SOME

MISTAKES

OF

MOSES.

SOME
OF

MISTAKES

MOSES

by
G.

ROBERT

FREETHOUGHT

INGERSOLL

PRESS

NEW

YORK

ASSOCIATION

New

authorized edition
1967

Printed in the United States of America

PREFACE.

For

simply
which
of

as

crime

men

that

teach

to

extermination

when

could

Intelligence,
maidens

Justice,

and

by

Mistakes

and

of

the

that

and

in

Moses,"

to

that

babes.

point

lecture,
out

some

and

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was

of

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it seemed

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made

entitled
of

time

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me

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men

inspired

by

by
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and

almost

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savage

endeavored

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known

approbation

butchering

reasonable

more

laws

win

and

laws,

written

wars

in

ceremonies

seemed

was

polygamy,

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unjust

it

record

Pentateuch

people,

with

me

right,

were

men

and

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this

slavery,

that

of

inconsistent

facts.

demonstrated

the

barbarous

number

absurd

ideas

of

thousands

of

great

many

savagery,

regarded

record

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are

have

years

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the

"

Some

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PREFACE.

VI

contradictions,

and

impossibilitiescontained

Pentateuch.

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consent,

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and

published, they

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times,

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itself.

that

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in

at

still

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on

answered

world,

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several

lectures

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friends.

contradictions

demand

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these

talents

their

logic

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enemies

man

will

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who

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subject.

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reporters

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mistakes

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grossly

publications were
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written

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PREFACE.

There

from

when

time

was

and

women,

men,

tortured

entertained

by
is

calumny
instruments

of
the

demolition

of time

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impotent
the

loss

fear.

other
but

one

and

crueltv

religion

is

the

not
to

and

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that

and
leads

the
of

church,

abuse, but

hold

religionbe

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dungeons

the

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gratify

to

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false-

force, by fire

live in peace

inspiredbook,
path

in

ideas

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away,

by light.

seeks

If that

grass-grown

the

only

even

regrets,

gained by

of faith.

savior,

one

visited

cannot
Christianity

form

narrow

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she

power,

oned,
impris-

resort.

rusting

allowed

malicious,

of her

what
and

and

years

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way,

kept

are

has
be

gentle

are

chains

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having expressed

pulpit'slast

torture

innocent

an

only

resentatio
misrep-

congratulate myself

the

curiosity;

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and

me,

now

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supply

clerical

children,

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heaven.

necessarily uncompromising,

PREFACE,

VIII

unreasoning, aggressive
all other

held

has

divided

declaration

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bring, and
lurid

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admire
and

for

account

by inspiredmen

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allowed

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otherwise

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authors

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books,

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PREFACE.

forced

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IX

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men.

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mountains,

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CONTENTS,

Chapter.
I.

Some

Mistakes

II.

Free

Schools,

III.

The

IV.

Man

V.
VI.
VII.
VIII.
IX.
X.
XI.
XII.
XIII.
XIV.

Woman,

and

"

Monday,

Tuesday,

Wednesday,

...

Thursday,
He

Saturday,
Let

...

Sunday,

....

XVII.

The

Fall,

for

Bacchus
Faith

Filth,

in

The

Hebrews,

XXII.

The

Plagues,

XXIII.

The

Flight,

"

...

"

Slavery,

"Inspired"

Marriage,

XXVII.

"Inspired"

War,

XXVIII.

"Inspired"

Religious

XXVI.

XXIX.

Conclusion,

Avoid,

and

Inspired

Memory,

Babel,

and

Confess

Good

Dampness,

XXI.

XXV.

Man,

Make

us

Garden,

XXIV.

also,

Friday,

The

XX.

Stars

the

made

XVI.

XIX.

"

Pentateuch,

The

Necessity

XVIII.

Politicians,

The

XV.

Moses,

of

...

Liberty,

MISTAKES

SOME

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ENDEAVORS

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of

free,

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cowardice

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is

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pleasures

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us

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be

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idea

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living

God,

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to

carry

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is

and
of

our

ship
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all

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totally

are

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sighs

is

thought

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crime,

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in

cross

next,

pilot

that

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belief

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blind

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sins,

of

born

the

courage

that
that

with

are

intellectual

salvation,

secure

that

dead,

virtue,

with

horizon

prejudices

away

pleasing

that

dangerous,

the

do

country

my

intellectual

the

past,

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all

that

depraved,

to

ignoble

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and

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fear,

make

to

can

destroy

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and

ignorance

broaden

to

people,

our

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what

do

to

want

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necessary

this

we

souls.

world
must

SOME

14

Until

book,

cannot

be

is mental
his

to

Why

of

difference

each
and

other

yet in all countries

have

they

of their

destroyed

atheist?

and

entitled
far

to

he

to

treats

us

Christians
and
not
treat

they

those

who

should

each

other.

and

burn

comprehension

of

Christians

existed,

to

have

the

exact

believer
has

at

hate

injured God,
and

pain, and

Would

atheist,

extent

in God

not

capable of joy
man.

man

it

least,

not

as

be
well

?
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yet all I ask

that

subjects

predestination,or

upon

atheist

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despise

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rightsof

treat

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should

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all the

better

each

the

Surely

surely he

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where

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power.

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people imprison

beyond

seems

paradise

certainty about,

opinion

make

be

friends.

and

persecute,

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as

hate,

us

with

nothing

will

have

to

man

questions differ, and

as

of

until there

each

earth

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know

we

make

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allow

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upon

each
that

me

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say.

can,

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to

investigate

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for itself,

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men

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MOSES.

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creed, and

free.

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thought

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soul is

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every

MISTAKES

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not

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God

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ministers

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15

hear

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pause

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60

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62

SOME

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MISTAKES

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and

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64

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MOSES.

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and

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flower, and
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earth

and

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that God

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and

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"

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;

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the

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tree

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herb

day,

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saw

that

morning

were

seed
it

was

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day."

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with

the earth

in itself after his kind

was

the

grass,

brought forth

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on

yieldingfruit

fruit tree

is in itself upon

seed

said

was

nothing

to

eat

this fruit ; not

an

insect

painted wings sought the honey of the flowers

MISTAKES

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not

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MOSES.

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is

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the

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by animal

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earth

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with

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IX.

THURSDAY.

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25

of

way

Cherubim

the

rotting trunk,

its

the

keep

to

way

guarding

sword

flaming

MOSES.

OF

MISTAKES

SOME

the

South,

the

the

on

earth,
some

borders

of

SOME

120

the

Ganges,

Armenia,
others

in

allegory,and
But

this world

for

will

you

will

You

made

gentlemen

howl

While

will

you
will be

you

Eden

other

has

new

the

man

pendulum

of

ward,

after

steadilyon.

pleasure of

take

But

God.

The

one

of his ribs,

one

laughed

in

at

the

next.

hearing
at

here.

you

any

the

revenge,
entire

your
where

is the

lost,and

was

found.

man

he

has

is

advanced.

have

all,man,

is, and

truth

swung
like

the

the

historyof
like the

Events,
forward

hands,

growing grander.

and

dience
disobe-

degenerate by

became
real

perfectlypure

once

was

clock

Man

of

not,

into

put Adam

glorifiedin

knows.

he

that

laughed

God

and

will of

The

be

smilinglyexpress

to

that

an

was

things or

permitted to

been

that

No.

shows,

but

be

one

not

Others

these

out

there, who
not

Arabia,

Europe.

may

woman

the

in the

and

have

No

Is it true

innocent,

allowed

acquiescence

You

crowned

also

Equator,

understood.
spiritually

them.

be

the

invisible, that it

was

insistingthat

deep sleepand
but

and

in

some

Syria, Persia,

understand

you

believe

must

you

be

must

whether

it

Ceylon,

under

Palestine

that

of

some

in

Mesopotamia,

contended

MOSES.

island

Africa,

Babylon, Assyria,
have

OF

in the

some

some

in

MISTAKES

and
has

He

back
gone
is not

MISTAKES

SOME

make

of

Ideals

justice

liberty

It

not,

Eden

the

it

will

is

of

of

force

the

certainly

past

give

and

us

that

desire

and

but

us

the

for

whether

the

Eden

and

27

die,

intellectual

centuries

intensifies

behind

said

the

becomes

love

ages

are

wrong,

beyond.
us

The

on.

sweep

fail

The

purer

mercy

and

enlarges,

as

and

and

forms.

widens

grander

MOSES.

individuals

higher

world

the

grow

between

and

for

room

horizon

and

Nations

degenerating1.
and

OF

pass.

the

difference

less

and

as

less

the

of

fear,
real

years

cruelty
Eden

of

is

the

is

lost

knowledge
that

true

future.

or

XVII.

THE

told

are

than

about

the

the

it

husband

to

cursed
the

and

that

the

death,

"Dust

return,"

made

them

drove

coats

says

of

out

and

Who,
Clarke

thou

"

what
"

The

God

his
art

of

persuaded

it out,

the

skins

that

eat

her

he

then

and

eat

started
the

Eve,

thistles
of

herb
the

of
thou

Eve.

and

the

curse

shalt

dust
Adam

she

of

sorrows

unto

for

that

crawl

to

he

pleasant

was

pronounced

and

that

she

it

to

face,

it

opinion

fruit;

sake,

man

his

had

wise

found

Adam's

he

her

that

multiplied
for

of

sweat

that

gave

that

eat,

condemning

condemned

the

in

he

ground

thorns,

field

he

subtle

more

held,

make

some

it ; that

snake

dust;

cursed

take

try

the

to

was

certain

eating

it would

to

the

which

in

good

was

that

eye,

induced

was

of

serpent
of

Eve,

effect

her

the

beast

with

assured
to

that

any

conversation

FALL.

and

Eden.

was

this

serpent
0*1

serpent
must

have

Dr.
walked

Adam
erect,

for
That

he

The

creature.

walking

in the

her

this

of

for

the

creature

accomplishment
the

life of

creature

he

lay hid,

part

of

from

the

the

that

those
to

been

tricks

be wiser

it to

whose

designed

more

the

creatures

made

Under

man.

he

creature

this

seduced
to

answers

every

It is evident

text.

its muscles

and

that it

walk

to

erect,

sovereign controlling
hands

man

walk

endless

Satan

purposes

walk

like
them

all fours.

The

variety of

than
intelligent

every

parts prove
on

show

in

"

and

"

claw-armed
to

outang
orang-

murderous

this

of

or

instrument

of

the

accosts

proper

put down

like those

of these

and

that

creature

else than

stealthycunning, and
and

by

seen

It therefore
ape

originallydesigned

induce

creatures

have

and

his

of its limbs

nothing

respect formed

the

most

soul

descriptionin

been

could

power

of

the

Such

structure

have

might
and

the

as

he

text.

of

this

to

fore
reasoning,there-

intended, and

is here

first parents.

in the

with

often

having

surprisewhen

creature

against

our

of

related

that

me

kind
use

sort

no

29

punishment.

given

talkingand

and

erect,

his

were

doubt

no

language

to

appears

in

giftof speech, also

things

woman

testifies

she

the

these

That

him

with

endued

was

reason.

MOSES.

necessarilyimplied

is

this

OF

MISTAKES

SOME

them
any

the

even

other

pranks
now

to

creature,

I30

SOME

alone

man

fours and

MISTAKES

gather their

food from

to

and

to

cleanliness

article of

Add

propriety.
upright;
them

of

observation
facts.

For

in the

man

animal

world.

simply

then

greatest

at

the

is the

lower

the

orang-outang

an

ease,

and

had

perfectgentleman,
polite, and

do

to

enables

most

fall

"

as

the

seductive

spoke

admirably

in

bring
LonQf

to

me

state

no

abilityand
left of their

link

to

"

Hebrew

have

ment."
punish-

between

serpent
with

appearance

was

the
of

plausible,

manner,

calculated

for

have

appear

The

outward

walk

irritates

part of their

creation.

of

to

it.

the

they

connecting

that

in the

watching,and

Indeed,

which

of

sense

or

chatter, is all they have

deprived

and

all

to

offends

attentive

originalgiftof speech, of

Here

so,

babbling they (the ape)

propensity to

been

variety

disciplineto

animals

are

though

aversion

obliged

earnest,

and

is not

utter

utmost

all

on

is wholesome

lost

are

their

be

to

these

chattering and
fellows

in

scarcelyanything

than

more

these

they

requires the

it,and

to

them

it

that which

this

to

dust

part which

from

walk

ground, they

careful

that

for food

proper

and

separate

the

the

eat

exceeding cunning,
instances

MOSES.

Being obliged to

excepted.

literally
obliged

OF

to

deceive.

It

did

never

to

know

taste

the

late date
to

shape

of

Dr.

an

sin

that

from

high, as

of the

seraphim
What

creature.
to

she

her,

herself

we

did

Eve
are

not

first,perhaps, she

angel, and

yet

which

what

supposed

afterwards

by

attacked

the

his

erect.

went
to

is

come

world,

upper

subtile

this serpent

ing
speak-

tell,and, I believe,
to

it

act

to

seemed

the serpent

likelyto

know

light,

rebel

who

then,

from

because

and

old

specious creature,

thought of

not

He

and

messenger

of

is

prince of devils, the

it is

flyingserpent
a

is the

devil chose

The

"it

throne, but

first state,

serpent, because

that

angel

an

dignity.

in rebellion.

it was

one

his

zoological

Eve

God's

surely the

was

Perhaps
on

this

at

persuaded

the

beguiled

spotted,dappled skin,

mouth,

least, in the

at

insists

upon

and

crown

ring leader

has

that

from

first parents

that

with

Clark, but

devil

apostate

in

fruit was,

agree

attendant

immediate

part

not

Mr.

the

againstGod's
our

his

glad, even

am

malignant by creation,

an

long,cold

in

apple

something

forbidden

does

explanation of

serpent,

the

that

that

me

an

and

131

man.

Henry

certain

MOSES.

to

with

anybody

deceive

could

Eve

reasonable

seem

disgusting snake

and

OF

MISTAKES

SOME

think

might

of
be

it.
a

At

good

might suspect something

SOME

132

The

amiss.

alone, and

at

the

assault

but

God,

might, therefore,
discredit
into

it.

discussion

took

God

for wise

and

then

she

when

are

with

erect,

serpent

that

compelled

to

should

"

with

to

wings.

from
and

to

He

forbidden

the

teaches

to

enter

alone.

was

Eve,
first to

men

skeptics first,

makes

atheists."

that

admit

than

woman

Is it not

believed

walking

unless

it

humiliatingto

these

were

know

things?

Why

of descent

doctrine

the Darwinian

could

nothing
snake

spotted,dappled skin,"

objectto

we

that

prevail over

to

He

deny.

think

husband,

near

Satan

them

ancestors

our

ends.

to

attractive

more

Satan

makes

by degrees
We

holy

knowledge,

the devil

policy of

her

permitted

doubt, and

be

with

her

we

easilypersuaded

more

the

was

near

immediately

from

advantage by finding her

tree.

and

It

but

subtlety to

Some

not

the

be

in

mind.

hand

second

at

now

temptations,as

Adam

to

of

devil's

his

command

the

received

Eve

with

woman,

husband,

the

inferior

presence

her

was

vessel

weaker

her

MOSES.

was

from

It

tree.

and

strength

distance

suppose

may

OF

tempted

person

forbidden

the

MISTAKES

after this ?
Our

thought

fathers
it

thought

sin to

entertain

it

their
the

duty

to

believe,

slightestdoubt,

and

real.

there

pears

and

coiled amid
the

laws

six davs

must

have

He

knew

what

do

not

sin, that

he
the

He

was

not

He

was

not

was

of

plums
serpent

Eve

to

violate

On

which

die upon

the

what

he

fish

nor

He

was

the

and

them

did

if the

Eve

would

out,

that

wards
after-

that

he

cross.

who

this

was

had

man

not

was

subtile

Lord

God

nor

"

that

destroyed,and

more

fowl,

fall.

Why

knew

Adam

only one
He

woman.

field which

neither

for

and

rival ?

would

Eve

spotted,dappled skin

"

drive

to

be

"

and

garden,

would

man,

children

have

ask
a

successful

Adam

him

made

Who

make

with

the

into

world

field,because
the

his

would

Again,

of

the

inexperienced woman.

an

would

created

that

snake

from

come

would

God

known

defend

got

he

was

with

serpent

himself

like

grew

plainly see

the serpent

did

He

he

babble

the

of God.

Is it possiblethat

could

could

entirely

was

They believed

of flowers.

rustlingleaves, coaxing

its

Where
of the

they

story

knowledge

where

tree

was

perfume

33

exceedingly

garden, hear

the

see

the

smell

waters,

or

could

They

the

them,

To

God.

to
gratifying

credulitywas

their

that

reallysupposed

MOSES.

OF

MISTAKES

SOME

been
beast

than

had

serpent?
made.
of

the

any

beast

made."

He

snake, because

he

had

SOME

134

the

of

power

belly until
serpent
the

of course,

and

Adam
"

helpmeet
him

met

and

that

being

not

excite

with

and

she
a

the

justat

wonder

our

experiment.
when

her

it

saw

fruit to

desired

be

divide

generosity to
Theologians

with

the

abuse
exact

of

he

this

truth.

fact, Satan,

that

have

entered

with

her

told

greatest

the

serpent,

ably
Prob-

for

had

it

an

hear

ever

husband

it need

h?rdly
of

the

fruit

be

surprised that

one

by

way

the

wise, she

eye,

had

husband.
of
that

seems

that

enemy

"

never

had

her

filled thousands

are

serpent?

pleasantto

make

serpent, but
We

the

we

and

to

not

hood,
neighbor-

she

her, and

tasted

good

was

Eve

first one

should

Neither

him

he

surprised to

that moment,

she

that

did

looking
but

to

new

take

the

of

out

neighbors.

was

not

the

was

this

serpent'sreputation

name,

was

Every thingbeing

met.

in

him
She

before.

talk, as

serpent

the

he

did

this

about

his

when

gave

God

Why

guard

veracity among
him

Lord

acquainted in

not

his

kept

not

off?

nothing about

saw

he

the

upon

Where

was

not

their

on

were

knew

for truth

Why

his head

Eve

crawl

not

cursed.

did

snap

and

and

MOSES.

did

was

Why

the tail and

They,

he

from

come

put Adam

OF

speech, and

after

garden

by

MISTAKES

volumes
he

this serpent
of

mankind,

appearing

to

our

told
was,

and
first

MISTAKES

SOME

in

serpent

have

the

in

and

on

evil

and

Do

What

the

entered

did

pronounced

We

know
did

what

poetic;
"

In

subsist

he

did

he

of
in

Did

him

before

as

that

eat

before

the

the

most
same

also and

truest

It

in

or

he

he
move

fly? Certainly
of locomotion

mode

what

Upon

curse.

with

be

Eve

this is all

that

to

stone,
Touch-

feigning."
chapter we
to

his wife

are

did

informed
the

Lord

dust, but

upon

is,according

poetry

Mexico,

when

did

way

may

as

lived

he

Is it

known

his conversation

after

of Eden,

Eve

serpent

also

we

devil, and

one

the

that

ment
punish-

snake

walk

the

by

his

way

what

he

that

and

this

same

and

upon

and

the

of the serpent,

snake-worship

crawl, because

not

food

Adam

garden,

done

Garden

serpents

form

place to place ?

from

was

in the
the

was

in the

35

curse

first serpent

of Adam

for the

India

and

but

of the

hate

account

you

Africa

he

descendants

Christians

kill

is there

death

God

share

we

of that transaction

all the

Jews

the

body

manner

when

should

should

really been
in the

or
spirit,

perish at

account

that

that

why

so,

Why

had

remain

Is it true

MOSES.

is

mysterious

destroy an
did he

Satan

some

what

for

Did

devil ?

cursed

been

serpent

If this

body.

its

parents

OF

that
God

"

unto

make

I36

SOME

coats

of skins

Lord

God

them

from

had

to

made

into

that

had

been

Did

the

"

fall

be

he

"

produce

of God,

was

me

being, if
has

such

required
to

burn
I

man

also of the

the

the honest

speak
from

of God,

are

it

they
?

?
in

account

Does

it tend

of

speak

tree

be

God"

"

seeker
I

by

Moses

for

aught

and

About

nothing

vast,

constellations

this

to

say.

barbarians,

inspired no
has

when

shoreless

infinite exists.

prepared

hell

no

in

after truth.
that

mean

putting forth

fruit of the

may

unknown

books,

worship, and

no

When

no

this

exists, I have

one

did

climate

described

There

dreams

an

written

being

the

thought

he

condition

for all,that

once

Jews.

whose

How

in the

to

he

tailor ?

the

in

taken

Then

nude

the

Then

tanner.

in

race

say

mean

butcher.

hereafter

or

have

must

believe

to

did

of skins, when

change

Where

tailor.

coats

and

of the

whose

within

was

of the human

here, let

being-

some

He

was

needed

somewhere

know,

which

tanner

Jehovah

He

coats

happy here,

butcher,
And

the

he

really necessary

to

speak

they

the elevation
a

them

perfectlycomfortable

Is it

as

he

MOSES.

them."

skins

animals

prepare

happen

to

the

OF

clothed

and

get those

them

order

MISTAKES

his

god

hand

of life that he

who

and

vented
pre-

taking

might

live

MISTAKES

SOME

forever

of

drowned

anger
with

reeked

with

cruelty
the

forever

damned.

few,
and

and

hell

ever

MOSES.

toil

weary
of

of

blood,
enslaved

crime

for

upon

of

the

the

that

many,

and

who

butchered

and

and

writhmgs

his

altars

the

made

earth

heaven

wi11

who

of

of

babes,

filled

who

god

in

whose

god

men

agonies

man,

that

"

37

the

multiplied

world

human

maidens,

violated

who

the

increased

woman,

for

god

that

OF

the

lost

gloat
and

XVIII.

DAMPNESS.

it

nd

"

J"\

multiply

daughters

the

they

which

shall

with
be

also

unto

the

old,

daughters

of

the
the

when
of

also

in

and

men,

mighty

became

same

of

daughters

men

of all

wives

shall

is flesh

always

not

yet

his

days

years.
in

earth
of

sons

they
men

those

God

bare
which

days;
in

came

children

to

of

were

renown.

God

great
of

that

after

"And
was

and

earth,

them

took

twenty

giants

were

men

the

spirit

My

he

and

hundred

an

the

them,

the

saw

they

for that

man,

"There
and

God

said,

Lord

the

"And

of

to

them.

and

began

men

chose.

they

strive

fair

were

face

unto

of

sons

when

pass,
the

on

born

were

"That

that

to

came

the

in

the

the

that

saw

and

earth,

thoughts

of

continually.
as8"

his

wickedness
that
heart

every
was

of

man

tion
imaginaonly

evil

earth, and

the

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had

earth

of

depth

feet.

fountains

that

How

the

up.

say

center

occasion.

that

that

say

what

us

world

forty-two

broken

were

to

are

water

and

l5l

MOSES.

whole

the

cover

hundred

seven

Some

up

to

OF

to

on

run

hill ?
allow

Gentlemen,
must

you

efforts

not

in

that

direction

Take

do

harder

explanations are
itself.

explain

to

try

tell you

to

me

believe

that

more

Your

things.
because

good,

advice, stick

my

these

no

to

once

than

your

the

miracle

let

assertion, and

to

explanation alone.
Then,

sea,

then,

as

and
now,

the

thousand

the

sat

the

hundred

risingseven
thirtyfeet

on

an

hills,over

hour,
the

feet

cloudless
condor
and

six

until the

covered

with

vast

the

above

and

inches

world

was

innumerable

but
dead.

the

feet

minute,

above

"

vast

every
one

level of

Chimborazo

yet

volcanoes, filled the

of

crown

the

cliffs of

twenty-six

extinguished all the fires, rose

peak

lifted its

Dhawalagiri

now,

twenty-nine

snow

the

as

waters

day

rose

"

over

craters,

mountain

shoreless

sea

52

SOME

this the

Was

father of

If there
of

slightestdanger
doubting
such

of

than

burned

for that ?

trees

many

year

covered

How

were

tender

How

were

be

was

for

submerged
devoured

What

water

the

on

after
such

had

as

?
?

been

animals

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and

that

world

leaving the

no

worms

for

preserved

beasts.

birds

must

be

remembered

when

at

the

feet, would

thousand

would

fed

be

to

came
be-

insects

devoured

other

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tons

herbs

carnivorous

is

scattered,

of

debris

were

God

of water

soil washed,

There

that

of

became

birds

on

each

have

ark,

square

that

the

highest point
have
foot.

been

that

there

was

when
not

pressure
say

"

about

Such

destroyed nearly every

life, so
the

birds

miles

truth

souls

poor

except

grass

year.
the

our

preserved

the

be

the

that

think

the

the

displeasure by
way,

plants and

no

by

of the

with

God,

there

can

his

we

of the

animals

the

There

God,

live under

can

dissolved, and

ark

If

became

What

the

is

really is, will

he

kinder

How

merciful

most

reverential

lie ?

cruel

MOSES.

incurring

in

even

of the

work

all ?

us

OF

MISTAKES

of the

twenty-nine

eight hundred

pressure

certainly

vestige of

table
vege-

the

animals

came

out

of

mouthful

of

food

in

SOME

the
until

the

How

were

world

the

breathing

is but

There
food

will
its

food

ashore.

food

would

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course

on

trees

quite a

not

heavens

tenants

at

It

and

have

forest.

year,

Noah

in

must

twice

other

monsters

year

would

vided
proin

after

required

about

drink

while

months

couple

the

in

have

year

hundred

one

were

of the

year

and

eat

must

six

have

must

required

and

least

water.

there

the

animal

an

for

water

for

is true.

story

afterwards,

not

weight.

elephants, about

of

not

the

if the

months

in

not,

and

food

of

get

ark.

probably

is

times

got

for many
in the

stored

that

ark, and

did

sisted
sub-

bees

earth

only during

not

sufficient

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ten

that

whole

Where

answer,

one

necessary

been

world

the

grass

was

whole

beneath

substance.

the

There

the

upon

of

did

supported

with

care

53

get food ?

of the ark

have

taken

seeds

ants

they

Where

creature

living

MOSES.

clothed

again

thing

creeping

flood, but

were

animals

others

honey, and

The

How
was

those

on

OF

world.

wide

not

MISTAKES

for

and
of

they
pair

fiftytons
mammoths

that

amount.

that

have

the

lived

devoured

54

SOME

How

food,
it ?
it

could

MISTAKES

eight

if the

even

How

ventilated

was

How

portions

of

did

How

animals

thousand

miles, and
Some

day.
for the
up

of

opposite the
a

of

have

change

go

mile

Of
two

Two

America.

and

did

sloths

How

all the

course,
were

have

must

required.
had

These

to

make

creatures

and

leaving a

there

did

Think

point

Goingthem

Polar

at

the

thousand

bears

must

sudden

so

exceedingly trying

they

know

bears

polar

the
did

selected

Who
the

kept

plainsof Shinar,

miles, and
been

started

snails

take

six
feet

have

miles.

thousand

few

go

years.

it would

they get

health.

about

hundred

thousand

bears

back

made,

the

the

respective

were

startingfor

month,

in climate

their

Only

slowest

several

gone

upon

the

from

their

only

they

as

sixteen

ark

How

years.

soon

of twelve

distance

rate

of

could

for

steady jog

creep

some

polar

creeping things must

just as

couple

to

to

how

were

the

hold

to

the filth ?

animals

for

back

they

of the

ark

cool

had

How

for

this

know

with

done

was

get

Some

We

watered?

kept

countries

clean ?

heated

ark

others

the

what

distributed

largeenough

been

kept

animals

the

tropics,and

but

the

were

ark

MOSES.

have

persons

had

ark

the

was

OF

journey

cannot

to

way
not

go.

these ?
from

travel

to

South
exceed

MISTAKES

SOME

rods

three

mile in about
about

six thousand

ark.

Supposing

We

themselves

in order
in

taken

be

to

the

miles

thousand

years.

Volumes

absurdity of

might

be

fables

of all the

that

amazement,

by

any

^he
it

ever

brought

Clarke

Adam
to

enmities

the

were

dwell

wolf

sleep happily by

the

"

It is

travel six

the

three

infinite
foolish

and

it is

the
of

matter

believed

moment

that

animals

of God.

with

side

the

the

of the

animal

and

were

their

that

the

lamb, and

the

suspended,

or

peaceably

positive evidence

time

repositoryof

me

power

removed

could

no

that

says

lion

board

to

being.

by the

ark
so

for

have

water.

upon

To

was

journey

in less than

in that

Bible.

human
intelligent

Dr.

and

written

contained

ably
reason-

of their

most

incredible, wicked

most

impossible,called

had

himself

the

created.

sloth could

gone

must

sloths

food

the

was

that

whether
board

this

these

and

and

by

world

the

reach

to

plank, they

getting

up

exceedinglydoubtful
thousand

the

way,

miles,

55

make

have

must

complete

to

that

would

traveled

before

years

on

have

they

rate,

hundred

to

also consider

must

had

them

hauled

several

started

MOSES.

days. They

five

route,

Noah

before

this

hundred

direct

At

day.

OF

kid.
food

is

There
was

ever

56

SOME

used

the

before

OF

MISTAKES

flood.

Noah

MOSES.

had

the

first grant

ot

this kind."
Dr.

Scott

of

and

Noah,
with

angels, in bringing

each

other.

Yet
the

impression upon
of

the

continuance

as

apt

He

believed

day

the

theory
"

by

the earth

"The

Noah
the

beasts

pension
sus-

during

generally considered

that

takes

place in

they

enter

and

in

have

been

demonstrated

the

the
true

in

and

presence

the

Bible.

the

the

upwards, and

nights,and

absurdity

to

resort

very

no

to

insisted

He

rain

with

bowels

poured

oi

down

intermission

until in every

place a

effected.
of God

was

dreary confinement,

dire devastation

universal.

compelled

not

was

water-spouts,

deluge was

his

to

convulsion,

forced

were

not

found
vast

fortydays

universal

he

not

some

cataracts

for

ark, is

deluge

had

science

of this belief,and

that

The

any

of Christ."

church

some

peaceful

spectators.
savage

when

sinners

species to

every

to

tion
ministra-

made

the

change

been

have

not

hardened

the

figureof

disposition of

In his

it seems

in the

the

submissive, and

ferocityof

their
an

them

rendering

of

two

have

to

seems

extraordinarymiracle, perhaps by

very

in

"There

remarks,

o( the

earth

the

only

and
and

in

comfort

of

witnessing

its inhabitants,

MISTAKES

SOME

especially of

and

whom

helped

neighbors,

he had

preached,

build

to

shut

been

up

that

"The

end

Pitched

and

first

had

been

like

house

of

breadth

year

and

had

increase

any

it does

of them

and

with
to

the

cubit.
its

without

so

It

intended

that

few

weather

immediate

so

part.

it

tight and

But

it must,

large a vessel,
on

persons
the

out

into

inhabitants.

keep

to

guidance

the

at

divided

was

the upper

evident

each

at

square

"

that it terminated

so

for

lighted from

furnished

Henry

following"

when

had

thus

board,

was

deluge, except
and

it

protectionof

Almighty."
Dr.

the

who

although they

flat-bottomed
a

sight,be

under

prayed and

of many

died,

sort

there

utterlyunfitted
was

to

sition,
peculiarprovidential interpo-

above

was

constructed,

the

by

ark

within

sweet,

all those

"

he had

even

panions,
com-

ark.

little cabins

many

and

in the

Ark

top in the

relatives

57

time.

roofed

"

of his

"

for whom

of any

that

appear

during

at

that

species

his

wept,

the

animal

no

not

had

he

It seems

"

human

the

his

whom

over

MOSES.

OF

As

God

our

the

Christian

world

with

"

bodies

have

pleases, become

in them
the

the

humors

springs and

which,
seeds

of

58

SOME

mortal

MISTAKES

disease,

so

waters

which,

at

flooded

it.

God's

the

in

fortydays

MOSES.

had, in its bowels, these

the earth

made

God

"

OF

command,

world

sprung

in six

he

days, but

destroying it, because

and

up

was

is slow

he

to

anger.

hostilities between

The

"

and

ceased,

and

lion ate

the
God

"

and

to

that

the

door
break

others

nwht

"The

mountains

hoped

for from

either

sink

rose

rain

high

so

escape,

yards,so
or

mild

and

it

the lamb,

Noah

secure

was

necessary

lest the

water

fast

very

lest

that

to

washed

to

the

only

not

make

highest
That

fifteen cubits.
that

work

sure

tops of the

salvation

low

the

is,
not

was

mountains.

of the

some

shift

they perished

dashing

to

ark, and

deluged, but

hills

hoped

ark

with

close

very

the

in the

it down.

half

ark

because

overflowed

and

ark, and

the

in and

were

Perhaps

of

be shut

might

seven

"

ox.

should

were

none

lay down

an

safe, and

waters

that

door

break

flat countries

like

the

him

keep

wolf

the

straw

shut

should

and

that

so

animals
became

creatures

ravenous

manageable,

the

people got
for

to

the

themselves

there

for

them

off

want

the

of

top.

top of the
But

there.

food,

or

Others,

the
it

SOME

be,

may

hoped

Have

'

Hast

thou

said

Noah,

called

but

power

to

cannot

open

We

"

refused

help

may

the

roots,

and

all

which
God
to

of

the

But

now,

and

safelyas

the

presence
'

Yea,'

'

in

door

my

and

man

was

and

it.

sheep

has

the

literal truth

the

Nor
to
to

had

him
of

was

rendered

to

he any

feed

upon

Bible

and

washed

eat

until now,

blood

green

only

milk, which

suck

debasing
of the

feed

to

nourishing,

thought

to

is allowed

and

or

ark.

earth, and

allowed

never

Noah,

having perhaps
the

ished
per-

Fruits, herbs

and

greens,

pleasant

man

upon

earth.

fruits of

grant

him

the

who

assisted

confined

the flood

less

those

buildingthe

been

of

the

the

directed

Such

had

but

perhaps

it than

in

sorts

much

enlarged

the

of

some

him

products of

much

them

shut

has

themselves

man

the first grant

away

thy

it is not

now

had

deluge

Hitherto,

upon

in

little purpose.

to

and

that

suppose

employed by
"

for admission

streets

our

God

you.

59

it.'

in the
were

drank

in

Noah

time, but

many

ye

MOSES.

acquaintance.

and

eaten

preached

not
'

old

plead

not

we

OF

prevailwith

to

ark, and

into the
"

MISTAKES

God

flesh,
that
desire

more

like the
flesh

as

wolf.

freely

herb."

influence

of

upon

these

belief
men,

in

that

GO

SOME

their

MISTAKES

OF

are

filled with

commentaries

devoid

of

common

he

power,
what

he

them

to

"

and

We

are

for

new

ones,

and

no

says
of

produced merely

And

he

after

sufferinQf

extinguished

providence, that

man

easier

have

do.

propagate,

mammoth

astonishing proof

an

to

seems

could

merciful
both

of the

speaking

animal,

This

"

utterly

passages

sense.

Clarke

Dr.

MOSES.

the

they might

God's
show

to

of

few

by

race

destroy

not

beast.
told

God
but

would

not

to

want

skill should

or

power

have

been

destroy all the people

to

he

it would

that

and

make

anything

waste

lavished

be

much

where

no

necessityexists.
"

The

animals

brought

were

Again gentlemen, let

trying to explain a

that

until
The

you

soon

away.

do

not

taught
more

the
say

ark

by the

of the

danger

of God."

power

of

the

to

in
as

in

reasons

miracle

defence,

me

you

miracle.

schools
you

give,

are

they really think,

do

of the

will appear.

people

it alone.

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it,and

understand
the

warn

the

not

New
more

the

to

to

expect

Jerusalem.
able
unreason-

Through
led

Say

what

think, and

miracle

is

you
as

thrown

MISTAKES

SOME

the

Among
the

about

For

individuals, the

same

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grounded
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visible.

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the

bottom,
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high.
?

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the

intenselycold

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level

above

the

stoves,

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they

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were

do

to

If you

not

are

the
say

the

in the

month,

waters

the

animals

you

seventh
upon

the
will

fourth
see

month,
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not

was

on

mountains

feet

tropicskept
it would

be
feet

there

be

were

coils in the ark,

inspirednarrative.
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freezing?
very

and

that

the
first

thousand

steam

from

kept

that Ararat

the

May

in the

have

thousand

seventeen

places and

about

mountains

to

abated

sea.

and

last it

forgottenthat

from

were

mentioned

will read

eight chapter
rested

of

the

seventeen

animals

point

supposed

is

about

the

Ararat

be

out
withAt

sea.

tops of

not

ark

was

were

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of

the

afterward

months

boundless

mountains

the

on

wandered

and

insects, tossed

and

of

its cargo

ark, with

the

months

seven

animals

men,

of

enlightened,the

most

explains.

and

not

will find

you

Ignorance believes, Intelligenceexamines

nations.

but

the

among

with

is

It

least.

ignorant nations

most

wonders,

most

l6l

MOSES.

OF

high

fifth

of the

verses

although
the

after all.

"

the

seventeenth
of

Ararat,

ark

day
it

was

I"52

SOME

until the

not

tops of the
would
the

and

sent

out

took

returned.

forth
that

dove

the

could

not

possibleto

whether

see

the
of

conceive

last Noah

looked

and

dry,"

and

and

savor

God

the

and

heart

said
the

this in his heart

is, or

will

man's

destroyed

man

in

his

for

ground
the
be

Lord

good,

heart
because

is evil
"

the

sent

knew

dry

was

of the

told

him

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clean

he

his

wickedness

sweet
not

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that

tion
imagina-

youth
of

any

saying
not

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of

offered
a

reason,
"

was

took

would

because
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and

sake.
a

ark,

disembark.

smelled

that

man's

the

fowl, and

Lord

way

ground

to

altar

an

he

covering of

gives as
but

and

gone

face

built

offerings. And

curse

of

the

of every

and

beast

that

possiblethat

had

earth

the

thereupon

clean

burnt

the

behold

dove

perfectlychildish

removed

"

then

this he

it

waters

the

He

days

Is

more

gratitude Noah

his

every

man

abated.

were

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forty

opened

air.

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about

waited

fresh

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this it

upon

first time

waited

that returned

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Noah

of

not

ascertainingwhether
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more

breath

that the

"

rested

have

for the

then

waters

month

seen."

be

must

that did

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tenth

could

then

raven

MOSES.

in that country.

and

more,

OF

of the

day

that the ark

highest peak

window

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first

mountains

seem

days

of

MISTAKES

"

man

God
was

MISTAKES

SOME

the

earth, and

in the

great

thoughts of

And
him

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were

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shalteat

to

the

to

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chapter of

for food

given

was

they

them

to

his

herbs

eat

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trees.

said

to

of sacrifice,

savor

Adam

When

allowed

field."

sweet

changed

have

were

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ark

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Egypt,

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of

and

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at

to

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all

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words

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meet

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together

and

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him

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spake

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people.
and

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189

MOSES.

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PLAGUES.

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fearful

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before

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up

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they

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infamous

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destroyed

and

that

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masters

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a

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strong hand

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them

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to

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go
out

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192

God

then

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covenant

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of Canaan,

of Israel

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groanings

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that he had
of Israel

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heard

with

trouble

stretched-out

Moses

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that

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time

informed

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him

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his heart
the

again

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he

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down

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no

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Pharaoh,

unto

prophet, but

have

he

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for

serpent.

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for

to

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men

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destroyAaron

Aaron

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Pharaoh

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of

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so

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and

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at

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god

Pharaoh.

it became

and

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simply

his message

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sorcerers,

with

Accordingly,Moses

Egyptians.

went

to

children

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had

to

harden

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and

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his

might

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that

the

listen to

listen

not

lished
estab-

the land

them

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behalf

him

should

that he

had

groanings

arm

seemed

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to

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make

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in his power.

he

give

to

in mind

and

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Egyptian bondage

his mind

up

first effort in

their

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and

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God

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magicians

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enchantments.

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in

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water

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account

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water

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land

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to

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drink.
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a

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water

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water

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all the

in

water

Pharaoh

and

by Aaron,
the

smote

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serpent, and, by this

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before

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to

that

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river's bank,

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of Pharaoh,

presence

Aaron

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it

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blood, and

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Egyptian

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time

and

demand

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with

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so

deity

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his

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frogs.

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go

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people, and

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he

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they

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to

of

refused,

plentiful that

Pharaoh,

Moses

Aaron

equal chance

days.

seven

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believed

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an

changed

did

of

powerful

like

so

upon

was

for their
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the

god.

of any

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it

to

Egypt

and

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own

anything

the

Moses

time

and

they

magicians

that

made

Aaron

that, if he

borders

its

greatest

gods,

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influence

own

that

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refused

waters

no

surprise at

sorcerers.

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his

appear

least

that

he

however,

told

was

if he

his refusal,

that

reason

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expressed

all the

change

had,

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same.

would,

that, upon

This

changed.

make

to

Pharaoh

that

account

Israelites go,

let the

wilderness

Hebrews

of the

God

that the

privilegeof going

the

the

into

days journey

three

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of

children

the

allow

MOSES.

OF

MISTAKES

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Moses

Pharaoh
to

strike
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inform

all the

would

into
his

of

end

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make
houses

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MOSES.

his

upon

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their

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and

even

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threat

had

no

effect whatever

And

thereupon

Aaron

stretched

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of

waters

covered

the

land.

and

same,

These

Lord

agreed

to

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the

Pharaoh

became

let the

people

Aaron
stretched
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dust

of the

came

of

hand

Egypt

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up

and

did

the

brought

more

far

so

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as

of their

asked

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away

the

of the

houses

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frogs

Pharaoh

Moses

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houses
in

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entreat

to

only

cerned,
con-

and
the

the

rivers.

of the houses, and

out

in

been

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art.

impression upon

fields, and

heaps.
and

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the

and

he

out

people

soon

fields,the

again hardened,

the

as

of

heart

refused

to

go.

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out

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remain

to

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his

seem

from

together

them

had

take

them

and
villages,

gathered

an

them

remove

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of the

not

and

would

he

allow

land, and

such

made

for Moses

sent

that

do

perfectmasters

have

to

out

Egypt.

their ideas, but

were

into

Pharaoh.

upon

enchantments

of

magicians

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that he

land

people,

kneading troughs.

magicians

their

the

frogs upon

seem

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with

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and

Egypt,

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his

hand,

earth, and

holding

of

command

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MISTAKES

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MOSES.

again

do

the

but

they

could

said

unto

Pharaoh

for his

sent

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same

magicians,
ments,
enchant-

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Pharaoh

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finger of

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go

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on

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to

made

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from

to

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journey

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land."

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God

of

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grievous

all the land

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and

Aaron

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induce

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Pharaoh

this Moses

that

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of

sacrifice in

willing to

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no

caused

houses, and
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reason

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then

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come

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Egypt,

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go.

refused

to

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and
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told

then

of

toward

had

the

Moses

and

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land

of

Egypt,

with

blains upon

all the

should
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man

and

sheep

Moses

to

sight of

be

beast

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all

of

but

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one

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he

still
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ashes

some

sprinkle them

dust

boil

as

asses,

Pharaoh

small

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to

did

sheep

take

that

grievous

Israel go.

become

should

destroy his

Pharaoh,

to

allow

not

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all the

Aaron

in the

to

horses, all the

of

told

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Moses

not
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children

of

belonging

afflicted.

let the

that the

with

effect upon

no

furnace, and

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by

would

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and

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children

did

his

day

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and

so

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say,

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the animals

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to

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bid.

was

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be

permit

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to

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land

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but

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to

tell him

and

animals

disease,

not

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of Israel

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MOSES.

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concluded

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these

were

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to

to

go

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and

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all

the land.
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cattle that

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and

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and

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and

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in

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and

fire that
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broke

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cover.

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blains.

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forth

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fields, both

the

and

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and

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the

on

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fields under

Moses

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were

and

that

and

boils

with

smitten,

were

of

murrain,

then

morning

all these

that

heaven,

toward

his hand

and

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the
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were

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Lord

land of

in the

remembered

be

must

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give notice,

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to

to

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and

Moses.

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pestilence,

rain

to

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firmness.

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magicians

who

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for-

out.

before

stand

to

had

broken

the

be

not

must

victory for

upon
not

with

people

never

were

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that

cause

morrow,

decisive

upon

of

tell Pharaoh

boils had

the

Moses

instructed

smite

all beasts

could

they

man

cattle and

boils

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been

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most

was

MOSES.

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understand.

before

Aaron.

as

to

all the

that

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MISTAKES

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the

Egypt,
and

man

every

of

the

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of Israel

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and

there

and

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hands

should
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people

the

hail

tell

Pharaoh

the

ground,
of

would

would

and

that
eat

fill the

all his servants,

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would

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night ;

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have

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204

SOME

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to

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to

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wives

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of

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woman,

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and

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man

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children

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and

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206

SOME

the

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20S

MISTAKES

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the

misfortunes

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calamities, suffered

and

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saw,

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was

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the

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eases
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calamities
sent

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plagues

were

that country

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the

Hebrews

be that there

some

these

in

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of the cattle

many

for

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firmlybelieved

while

that

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flies.

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be

world

was

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house

publicly

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independence by

by the

account

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of

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natural

were

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prayer.

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pestilencevisited

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battle

it may

by which

but

to

of God,

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and

their

and

believed

English people

the Catholic

by

answer

hand

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in their

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it

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SOME

tradition.

numberless

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not

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Pharaoh,

as

result

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by
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any

the

author

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universe

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of

the

marvelous

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into

of

things

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Moses

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release

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by
connected

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promises

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their

in

performed

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it

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solution

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probable

more

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things.

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made

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finally

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is

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dwells

to

heart

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of

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family,
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of

not

MOSES.

back

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is

home

the

OF

theories

all

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man

the

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and

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like

all

born

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children

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the

pure

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"

the

bible

people

to

IF
to

spare

babes

in

the

mothers'

kill

the

and

women,

the

Hebrews
and

girls

alive.

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were

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were

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in

thing

than

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all

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to

in

of
the

the

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of

to

women,

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killed?

also

the

that

and

grow
to

God
and
be

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infamous

more

that

maidens

priests.

the

war,

heart,

"

Father

thirty-first chapter

find

that

sword

the

preserve

maidens

possible

were

and

men

but

the

soldiers

history
Is

the

the

Read

you

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heavenly

brothers,

spared?

and

given

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"

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child.

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sons

were

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fathers,

of

land.

native

his

for

simply

men

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commanded
the

commanded

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war,

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true,

destroy

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ordered
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SOME

254

God,

of
have

of

age

the

command

the

world,

reads

this

throw

the

book

make

such

an

rapine

be

record, she

the

giving

should
and

massacre

be

held

in
if

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infinite

loathing,

now

to

world.

and

supreme

who

over

in

mother,

and

scorn

general,

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whole

the

true,

would

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wife,

with

should,

order,

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was

circumstances,

same

of

away.

this

conquered people, would

by

the

MOSES.

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lust?

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under

what,

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feet

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the

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the

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forms,

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command

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like

raised
to

arms.

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had

kill
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the

existence

the

Infinite

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is the
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with

God,

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Canaan
was

no

flag,

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even

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who

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the

the

man

covers

by

the

inspired war.

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in

lifeless

countless

were

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pity

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in

been

when

found

were

mother.

received
had

God!"

this.

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plains,

western

cabin,

and

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one

the

upon

to

wounds

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savages.

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ago,

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its
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father

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there

opposite

all,

us

their

killed

brothers,

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told

are

be

my

the

in

God,

name,

the

that

255

that

thousands

brutal

pray
I

of

their

fathers,

MOSES.

Pentateuch,

gave

satisfy

to

OF

MISTAKES

SOME

him

denied

God,

maidens,

mothers,
lusts

to

this

of

write

lie

after

and

savage

in

for

the

their

men.

his

him.

book,

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"INSPIRED"

RELIGIOUS

the

to

Bible, God

According
through
people
fact, that

great

this

For

and

cloud
the
In

he

fire, and

their

For

quench

their

thirst,

barren

rock.

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destroyed
took

upon
after

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this,
him

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forty

asking

rain

from

heaven.

leaped

from

gods

periods

hunger

God
(256)

for

and

sea.

To

dry

and

miraculously
least,

at

of

for

the

the

were

the

in

people.

of

in

in the
this

Jewish

waters

of

in

clothed

the

many

God.

miracles

the

years,

the

occasions

top

of

government

than

Jewish

living

thousand

enemies

trouble,

of doubt,

darkness

instead

all

water

and

several

of

to

the

himself

of

moments

for

and

in

confidence
In

opened
bread

known

on

education

caused

he

them

make

Sinai's

to

wrought

he

presence

the

true

appeared

and

preservation

selected
to

only

down

came

"

whom
the

was

purpose,

Moses

to

he

LIBERTY.

people
wood
of

this

the

Jews.

had
and

of

less
stone.

disaster,
thirst

God

in

the

famine,

aid, they turned

and

MISTAKES

SOME

senseless

sought the help of

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a

willingthat

this

God

unknown.

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taxes

worship

on

have

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the

ideas

own

soul, entice

which

of

him,

which

kill him

thou
;

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demanded

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acting as

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you,

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which

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unto

of

earth, Thou

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gods

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as

us

the

thou

people

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him.

shall be

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shalt

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or

son,

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known,

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nigh

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freedom.

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pity him,

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friend

thou

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force

secretly,
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eye

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thy

thee, from

unto

neither

thee

of

thy mother,

or

end

fire ;

mental

to

as

about

the other

thine

God

son

God

liberty was

brute

to

was

investigate

intellectual

chapter

around

are

off from
unto

of

gods,

fathers

thy

and

he

executioner.

thy bosom,

other

that
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think

and

sword

and

the

of

nor

of

thirteenth

wife

serve

convince

heresy, the penalty was

reigned,

pain

thy brother,

even

by threateningplagues ;

inquisitor,
judge
In

God, with

Egypt.

appealed only

He

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savages

should

Jews

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for themselves.
Where

idols of

the

the

not

wretched

and

potent than

more

things.
could

wisdom,

wandering

few

not

and

power

257

MOSES.

OF

or

far

even

sent
con-

shall

spare

him,

thou

shalt

first upon

him

58

put him

to

with

him

stone

that

stones

die."

he

of

said

to

asking

If I had

Jehovah.

time, and

wife, the

my

"

me,

he

always tellingof
he

mother

is

his

has

but

blood.

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"

for the

the

beauty

it has

its divine
babe."

would

people,and
wife,

even

first saw

had

she

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and

with

love

my

if commanded

of this universe.
rock

have

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it

hurling
for you

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when

my

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you

in

by

beautiful

of God,
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stoned

us

world

flowers

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the

against the

and

with

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the

command

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worship

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for sacrifices ; for doves

tion
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children, had

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lived in Palestine

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thou

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people.

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God

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to

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he

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religion,

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you

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and

that

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however,

heresy, or

the red

wound,

that

did

259

believe

given by

and

MOSES.

congratulationsof

receiving the
whose

of

think

life

sweet

death

the

lipsof

bruised

the

OF

the

the

claims

brain.

respect
meanest

for

No

of
of

man

his

himself.

persecutionis
religious
the

Inquisitionwere

260

SOME

and

temples,
limbs
the

of

the

heresy

Pentateuch

with
and

In

sacred

Old

there

the

subject

say

that, under

of

the

him
as

to

with

he
as

make

have
so

to

wished

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ago,

it

if

she

wife

religion?

should

be

sistent
incon-

by

to

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of

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all

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to

he

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not

success

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his

power
this

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converts?

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human

mind

the
a

now

jealous

so

unbelief?

of

structure

upon

ought

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it not

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band
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will

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envious

force.

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of

God

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lectual
intel-

duty

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rely-

upon

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resort

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to

nor

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such

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told

is said

education,

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God

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killed?

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the

God.

fact

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word

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advocates

book,

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development

four

in

who

man

argument,

upon

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chain

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inspired,every

heretic, and

MOSES.

flame.

the

with

of

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OF

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was

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the

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liberty,

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who

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angels

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or

be,

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hell

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the

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XXIX
CONCLUSION
is not

Pentateuch

inspired in

Tf

the

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geology, geography, history or

politicalliberty,or

law, religious or

before
has

Moses

been

doctrine

rights of property

sacrifice of animals
of years
life?
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"

there

have

wickedness
been

Pentateuch
no

before

other

Jew

virtue.

does
God?

"

not

that

was

long
that

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has

"

it.
been

362

crime.

The

thousands

of

sacredness

against murder.

truthfulness

beauty

teach

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The

laws

been

perjury?

in all ages.

custom

existed.

always
of

believed

always

was

that

"

inspired in, or

was

ignorance

of

rights

"

theft

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it

war,

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of

that

"

born.

was

the

God

unity of

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is it

children, what

and

women

about

philosophy, if

inspired concerning slavery, polygamy,

is not

men,

its astronomy,

of

Thou

has

chastity?
"

shalt

the burden

ways
althe

worship
of all

ligions.
re-

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it

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Galileo

possiblethat

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principlesof

the
for

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1618, may

science; that

of such
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the

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the

science

of

accounted

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of

Light;

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Greece
laws

recorded

while

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and
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and

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progress

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Trevethick, Watt
of

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of

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and

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to

necessary

was

could

Pentateuch

the

by uninspired

written

263

MOSES.

OF

the

Rome

Fulton
all

this

codes

of

made

in the Pentateuch

of

Morse,

of all the

pioneers
by

accomplished

as

the writer

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and

and

tions
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Pentateuch
Is it

infinite God?

an

China,

by

man,

were

India, Egypt,
and

alone

that

the

given by

264

SOME

God?

MISTAKES

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Is it possiblethat

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the

infinite God

books

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books

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of all these, the

the

author

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the

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crime.

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their wives

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to

should

we

heathen

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forever.

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civilization

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liberty. Heresy
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beneath

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no

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tragedies

while

science, fiction, historyand

possiblethat

no

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crowd

of men,

work

Schiller,and

all their wondrous

the

Pentateuch

our

and

but

of the

save

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Beranger, Goethe

poets of the world, and

MOSES.

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laboring
as

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have

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reason's

libertyshould

mental

vestige of

be

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extinguished

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holy

265

MOSES.

OF

in

the

martyr's

to

say

that

blood.
far

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about

story of creation

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daughters

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hundred

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confusion

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origin of

Methuselah

taking with

that the story of Sodom

and

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;

him

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flood

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tower

tongues

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rainbow

is

live

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his flesh and

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of

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tree

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fragments

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woman

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of God

sons

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but

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the

men

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that

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old

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by the

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267

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