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his rod, drew water from the rock. (Exodus xvii. 6.) [51:5] See Taylor's Diegesis, p. 191, and Higgins: Anacalypsis, vol. ii. p. 19. [51:6] The Legend of Samson, p. 429. [51:7] Dupuis: Origin of Religious Beliefs, p. 135. [51:8] Vol. i. p. 122. [52:1] Bell's Pantheon, vol. i. p. 122; and Higgins: Anacalypsis vol. ii. p. 19. [52:2] Ibid. and Dupuis: Origin of Religious Belief, p. 174. [52:3] Taylor's Diegesis, p. 190; Bell's Pantheon, vol. i. under "Bacchus;" and Higgins: Anacalypsis ii. 19. [52:4] Exodus ii. 1-11. [52:5] Taylor's Diegesis, p. 191; Bell's Pantheon, vol. i. under "Bacchus;" and Higgins: p. 19, vol. ii. [52:6] Exodus ii. 1-11. [52:7] Exodus xiii. 20, 21. [52:8] See Prichard's Historical Records, p. 74; also Dunlap's Spirit Hist., p. 40; and Cory's Ancient Fragments, pp. 80, 81, for similar accounts. [52:9] "All persons afflicted with leprosy were considered displeasing in the sight of the Sun-god, by the Egyptians." (Dunlap: Spirit. Hist. p. 40.) [52:10] Prichard's Historical Records, p. 75. [52:11] Ibid. p. 78. [53:1] Tacitus: Hist. book v. ch. iii. [53:2] Knight: Anc't Art and Mythology, p. 89, and Kenrick's Egypt, vol. i. p. 447. "The cleanliness of the Egyptian priests was extreme. They shaved their heads, and every three days shaved their whole bodies. They bathed two or three times a day, often in the night also. They wore garments of white linen, deeming it more cleanly than cloth made from the hair of animals. If they had occasion to wear a woolen cloth or mantle, they put it off before entering a temple; so scrupulous were they that nothing impure should come into the presence of the gods." (Prog. Relig. Ideas, i. 168.) "Thinking it better to be clean than handsome, the (Egyptian) priests shave their whole body every third day, that neither lice nor any other impurity may be found upon them when engaged in the service of the gods." (Herodotus: book ii. ch. 37.) [54:1] The Religion of Israel, p. 27. [54:2] Dunlap: Spirit Hist. of Man, p. 266. [54:3] Hebrew Mythology, p. 23. [54:4] Researches in Ancient History, p. 146. [55:1] The Religion of Israel, pp. 31, 32. [55:2] Jewish Antiq. bk. ii. ch. xvi. [55:3] Ibid. _note_. "It was said that the waters of the Pamphylian Sea miraculously opened a passage for the army of Alexander the Great. Admiral Beaufort, however, tells us that, 'though there are no tides in this part of the Mediterranean
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