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crown from the Kings head, and placed it on
his own head. And when the king and princes
saw the work which the boy had done, the king
and princes were terrified. and one man TO ms
neighbor expressed establishment. And the king
said unto the princes, who were before him at table,
what speak you and what say you, o ye princes,
in this matter, and what is To be Judgment against
the boy on account of this act? And Balaam, the
son OF Beor the magician answered before the King
and princes, and he said, remember now, q my
lord and king, the dream which thou didst dream
many days since, and that which thy servant inter
preted unto thee. Now. therefore, this is a child
from the Hebrew children, in whom is the spirit Of
God, and let my lord the king imagine that this
youngster did this thing without knowledge. For
he is a Hebrew boy, and wisdom and understand
ing are with him, although he is yet a child, and
with wisdom has he done this and chosen unto him
self the kingdom of Egypt. For this is the
ner of all tue Hebrews TO deceive kings and their
MOBILES To do all these things cunningy in order to
make the kings of the earth and their men tremble.
Surely thou knowest that Abraham their father
acted thus, who deceived the army of Nimrod,
king of Babel, and Abimelech, king of Gerar,
and that he possessed himself Of the land of the
children of Hsth and all the kingdoms of Ca
naan. And that he descended into Egypt and said
of Sarah his wife, she is my sister, in order to
mislead Egypt and her king. His son Isaac also
did when he went ia Gerar and dwelt there, and
his strength prevailed over the army Of Abimelech
king of the Phiiistnes. He also thought Of making
the kingdom Of the Philistnes stumble in saying
that Rebecca his wife his sister. Jacob also
dealt treacheroasly with his brother and took from
then to Padan-aram to the house of Laban his mo-
theirs brother, and cunnngly obtained from him
his daughter, his cattle, and all belonging to him,
and fled and returned TO the land Of Canaan 10
his father. His sons sold their brother Joseph,
who went down into Egypt and became a slave, and
placed in the prison house for twelve years,
until the former Pharaoh dreamed dreams, and
withdrew him from the prison house, and mag
nifed him above all the princes in Egypt on
account Of his interpreting his dreams to him.
And when God caused famine throughout the land
he sent for and brought his father and all his bro
theirs, and the whole of his fathers household and
supported them without priceor reward, and bought
the Egyptians for slaves Now, therefore, my lord
king behold this child has risen up in their stead in
Egypt, TO do according to their deeds and to trife
with every king, prince and Judge If it please the
king, let spill his blood upon the ground lest
he grow up and take away the government from thy
hand and the house of Egypt perish after he shall
have egned. And Balaam said to the king, let us
call for all the judges of Egypt and the
wise thereof, and let us know If the judgment
Of death is due to this boy thou didst say, and then
we will slay him. And Pharaoh sent and called for
all the wise OF Egyp and they came before the
king, and an angel Of the Lord came amongst them,
and he like one of the wise men of Egypt; and
the king said to the wise men, surely you have heard
what this Hebrew boy who is In the house, has done
and thus has BALKAN judged in the matter. Now
Judge you also and what is due to the boy for
the act which he has committed And the angel,
who seemed like one of the wise men OF Pharaoh,
answered andssaid follows, before the all the
wise men of Egypt and before the king and the
princes, il il please the king, let the king send
for who shall bring be fore him onyx
stone and coal Of fire, and place them before
the child and if the child shall stretch forth his
hand and take the onyx stone, then shall we know
that with wisdom has the youth done all that he
has done. and must slay him; but if he stretch
forth his hand upon the COAL then shall we
know that il not with knowledge that he did |
this thing, and he shall live And the thing seemed
good in the eyss Of the king and the princes, the
king did according to the w2rd OF the angel OF the
Lord and the king ordered the onyz stone and coal
10 be brought and placed before Moses. And they |
placed the boy before them, and the lad endeavored
stretch forth his hand 10 the oAyX stone, but the
of the Lord took his hand and placed il upon
the ceal, and the coal became extinguished in his
hand, and he lifted il up and put IL into his mouth
and turned part of his lips and pant of his tongue
and he became heavy in mouth and tongue And
when the king and princes saw this they knew that
Moses had not acted with wisdom in taking oil the |
crown from the kings head; the king and princes
RETAINED from slaying the child 50 Moses remained
in Pharaoh's house, growing up, and the Lord was
with him.
What sort of religion NJ. NJ. Noah means to con-
.truct out Of such book, cannot yet tell These
passages of the most readable and resPeca-
Die in the book Many Of the other chapters can't he
published at all-others full Of basphemy, folly,
and farce. This book is, however, high
y recommended by Professor Isaac Nordheimer,
Professor OF Oriental Literature, in the New York
University-also by Samuel ii. Turner, Professor in
the Theological Seminary, Chelsea square, Of this
city-also by George Bush, Professor Of Biblical
learning, in this city, all moral, religious, pious,
God-fearing men.
We may look out for something extraordinary in
religion one Of these days. Old newspapers and
old clothes are to be abandoned-or made new ac-
cordug TO the words Of Solomon.
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