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subjected yourself; my commandment being meanwhile set aside. He it
is, who burnt down the corn, and poured out the water, and who has led
you astray; and all the promises he has made you were just a trick, a
deception, and a lie.

6 But now, O Adam, you shall acknowledge My good deeds done to you."

7 And God told His angels to take Adam and Eve, and to bear them up to
the field of wheat, which they found as before, with the bucket full of
water.

8 There they saw a tree, and found on it solid manna; and wondered at
God's power. And the angels commanded them to eat of the manna when
they were hungry.

9 And God admonished Satan with a curse, not to come again, and destroy
the field of corn.

10 Then Adam and Eve took of the corn, and made of it an offering, and
took it and offered it up on the mountain, the place where they had
offered up their first offering of blood.

11 And they offered this offering again on the altar they had built at
first. And they stood up and prayed, and besought the Lord saying,
"Thus, O God, when we were in the garden, our praises went up to you,
like this offering; and our innocence went up to you like incense. But
now, O God, accept this offering from us, and don't turn us away,
deprived of Your mercy."

12 Then God said to Adam and Eve, "Since you have made this offering
and have offered it to Me, I shall make it My flesh, when I come down
on earth to save you; and I shall cause it to be offered continually on
an altar, for forgiveness and for mercy, for those who partake of it
duly."

13 And God sent a bright fire over the offering of Adam and Eve, and
filled it with brightness, grace, and light; and the Holy Ghost came
down on that offering.

14 Then God commanded an angel to take fire tongs, like a spoon, and
with it to take an offering and bring it to Adam and Eve. And the
angel did so, as God had commanded him, and offered it to them.

15 And the souls of Adam and Eve were brightened, and their hearts were
filled with joy and gladness and with the praises of God.

16 And God said to Adam, "This shall be to you a custom, to do so,
when affliction and sorrow come over you. But your deliverance and
your entrance in to the garden, shall not be until the days are
fulfilled as agreed between you and Me; were it not so, I would, of My
mercy and pity for you, bring you back to My garden and to My favor for
the sake of the offering you have just made to My name."

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