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heads, yonder Hebrew men and women. With the stern composure of a
stone quarries opposite Memphis to their place of isolation on the
from their relatives that their people had left Egypt and gone to seek a
put their trust also in the mighty God of their fathers and follow the
common misfortune, had accompanied them, and fixed upon Succoth as the
there first. But every one who could have directed them on their way had
the fortress of Thabne. Hosea had met them a mile from this spot and
upon their fugitive brethren.
During this conversation, a body of Egyptian soldiers had marched from
commander.html">commander, who knew Hosea, used no violence, and both men persuaded the
peninsula of Sinai, where in the midst of the mountains, not far from the
because Hosea promised them that, if the tribes went eastward, they would
remained in Egypt, nevertheless the pure air of the desert would bring
return home.
These negotiations had consumed much time, and the first delay.html">delay was
the lepers, he was obliged to ride to Thabne, there with the commander of
blood, put on new garments, and submit to certain ceremonies which he
bright sunlight. His servant had been kept in the fortress because the
hapless wretches.
The cause of the delay had been both sorrowful and repulsive, and not
way to Succoth, did hope and joy again revive at the thought of seeing
much good.
His heart had never throbbed faster or with more joyous anticipation than
and on reaching his goal, instead of the utmost happiness, he now found
with the lepers, though he believed he had done his best for the welfare
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