Legends of the Jews, the — Volume 3 by Louis Ginzberg
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CONTENTS PREFACE MOSES IN THE WILDERNESS. The Long Route--Pharaoh Pursues the Hebrews--The Sea Divided --The Passage through the Red Sea--The Destruction of the Fgyptians--The Song at the Sea-- The Awful Desert--The Heavenly Food--The Gathering of the Manna--Miriam' s Well--Aniaiek's War against Israel Amalek Defeated Jethro Installation of Elders-- Jethro Rewarded--The Time is at Hand--The Gentiles Refuse the Torah The Contest of the Mountains--The Torah Offered to Israel-- Israel Prepares for the Revelation--The Revelation on Mount Sinai--The First Commandment--The Other Commandments Revealed on Sinai-- The Unity of the Ten Commandments--Moses Chosen as Intermediator--Moses and the Angels Strive for the Torah--Moses Receives the Torah--The Golden Calf--Moses Blamed for Israel's Sin--The Punishment of the Sinners-- Moses Intercedes for the People--The Inscrutable Ways of the Lord--The Thirteen Attributes of God--The Second Tables--The Census of the People--The Erection of the Tabernacle Commanded--The Materials for the Construction of theTabernacle --Bezalel--The Ark with the Cherubim--The Table and the Candlestick--The Altar--The Symbolical Significance of the Tabernacle--The Priestly Robes--The Stones in the Breastplate--The Completion of the Tabernacle--The Setting up of the Tabernacle--The Consecration of the Priests--The Day of the Ten Crowns--The Interrupted Joy--The Gifts of the Princes--The Revelations in theTabernacle--The Cleansing of the Camp--The Lighting of the Candlestick--The Twelve Princes of the Tribes-- The Census of the Levites--The Four Divisions of the Levites--The |
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