{"id":1417,"date":"2020-06-21T22:48:24","date_gmt":"2020-06-21T22:48:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/religionoflight.org\/ns\/lightofgod\/?p=1417"},"modified":"2020-06-21T22:48:24","modified_gmt":"2020-06-21T22:48:24","slug":"lectionary-readings-for-monday-june-22nd-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/religionoflight.org\/ns\/lightofgod\/2020\/06\/21\/lectionary-readings-for-monday-june-22nd-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Lectionary Readings for Monday, June 22nd, 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"

Book of the Arc of Bon Chapter 17, Chapter 18<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Chapter 17<\/span><\/p>\n

1. Jehovih, through His angels, said unto Moses: When the body of the king is embalmed
\nand put away, thou shalt go quickly to thy people; for he who cometh to the throne is
\nunder the voice of the Lord, Baal, and he will try to prevent the departure of M<\/span>Y <\/span>chosen.
\nSo, Moses left the capital and did as commanded.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

2. On Nu-ghan’s being crowned he at once issued the following decree: Behold me, I am
\nPharaoh, King of Egupt, and Ruler of the World. God hath raised his voice in my
\ndominions saying: Hail thou, Sun King of the corporeal world: Behold, I gave to thee all
\nthe living that are on the face of the earth, and in the waters of the earth, to be thine, to
\nkeep forever. And I say unto thee, what is thine own is thine own, and thou shalt have
\ndominion in thine own way, for I made all that are alive on the earth to be thine forever!
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

3. Whether of beasts of the field, or fish in the waters, or man on the earth; all the living I
\ncreated for thee, and thou shalt possess them from everlasting to everlasting. And the life
\nof the living gave I into thy keeping; and I said unto thee: The house of Pharaoh have I
\ncreated, and it is my house also.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

4. And whoever ruleth on the throne of this land, the same is my son, and is the possessor
\nwhilst the breath of life is in him. But when he dieth, and the throne fall to his successor,
\nthe rights and the powers and possessions of thy kingdom shall not die nor be set at
\nnaught. But the successor shall be my Pharaoh whom I raised upon unto my dominions;
\nthus saith the Lord.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

5. Now, therefore, I, Pharaoh, who am king and possessor of all the world by
\ncommandment of God, and by his son (Osiris), who is dead and risen, being myself God
\nof the earth, into whose hands are bequeathed all the living, am today, yesterday, and
\nforever, the same everlasting king and Lord of all. And I decree unto my people, who are
\nmine by virtue of my authority from God, that only by my gracious indulgence hath any
\nman or people right to put one foot before the other, on this my sacred earth.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

6. And whoso goeth here or there, save by the sign of the signet of my seal, shall surely be
\nput to death.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

7. Any multitude of my people, who are my servants, whom the God of Gods hath given
\ninto my hands to do my works, to till my earth, or to build my houses, or dig ditches, or
\nmake bricks, or gather harvest, or make cloth, or attend flocks, and to do all works
\nwhatsoever, who may design to escape out of Egupt, to go to my enemies, the foreign
\nkings, shall be deemed guilty unto death. And if such people start forth, to quit my
\nservice, to go out of my holy land, then shall my loyal slaves fall upon them and slay
\nthem, right and left, sparing neither man, woman nor child. For thus commandeth the
\nLord God, whose son I am.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

8. Jehovih, through His angels, spake to Moses, saying: Go thou; take Aaron thy brother,
\nand go before the king and plead thy cause. Moses said: O Jehovih, Thou Almighty, why
\nhast Thou said this unto me? I have no argument in me, like other men? nor have I
\ncourage to face a man or woman. My tongue is slow to find words till after the
\nopportunity. From my youth up I have known this man, Nu-ghan, who is king, and if he
\nbut stomp his foot at me I am helpless before him.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

9. Jehovih said: For that reason, My son, I can give thee My words. Go and fear not.<\/span>
\n
\n<\/span>10. Then Moses went before Pharaoh, taking Aaron with him. The king asked: What is
\nthy will? And Moses said: I am come to beseech thee to suffer my people to depart out of
\nEgupt. The king replied: The Lord is with me; he saith thou shalt not go; and I repeat the
\nwords of my God.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

11. Then spake Moses, the power of Jehovih being upon him: Think not, O king, that
\nbondage is for this world only; here doth not the matter end. Thou hast here said in thy
\ndecree, even from the Lord hast thou spoken, saying: The life of the living gave I into thy
\nkeeping. Saidst the Lord this to thee? Wherein, then, is justice, since pestilence and death
\nare coming upon thy people? Callest thou this keeping them? I declare unto thee, that
\neven in the words of thine own God thou hast failed utterly, and this sin is upon thee.
\nSuffer, then, my people to depart, that thine own shortness may not be magnified unto
\nthee, in the afflictions which will surely overspread this land.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

12. The king said: Thou hast no authority; thou art a frozen serpent that was taken into the
\nhouse of the king; and being thawed out, thou turnest to bite thy benefactors. Thou art
\noutlawed by men and accursed by the oracles. It is said of thee, thou hast been to Hored,
\nand there wed for sake of alliance with my high priest, Jethro, for conveyance of my lands
\nunto thy people. Who art thou, that pretendest to hear a voice, and to be led by the
\nUnseen? Thou slave!
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

13. Moses said: I am not here to plead mine own cause O king, but my people’s. Suffice
\nit, though, that even as thy Lord God standeth upon miracles, I bow not down before him.
\nFor these are evidence that thy God and thy Lord are but angels of the dead, who labor for
\nthee and thy aggrandizement, and not for all men’s welfare.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

14. For I have miracles also; and whatsoever thy magicians can do, that can I do also;
\nhave I not eyes and ears, even as the oracles? Now I declare a miracle unto thee, which is
\nthat thou thyself shalt yet not only consent to my people going out of Egupt, but thou
\nshalt send armies to drive them out. To turn a rod into a serpent, or water into wine; or to
\nshow the spirits of the dead, alas, O king, even they that are of rotten flesh can do such
\nthings!
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

15. Pharaoh said: If the oracle hear God, is not this the greatest? Moses replied: He who
\nuttereth what an angel bid him is that angel’s servant; he who uttereth a good truth hath
\nspoken with Jehovih’s voice. Pharaoh asked: Sayest thou thy words are the Creator’s?
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

16. Moses replied: I am as all good men who speak truth; all that is good, and all truth,
\nare Jehovih’s words. In a rose He findeth expression in perfume; in the lightning His
\nwords are thunder; in a bird His words are songs; but in man, His voice is in man’s words;
\nfor every living creature, and every dead thing on the earth, or in the waters, or in the air
\nabove the earth, giveth expression in its own way; because the Father’s hand is the
\nfoundation of all that is good and true. He is the I A<\/span>M <\/span>Who sent me to thee; by His
\ncommand open I my mouth before thee. And in His name declare I unto thee thou shalt
\nnot only suffer my people to depart out of Egupt, but thou shalt send thy armies to drive
\nthem out.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

17. The king said: Moses, Moses, thou art mad! For though all Egupt run blood, yet will I
\nnot do as thou hast said. Then Moses replied: I tell thee, O king, there be two powers in
\nheaven: that which is for Justice and Goodness, even Jehovih; and that which is for sin
\nand death. And if the Creator lift off His protecting hand from Egupt, she shall in that day
\nbecome the plague spot of the earth. Thou dost remember, when in the ancient days, great<\/span>
\nThothma built the first pyramid, thy forefathers decried the power of heaven; and
\nstraightway all the land, and the great pyramid itself, was flooded over by evil spirits.
\nAnd then came foreign kings, and robbed and plundered Egupt. Think not, O king, these
\nlegends are but idle tales; there be Gods and Lords in heaven who could sweep the sea up,
\nand drown all this country. Behold, a day is set; a night is marked out when the lamb of
\npeace shall die. And in that night the first-born of every woman, and the first-born of
\nevery beast in the fields, shall die for all the Eguptians; and in that same night not one of
\nthe Israelites shall go down in death. Jehovih saith: I will show My power through My
\npeople in the time of My covenants.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

18. Pharaoh said: Were these things to be, God had come to more noble quarters. Thou
\nart beside thyself. And I banish thee; nor will I again look upon thy face.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

19. Moses said: Whether in this world or the next, thou shalt yet call unto me to deliver
\nthee from torments. Nevertheless, I do thy bidding; neither will I come to thee again, nor
\nshalt thou look upon my face for a long season. With that, Moses and Aaron saluted the
\nking and departed.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

Chapter 18<\/span>
\n<\/span>1. Pharaoh called his chief superintendent and said unto him: As to the Hebrew brick
\nmakers, thou shalt no longer supply them with straw, but they shall gather stubble
\nthemselves, and they shall continue to make the same number of bricks. And as to the
\ntillers of the soil, thou shalt no longer suffer them to have cattle to draw the plows, but
\nthey shall draw the plows themselves, and they shall likewise break the same quantity of
\nground. And in this way the king put extra hardships upon the Israelites because he was
\nangered at what Moses said.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

2. Moses perceiving this, cried out unto Jehovih, saying: O why didst Thou send me
\nbefore Pharaoh? Behold matters are worse than before. O that I had guarded my tongue
\nand been of persuasive speech!
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

3. Jehovih said to Moses: Rebuke not thyself, for thou hast done My commands. And
\nit shall come to pass now, what otherwise would not. For such Israelites as hesitated
\nabout going out of Egupt, will now decide for themselves as to what they will do.
\nAnd the hardships that Pharaoh hath newly added, shall be a blessing to thy people.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

4. And it came to pass that the Israelites went away from their task-masters, and the
\nrab’bahs sent them to the Heads; and the people of Israel were stirred up from one end
\nof Egupt to the other. And as for the Eguptians, save the courtiers and nobles, they
\nwere likewise stirred up, but without any purpose or order; so that all the great land of
\nEgupt had no tillers nor builders; and cleanliness departed away from them; and the
\ncountry stank as a dead carcass, so that insects and vermin filled all the air of heaven.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

5. But of the Faithists, the flesh was good; and vermin came not upon them; nor were they
\nstricken with fevers, or lepers, or scabs, like the Eguptians.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

6. Pharaoh ordered his army of two hundred thousand men to take the field, but lo and
\nbehold, they were scattered and afflicted so that they were only as vagrants, without head
\nor discipline.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

7. Jehovih spoke to Moses, saying: Now will I show her philosophers a miracle in the air
\nabove the earth. Have they not said: All thing come up out of the earth? for they have<\/span>
\ntried every way to put Me aside, and to explain My creation away as an idle tale. They
\nshall look and see the sun, and declare of a truth there is no cloud; but whilst they look
\nup, they shall see a cloud high up in the heavens, and it shall be broad as the land of
\nEgupt, a very black cloud. And it shall descend to the earth, and it shall prove to be
\nlocusts, come without any seed; and they shall be so numerous that in three days they will
\neat up every green leaf of every tree and herb in all the land. Neither shall they be like any
\nother locusts that have been on the earth or ever shall be; for man shall comprehend that
\nthey are not of the seed of the earth.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

8. Moses sent with a herald this prophecy to the king, and he added thereto: Why hast
\nthou put more hardships on my people? Seest thou not that the evil thou hadst hope to
\naccomplish hath cured itself even before it came to pass? For the Israelites now work not
\nat all, and their task-masters are left in the lurch. Again I call upon thee to let my people
\ngo.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

9. The king replied not to this, but silently put his officers to work, drilling and equipping
\nhis armies and collecting them together; the which, when Moses beheld it, he understood
\nto be the sign, as the Great Spirit had previously said, when the cloud would appear. And
\nit came to pass on a very clear day, at noon, a cloud formed high up in the firmament, and
\nit grew blacker and blacker, until it descended upon the earth; and it was locusts, and was
\neven as a snow-storm that covereth the land of the earth; in places to the depth of the
\nshoes and ankles. And they fell to, eating every green leaf, and herb, and grass, so that in
\ntwo days there was not a leaf to be found far or near. And on the third day, the locusts
\nbeing still unappeased as to hunger, fell upon the Eguptians, old and young, feeding upon
\ntheir clothes, and even upon the flesh of the Eguptians.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

10. And on the fourth day Jehovih caused a great wind to come, and it blew the locusts
\noff into the sea. And again Moses sent heralds to the king, saying: Consider now my
\nwords and be wise. I have told thee that the hand of the Creator is upon this land. In thy
\nheart thou sayest: Moses is a fool! Only a wind-storm fetched the locusts from a far-off
\ncountry.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

11. But I say unto thee, O king, this is not so. And thou shalt still further behold Jehovih’s
\npower. For as the locusts came down out of the firmament, and thou hast a philosophy for
\nthe occurrence, behold, now another miracle shall come in another way: For there shall
\nsuddenly come up out of the water frogs and reptiles, and they shall likewise be so
\nnumerous on the land that man shall not find where to put his foot that it shall not come
\nupon them. And the first day they shall be harmless; but on the second day they shall
\ncrawl upon the people, and under their clothes, and in their houses; and on the third day
\nthey shall eat the flesh of the Eguptians. But they shall not touch one Hebrew in all the
\nland.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

12. Nor shall any man find whence came so many frogs and reptiles, for they shall not be
\nlike the seed of other frogs and reptiles. And on the fifth day they shall suddenly
\ndisappear, neither by wind nor rain. But a stench, as of rotten flesh, shall strangle the
\nEguptians nigh unto death.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

13. Again I appeal unto thee, O king, to suffer my people to depart out of Egupt in peace.
\nThis is the last time I shall solicit thee. And if thou answerest not me, then shall it come
\nto pass in the month Abib, and on the ninth day and night thereof, Jehovih will raise His
\nhand over Israel; but as for Egupt, thy Lord shall strike her in death. For in every family<\/span>
\nof Eguptians, far and near, on that night shall the first-born fall dead; and that thou shalt
\nnot say the prophecy killed them, behold the first-born of every beast shall die also, even
\nof goats, and sheep, and cattle, and asses, and of dogs and cats, and of every living
\ncreature man useth. For on that night, behold, four millions of Israelites shall make with
\nJehovih the covenant of death. And on the morning thereafter they will rise up to not lie
\ndown again in Egupt. And this shall be the testimony of innocent blood against thyself
\nand all thy people, for what the Hebrews have suffered.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

14. The king answered not Moses; and it came to pass that Egupt was overspread with
\nfrogs and reptiles, in every particular even as Moses had prophesied. Nevertheless,
\nPharaoh pursued his course.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

15. Jehovih spake to Moses, saying: Moses, My son, look upon man and pity him, for he
\nbelieveth not in Me, though I multiply signs and omens continually, and give him
\nprophecies without end. One thing only turneth man’s eyes inward; that is, flesh of his
\nflesh, lying dead before him.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

16. Now on the night of the passover, when the Israelites made the covenant on the blood
\nof the lamb, a hot wind blew upon the face of the earth; and the first-born of the
\nEguptians fell dead, both man and beast. And Pharaoh’s son died, and his brother’s son;
\nand the first-born of every courtier, and every noble’s first-born, and all other people, their
\nfirst-born, so that in every family there lay one dead.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

17. Pharoah was now stricken, but not unto repentance, for evil was in his heart, and he
\ncursed Moses and the Israelites, and swore an oath to destroy Israel, man, woman and
\nchild, so that never more should there be one on the earth. And such a commandment he
\nsent to his officers, to fall to, and begin the slaughter.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

18. As for the Faithists, not many of them had slept all the night, but were providing for
\nthe journey; so that when morning came, and at the time of sunrise, they every one
\nstarted. From all the different regions of Egupt they went forth to Sukkoth, westward.
\nThe Heads led the way, and every commune was led by a rab’bah, and every man’s
\nfamily by the father of the family or by the eldest son. And at the start they spake through
\ntheir leaders, saying: In thy name, O Jehovih, we depart out of the land of our birth,
\nwhere we were born, and our sons and daughters were born, to return not forever!
\nNeither shall Egupt prosper more till Thou hast subdued the whole earth unto Thee.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

19. But things had changed wonderfully as to the Eguptians, for when they beheld the
\nIsraelites were indeed going, and knew the miracles that had taken place, they relented,
\nand brought them gifts of gold and silver; and also asses and camels for the Hebrew
\nwomen and children to ride upon; and gave them food to eat. But the Israelitish women
\nsaid: Nay, and we take these things we will be under obligations to the Eguptians. The
\nIsraelites accept not what they can not pay for. Then the Eguptians bewailed in fear,
\nsaying: That we be not accursed by the Gods, take them, we beseech you in the name of
\nyour God also.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

20. So the Faithist women accepted the presents of asses and camels, and of other things
\nbesides; and they mounted the asses and camels, and rode them.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

21. When Moses heard of this afterwards he rebuked Israel, saying: Because ye have
\naccepted these things it will be said, ye borrowed them and begged them so as to despoil
\nthe Eguptians.<\/span>
\n
\n<\/span>22. When they arrived near Sukkoth, Jehovih spake to Moses and Aaron, saying: Stand ye
\nhere for twelve days that ye may behold my people as they pass, and that ye in turn may
\nbe seen by them. So Moses and Aaron pitched their tents by the way, on a high piece of
\nground, and remained there twelve days, and Moses showed himself before them,
\nspeaking and encouraging.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

23. After this the Israelites passed through Etham, on the borders of the wilderness, and
\nthence toward Migdol, near Baal-zephon, the place of the oracle of the God, Baal, and
\nthey encamped before Pi’hahiroth, where Moses commanded them to remain some days
\nto rest.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

24. Now as for Pharaoh he had not made any attack on the Israelites, for the Lord held his
\narmy in confusion. Pharaoh, finding that the Israelites were not injured, decided to take
\nthe field himself; and accordingly, having impressed all the chariots of Egupt, went
\nahead, leading his army in person. The Israelites were wearied and foot-sore, and
\ndiscovering that Pharaoh was after them, many of them complained and grumbled,
\nsaying: O Moses, why broughtest thou us from home? Better was it for us to have
\nremained in servitude to the Eguptians than to be slain.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

25. Moses rebuked them, saying: Profess ye to be Faithists but yet have not faith in
\nJehovih? Put your trust in Him; for he will deliver ye safely, as He hath promised.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

26. Jehovih spake to Moses, saying: They shall behold the salvation of My hand; for the
\nEguptians who pursue them this day shall pursue them not again forever. For when thou
\nfetchest them to the sea, thou shalt lift up thy rod, and I will divide the sea, and My
\npeople shall walk across on the land of the bottom of the sea. And Pharaoh’s army shall
\npursue, but be swallowed up in the waters. And it so came to pass.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

27. Jehovih brought a strong wind and divided the waters of the sea and swept them back,
\nand the Israelites went over on land. But Pharaoh’s army, who were in pursuit, were
\ncaught in the flood of the tide and drowned.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

28. Thus delivered Jehovih the Israelites out of Egupt; and Israel believed in Him and in
\nMoses, his servant.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

29. Now from the place Sukkoth unto the other side of the sea, a pillar of cloud preceded
\nthe Israelites by day, and a pillar of fire stood over them by night, and the people looked
\nthereon and saw, every one, the cloud and the light. And the name of the place they
\nreached when they crossed over was Shakelmarath; and they camped there many days.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

30. From the time Moses began to put on foot the migration of Israel until he reached
\nShakelmarath, was four years two hundred and seven days. And the number of Israelites
\nthat thus went forth out of Egupt was three million seven hundred and fifty-thousand
\nmen, women and children. And the number of other people who accompanied them was
\nfour hundred thousand; and because they were of the uncircumcised tribes of ancients, the
\nHebrews named them Levites, i.e., imperfect flesh.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

31. And Moses commanded the Levites to camp aside, and not to mix with the Israelites,
\nand they obeyed him in all things; maintaining that they were the true descendents of
\nAbraham.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

32. And Moses made a song unto Jehovih, and Miriam, his sister sang it and played on
\nthe timbrel, and the women of Israel danced before Jehovih.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

33. This, then, is the song of Moses:<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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