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CHAPTER IX.
the deliverance.
And now in the good providence of God, the time had come
for the deliverance of this down-trodden and abused race
of Hebrews. Moses appears as the agent of Heaven to
commence the work. In obedience to God's command, he
demands of Pharaoh : " Let my people go, that they may
hold a feast unto me in the wilderness." "Let us go, we
pray thee, three days' journey into the desert, and sacrifice
Unto the Lord our God." To this Pharaoh refuses his assent,
and imposes on them additional burdens; taking from them
the straw with which they had heretofore been furnished in
the manufacture of brick, and compelling them to gather
stubble for the purpose.
The agricultural scenes from the monuments show, that
the usage among the Egyptians was to cut the grain some
distance above the ground; and to this day, old sun-dried
bricks, compacted with stubble instead of straw, are found
Dot only in Egypt, but in Babylonia.
Upon the second application of Moses and Aaron, Pharaoh
demands of them some miracle in proof of their commission.
Such proof was not wanting: and here, before entering upon
the consideration of it, a few preliminary remarks may be of
service. It has been observed of all the unusual incidents
the deliverance.
And now in the good providence of God, the time had come
for the deliverance of this down-trodden and abused race
of Hebrews. Moses appears as the agent of Heaven to
commence the work. In obedience to God's command, he
demands of Pharaoh : " Let my people go, that they may
hold a feast unto me in the wilderness." "Let us go, we
pray thee, three days' journey into the desert, and sacrifice
Unto the Lord our God." To this Pharaoh refuses his assent,
and imposes on them additional burdens; taking from them
the straw with which they had heretofore been furnished in
the manufacture of brick, and compelling them to gather
stubble for the purpose.
The agricultural scenes from the monuments show, that
the usage among the Egyptians was to cut the grain some
distance above the ground; and to this day, old sun-dried
bricks, compacted with stubble instead of straw, are found
Dot only in Egypt, but in Babylonia.
Upon the second application of Moses and Aaron, Pharaoh
demands of them some miracle in proof of their commission.
Such proof was not wanting: and here, before entering upon
the consideration of it, a few preliminary remarks may be of
service. It has been observed of all the unusual incidents