children of Israel. Pharaoh, or by the slayers of infants ; we cannot Hur, out of the book of Aaron. always hide him from knowledge. The morn Miriam from hence became the admired of arose, the sun rejoiced to run his course, and the Hebrews : every tongue sang of her praise, all nature smiled, when Miriam, almost by force, She taught Israel; she tutored the children of takes up the lovely infant, whose innocent looks Jacob ; and the people called her, by way of were enough to engage every eye, and away eminence. The Teacher. She studied the good of she carries him to the banks of the river, to the nation, and Aaron and the people hearkened meet the princess. Jochebed and Amram unto her. To her the people bowed; to her follow at some distance, waiting the event. The the afflicted came. Israel enjoyed peace all the princess was taking her morning walk, attended time of the days of the princess, who succoured by her women. Now Miriam had placed her- Moses. Miriam was ninety-five years of age, self under a tree, where she knew the princess when Moses came from Midian. And Aaron would pass by, and was there kissing, and taking, was eighty and three. And Moses was eighty as it were, her last farewell of her brother, and years of age. Hur, out of the Book of Aaron. as the princess approached, was swaddling it It was a tradition in my time, that the princess up, that with the greater convenience she might carried Moses to her father, and by shewing him throw it into the river, and then she kisses it the infant, and expostulating with him concerning again, and the tears flowed from her eyes. The the barbarity of those who had counselled the princess and the ladies stood at some distance, decree, prevailed on the king to revoke it. Hur, viewing and thinking what the meaning of this

Testimonies and Notes concerning the Book of J ASHE R. 5 Notes on Chap. VI. Notes on Chap. VII. VIII. IX. X. XL MOSES, who till now, had lived altogether in MOSES persuades the Hebrews to leave Goshen, the court of Pharaoh, leaves Zoan, and goes and go into the wilderness. They ask of him a into Goshen to visit his brethren, the Hebrews: sign: he gives them many, which they believe, when there, he encourages them to revolt from But Pharaoh, whenMoses went to him, wouldnot the Egyptians, Pharaoh hearing of this, Moses believe. After many persuasions, with the adthought it best to fly into Midian, being then vice of all his princes, Pharaoh lets them go forty years of age. There he marries Zipporahj upon certain conditions, which the Epyptians the daughter of Jethro, who was the son of Esau, told him the Hebrews had not performed; at who was the son of Isaac. Jethro was a great which Pharaoh was provoked, and pursues man ; one who had given laws to his people, and Moses and the people. Of which Moses having was both a king and a priest. He was a wor- intelligence, he changes his course, and (when shipper of the true God, but did not use circura- at the extremity of the Red Sea, purposing to cision among his people ; yet he ordained a lead the Hebrews to the foot of mount Sinai, priesthood, and appointed the observation of and put them under the protection of the Misabbaths, and of feasts, and kept holy days, dianites, lest Pharaoh should pursue him, and There was a particular enmity notwithstanding, in his rage slay the Hebrews,) turns off towards betwixt the descendants of Jacob and those of Baal-zephon, in which neighbourhood Moses Esau ; and Jacob had particularly cautioned his encamped. When Pharaoh and his host came children not to marry among the uncircumcised. to Etham, seven days after Moses had left the Jethro, finding that Moses was a man of great place, he was informed, that Moses, instead of policy, and versed in all the learning and magic going straight forward into the wilderness, was of the Egyptians, gives him his eldest daughter, gone to Baal-zephon. Here Pharaoh stops, his Zipporah, to wife; by whom Moses had two sons, troops being fatigued with a sudden and hasty Gershom and Eliezar. At the expiration of forty march, and sends to demand of Moses satisfacyears afterwards, Moses is told by Jethro, that tion for what injury the Hebrews had done the Pharaoh, who sought his life, was dead ; is Egyptians. Upon this, Moses sends Jasher to advised to go up into Egypt, to endeavour to tell Pharaoh, that he would search out the bring his brethren from under the yoke of Pha- offenders, and deliver them up, and such restiraoh into the wilderness, and there to make them tution should be made as should be satisfactory a separate people, under a particular government to them, and that this should be done by the of their own. Moses, flushed with the thoughts fourth day. To this Pharaoh agreed, indeed he of success, brings out of Midian, Zipporah and was necessitated to stay, for his troops were her two sons, and comes into Goshen : but the so harassed and faint, that they wanted rest, elders knew him not, and tell him, that he had Moses, having thus gained time, disposes the transgressed the precepts of Jacob, in marrying march of his people over the sands of the Red Zipporah. Upon which disgust of the Hebrews, Sea, in the manner following : He ordered Moses sends Zipporah, and her two sons, back Aaron to lead the van into the sea, at the recess to Jethro. Hur. of the water ; they went in, a man and a woman ; And it came to pass, during the time Moses the women carrying and leading the infants, and was in Midian, which was the space of forty the men carrying the baggage. Thus did they years, that Caleb, who was a ruler among the march; the tribe of Levi and the tribe of Joseph sons of Jacob, and a mighty man, invented the got over that reflux ; the next, the tribe of Judah arrow, and the bow, and trained up the males to and the tribe of Simeon; the next, the tribe of the use of it, and he, and his followers, became Benjamin and the tribe of Ephraim; the next, expert in it. This was a contrivance that was the tribe of Zebulun and the tribe of Issachar ; more excellent than the javelin: he found he the next, the tribe of Dan and the half- tribe of could kill the enemy hereby at a great distance ; Manasseh ; the next, the half tribe of Manasseh, wherefore the Hebrews in this respect became and all the women and children of the tribe of too mighty for the Egyptians. Othniel. Reuben and the tribe of Gad, with their bag

Testimonies and Notes concerning he Book of JASHER. gage, Moses having thus dismissed all, except the men of Reuben and Gad, about midnight blew the trumpet, and he led the people through the sea with a hasty march, for which he had prepared them by sending away their wives, children, and baggage. Moses had so well contrived to cut oft' all intercourse between the Hebrews and the Egyptians, that the latter knew not that the former had fled. On the fourth day, in the morning, Pharaoh sends to demand restitution, but behold Moses with the tribes of Reuben and Gad had crossed the Red Sea, in the preceding night. They hastened unto Pharaoh, and told him, that the Hebrews fled by the way of the Red Sea ; (for there was a road which led through there, at the reflux, for foot-passengers, but w^as not at all commodious for horses and chariots.) Now during the time that Moses and the tribes passed through the sea, by night the moon shone ; but afterwards, the dark nights came on and the rains fell. Pharaoh pursued Moses to Baal-zephon, and there he was told in what manner the Hebrews passed the sands of the Red Sea. At this, Pharaoh was greatly disheartened, and he said. Let us return from whence we came, for we cannot go over the sands with our horses and chariots ; and could we cross with part of the host of Egypt, for all cannot pass at one reflux, the Hebrews will slay us. Wherefore Pharaoh cursed the people of Jacob, he and all the host of Egypt, and returned to Zoan, Hur. Every one knows the fam.ous miracle of the passage over the Red Sea, when the Lord opened this sea, dried it up, and made the Israelites pass through it, dry-shod, to the number of 600,000, without reckoning old men, women, or children. Some ancient authors have advanced, that Moses, having lived long near the Red Sea, in the country of Midian, had observed that it kept its regular ebbing and flowing, like the ocean ; so that taking the advantage of the time of the ebb, he led the Hebrews over ; but the Egyptians, not knowing the nature of the sea, and rashly entering into it just before the return of the tide, were all swallowed up, and drowned, as Moses relates. Thus the priests of Memphis explained it ; and this opinion has been adopted by a great number of moderns. In the queries of Michaelis sent to Niebuhr, when in Egypt, it was proposed to him to enquire upon the spot, " Whether there were not some ridges of rocks where the water was shallow, so that an army at particular times may pass over ?" Secondly, " Whether the Etesian winds, which blow strongly all the summer from the North West, could not blow so violently against the sea, as to keep it back on a heap, so that the Israelites might have passed without a miracle ?" A copy of these queries was left also for Mr. Bruce, the traveller, who justly observed as follows : " I must confess, however learned the gentlemen were who proposed these doubts, I did not think they merited any attention to solve them." This passage is told us by Scripture to be a miraculous one ; and, if so, we have nothing to do with natural causes. If we do not believe Moses, we need not believe the transaction at all, seeing that it is from his authority alone we derive it. If we believe in God, that he made the sea, we must believe he can divide it when he sees a proper reason ; and of that he must be the only judge. It is no greater miracle to divide the Red Sea, than to divide the river Jordan. If the Eastern wind, blowing from the North West in summer, could keep up the sea, as a wall on the right, or to the South, of fifty feet high, still the difficulty would remain of building the wall on the left hand, or to the North ; besides, water standing in that position for a day, must have lost the nature of fluid. Whence came that cohesion of particles which hindered that wall to escape at the sides ? This is as great a miracle as that of Moses. If the Etesian winds had done this once, they must have repeated it many a time before and since, from the same causes. It appears however, from the accurate observations of Niebuhr and Bruce, that there is no ledge of rocks running across the gulph anywhere, to afford a shallow passage. The second query, about the Etesian, or Northerly wind, is refuted by the express mention of a strong Easterly wind blowing across, and scooping out a dry passage ; not that it was necessary for Omnipotence to employ it there

Testimonies and Notes concerning the Book of J A SHE R. as an instrument, any more than at Jordan ; but it seems to be introduced in the sacred history by way of anticipation, to exclude the natural agency that migiit in after times be employed for solving the miracle. It is remarkable, that the monsoon in the Red Sea blows the summer half of the year from the North, the winter half, from the South ; neither of which would produce the miracle in question. The tides in this sea are moderate. At Suez the difference between high and low waters did not exceed from three to four feet, according to Niebuhr's observations on the tides in that gulph, during the years 1762, and 1763. It is evident from the text of Moses, and other sacred authors, who have mentioned this miraculous passage, that no other account is supportable, than that which supposes the Hebrews to cross over the sea from shore to shore, in a vast space of dry ground, which was left void by the waters at their retiring. (Exod. xiv. 16, I7, &c.) In the canticle that Moses sang at their coming out of the Red Sea, he says (Exod. xv. 8.) " With the blast of thy nostrils (or, with the wind of thy fury,) the waters were gathered together ; the flood stood upright as an heap ; and the depths were congealed in the heart of the sea." The Psalmist says (Psalm, Ixxviii. 13.) " He divided the sea, and caused them to pass through, and he made the waters to stand as on a heap." He says in another place, " That the sea fled at the sight of God." (Psalm, cxiv. 3, 5.) '* That the Lord made himself a path in the sea, that He walked in the midst of the waters." (Psalm, Ixxvii. 19.) Isaiah, Ixiii. 11, &c. says, " That the Lord divided the waves before his people ; that He conducted them through the bottom of the abyss, as a horse is led through the midst of a field." Habbakuk, iii. 15, says, " That the Lord made himself a road to drive his chariot and horses across the sea, across the mud of great waters." Lastly, the author of the book of Wisdom, xix. 7, 8, 10, I7, 18, says, « That the dry land appeared all on a sudden in a place where water was before ; that a free passage was opened in a moment through the midst of the Red Sea ; and that a green field was seen in the midst of the abyss, &c. :" It is thought the place where the Hebrews passed by the Red Sea, is two or three leagues below its Northern point, at the place called Kolsum, or Clysma. Dr. Hales observes, that " It sufficiently appears, even from Niebuhr's own statement, that the passage of the Israelites could not have taken place near Suez : For, first, he evidently confounded the town of Kolsum, the ruins of which he places near Suez, and where he supposed the passage to be made, with the Bay of Kolsum, which began about forty-five miles lower down, as Bryant has satisfactorily proved, from the astronomical observations of Ptolemy and Ulug Beigh, made at Heroum, the ancient head of the gulph. 2ndly, Instead of crossing the sea at or near Etham, their second station, the Israelites " turned southwards, along the western shore ; and their third station at Pihahiroth or Bedea, was at least a full day's journey below Etham ; as Bryant has satisfactorily proved from Scripture. (Exod. xiv. 2.) Hales' New Analysis of Chronology, vol. i. page 388, to 394. : Wells's Geography of the Old and New Testament, vol. i. page 240. Editor. It was at this time, and on the account of the fraud Moses and his people had put on the Egyptians, that they were called »npj>> or DUpr* that is, Jacobites. Ehud. Miriam first stepped into the Red Sea, amidst the thousands of Israel, who thereupon cried out. Behold the queen of the sea. When all her people were safe in the wilderness, she proclaimed a feast, at which Miriam and the women of Israel leaped for joy. Hur. The people of Israel, soon after they had left the borders of the Red Sea, and had journeyed for three days into the wilderness, had exhausted their water, and thereupon was in great distress, and they said, Where shall we now have water to drink? Moses, in this emergency, assembles the elders. Miriam was one of the assembly, for she being the admired of the people, they proceeded to no business till she was present ; nay, so deep was her penetration, and so exquisite her judgment, that her word was final. She advised that they should dig for water. Hur. The great wisdom and policy of Moses is here very conspicuous, in his selling to the Egyptians, for their gold and silver, all the possessions of the Hebrews. By this means, they

8 Testimonies and Notes concerning the Book of JASHER. had wherewithal, when they had gotten into the wilderness, to purchase oxen, sheep, and all the necessaries of life, of the Amalekites, the Hivites, &c. and also all utensils of husbandry, and horses, &c. for their immediate use. Othniel. The riches the Hebrews carried with them procured them the friendship, at least, the indulgence, of the people of the nations, for the trade of gold for the fruits of their land made them rich. This Miriam perceived would in time impoverish her own people, wherefore she advised them to till the ground, and to tame the beasts of the field. Jazer. It seeraeth plain, that the Egyptians intended to buy the possessions of the Hebrews for a very small sura, and thereby to oppress them grievously ; but this scheme of Moses and the elders to sell more in number of every thing than they had, outwitted them, and flung their iniquity upon their own heads. Besides, Moses by this means brought his own people the more readily into his designs of shaking off the power of Egypt. Zadock. Miriam might justly be stiled, the mother of the Hebrew nation, in a proper sense, for she taught them first to dig for water. She likewise stimulated them to till the ground, and cultivate the tree. She brought a grain out of Egypt, and sowed the field. The male and female of the flock and herd did she bring. Tobias. Notes on Chap. XV. THE contest between Moses and Miriam was concerning the establishment of the laws and customs prescribed by Jethro. She argued and reasoned very wisely. Are not the laws and customs of the children of Jacob sufficient to govern the people, seeing they have done so for four hundred years? Surely the wisdom of our forefathers is greater than that of the Midianites. The people took the side of Miriam. Hur. Miriam opposed the introduction of the laws given by Jethro. She well knew, that if Zipporah was suffered to dwell among the children of Israel, of consequence, the customs of Midian would take place, that intermarriages would happen, and that such practices would tend to the ingulphing them in the nations. Jezer. All the days of the life of Miriam were one hundred and twenty years. In her time the Israelites received no other laws and customs, save those from Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. The patriarchs in every family ruled. Jazer. When the people of the nations, the Moabites, the Perrizzites, the Hivites, the Amorites, the Jebusites, and the Hittites, heard that Miriam was dead, they were moved ; and the reason was, because she restrained Moses from destroying them. Othniel. Notes on Chap. XVI. XVII, XVIII. MOSES, soon after the death of Miriam, orders Nadab and Abihu to build an altar nigh unto mount Sinai, and to raise twelve tables or pillars for each tribe to come unto. When this was done, he appoints twelve young men, of great strength, to slay oxen, and sheep, and lambs, and roast them on the altar: and Moses blew the trumpet, and he proclaimed a feast, and every tribe assembled each to his pillar or station, and they sat down, and they did eat. And this was the first public feast of the Israelites. And now it was, that they chose out seventy elders for to be with Moses, and to judge the people. Hur. Moses, after the contest with Miriam, never attempted to establish the laws of Jethro till some time after her death. He had a design to secrete her, imagining, if it had not been for her humane disposition, he should have been able to have settled the people in Canaan during his life, which would have been for the good of the commonweal : but the policy of Moses was for killing and destroying all before him : the policy of Miriam was the reverse. Miriam dying, they remained for a short time in the method she left them ; but as the people could not now apply unto her for wisdom, they were at a great loss, and that loss grew daily more and more perceptible. At length, the complaints reached the ear of Moses. In order to redress the grievance, Moses advises the people to elect such persons as they should think capable of judging the people. That the people should elect, was pleasing to the multitude ; by which means Moses had seventy to assist him in the administration. The first thing Moses proposed, and which they agreed to, was the admission and adoption of Zipporah and her sons. Moses soon after assu

Testimonies and Notes concerning the Book of JASHER. med the title of king ; and having brought Nadab and Abihu, and the seventy elders who spake for the people, into his plan of forming the Hebrew monarchy, they assembled on mount Sinai, and, together with Jethro, fixed on the rule of government. Phinehas. In the following chapters nothing occurs, but what fully accords with the statements of Moses, the Jewish Lawgiver, only with relation to Miriam, who seems from the statements of Jasher, to have held a very high place in the councils of the elders of Israel, so that no important step was taken without her concurrence. In one instance, she appears to have resisted Moses, on which account she was struck with leprosy, but again restored at his successful prayer ; and although she resisted the adoption of Zipporah into tha commonwealth of Israel, she did it from a conscientious motive, dreading the influence of the Midianitish women, and the pollution of the Jews by intermarriages with them, which soon was the case. The laws and customs proposed by Jethro, she also rejected, arguing, that the statutes and ordinances of Jacob were preferable to them, and that as they had hitherto prospered under the ancient government, by the fathers and heads of the tribes, there could be no sufficient cause for their departure from them. However, at length, the whole of the ceremonial law took effect ; Moses by miracles and signs, and mighty wonders, proving that he acted by divine authority, so that all opposition ceased, and the government was fully established in a Sanhedrim of seventy elders, Moses being king in Jeshurun. It appears that Jasher was eminent in his days, not only for the integrity, but for the prosperity of his government ; that his conduct, in every relation and capacity, was unexceptionable ; and that he died in a good old age, full of honour, and much lamented by the nation, being one hundred and twelve years old. The book written by him, was kept with religious veneration, and though not of equal authority with the books of Moses, yet was appealed to both in the times of Joshua, and the great king of Israel, David. Thus, then, it appears, that as far as such a work can be authenticated, this possesses every proof of being a transcript of the original manuscript ; and, consequently, that it is worthy to be preserved as a collateral evidence of the facts detailed more fully in the writings of Moses, the book of Joshua, and the book of Judges. Let us therefore make a due improvement hereof, by imitating the uprightness of Jasher, obeying the precepts delivered by him, and yielding an unreserved obedience to that better covenant under which we live, knowing that the whole economy of the Jews, adumbrated and typified the better covenant of grace, in the person of our glorious Redeemer, who hath obtained for us a better inheritance than Canaan, even an inheritance incorruptible, undefiled, and that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for us. Editor. ROSE, PRINTER, BROADMEAD, BRISTOL.

EXPLANATORY The Rosicnician Order Anticipating questions which may be asked by the readers of this book, the publishers wish to announce that there is but one universal Rosicrucian Order existing in the world today, united in its various jurisdictions, and having one Supreme Council in accordance with the original plan of the ancient Rosicrucian manifestos. The Rosicrucian Order is not a religious or a sectarian society. This international organization retains the ancient traditions, teachings, principles, and practical helpfulness of the Brotherhood as founded centuries ago. It is known as the Ancient Mystical Order Kosae Crucis, which name is abbreviated for popular use into AMORC. The worldwide headquarters is located at San Jose, California. Those interested in knowing more of the history and present-day offerings of the Rosicrucians may have a free copy of the book entitled The Mastery of Life, by sending a definite request to Scribe B. O. J., Rosicrucian Park, San Jose, California 95191. THE BOOK OF JASHER THE SACRED BOOK WITHHELD What was written in this book of Holy Scripture that caused it to be expunged from the pages of the Bible? To what veiled truths were the prophets of old referring when they cried, "Is it not written in the Book of Jasher?" — Joshua 10:13, "Behold, it is written in the Book of Jasher" — II Samuel 1:18? Read this photographic reproduction of the text whose rediscovery is credited to Alcuin, sage of Charlemagne's court. COSMIC MISSION FULFILLED by Ralph M. Lewis, F. R. C. rT-»his illustrated biography of Harvey Spencer Lewis, Imperator of ■*■ the Ancient, Mystical Order Rosae Crucis, was written in response to the requests of thousands of members who sought the key to this mystic-philosopher's life mission of rekindling the ancient flame of Wisdom in the Western world. We view his triumphs and tribulations from the viewpoint of those who knew him best. Recognize, like him, that the present is our moment in Eternity; in it we fulfill our mission. THE MYSTICAL LIFE OF JESUS by H. Spencer Lewis, F. R. C, Ph. D. A full account of Jesus' life, containing the story of his activities in the periods not mentioned in the Gospel accounts, reveals the real Jesus at last. This book required a visit to Palestine and Egypt to secure verification of the strange facts found in Rosicrucian records. Its revelations, predating the discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls, show aspects of the Essenes unavailable elsewhere. This volume contains many mystical symbols (fully explained), photographs, and an unusual portrait of Jesus. MENTAL POISONING THOUGHTS THAT ENSLAVE MINDS M by H. Spencer Lewis, F. R. C, Ph. D. ust humanity remain at the mercy of evil influences created in ■the minds of the vicious? Do poisoned thoughts find innocent victims ? Use the knowledge this book fearlessly presents as an antidote for such superstitions and their influences. There is no need to remain helpless even though evil thoughts of envy, hate, and jealousy are aimed to destroy your self-confidence and peace of mind. SEPHER YEZIRAH— A BOOK ON CREATION OR THE JEWISH METAPHYSICS OF REMOTE ANTIQUITY by Dr. Isidor Kalisch, Translator nphe ancient basis for Kabalistic thought is revealed in this out*• standing metaphysical essay concerning all creation. It explains the secret name of Jehovah. Containing both the Hebrew and English texts, its 61 pages have been photolithographed from the 1877 edition. As an added convenience to students of Kabala, it contains a glossary of the original Hebraic words and terms. THE SYMBOLIC PROPHECY OF THE GREAT PYRAMID by H. Spencer Lewis, F. R. C, Ph. D. rT-ihe world's greatest mystery and first wonder is the Great -■- Pyramid. Its history, vast wisdom and prophecies are all revealed in this beautifully bound and illustrated book. You will be amazed at the pyramid's scientific construction and at the secret knowledge of its mysterious builders.

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