ume that Moses wore a wig? Because sometimes he was seen
with Aaron (hair on), and sometimes without.

If you were to throw a white stone into the Red Sea, what would it
become? Wet.

Who were the first mathematicians mentioned in the Bible? The
Children of Israel, who multiplied upon the face of the earth.

What is the difference between the ancient Israelites and modern
washstands? The former had hewers of wood and drawers of water; the
latter have ewers of water and drawers of wood.

Why would it be impossible to starve in the desert of Sahara? Because
of the sandwiches (sand which is) there.

How did the sandwiches get there? When Ham was sent there with his
followers, who were bred (bread) and mustered (mustard), and when
Lot's wife was turned into a pillar of salt, all but-ter (but her)
went into the desert.

Who was the oldest man that ever lived, yet who died before his
father did? Methuselah: his father Enoch did not die, but was
translated.

If Richard Jones were milking a cow too quickly, what ancient name
would that animal mention? Melchisedek (Milk easy, Dick).

What man had no father? Joshua, the son of Nun.

Who took the first newspapers? Cain took A-Bell's Life, and Joshua
countermanded the Sun.

Why was the giant Goliath very much astonished when David hit him
with a stone? Because such a thing had never entered his head before.

How many soft-boiled eggs could the giant Goliath eat upon an empty
stomach? One, after which his stomach was not empty.

What ancient king was often literally in his contemporaries' mouth?
Agag.

What is the difference between Solomon and Rothschild? The one was
king of the Jews, the other Jew of the kings.

Where did the Witch of Endor live--and end-her days? At Endor.

Who was hanged for not wearing a wig? Absalom.

In what tongue did Balaam's donkey speak? Probably in he-bray-ic.

Why would Samson have made an excellent actor? Because he could so
easily bring down the house.

Why is the glass I drank out of yesterday like Nebuchadnezzar in his
debased condition? Because it was my tumbler (might humbler).

What is the difference between Nineveh and a donkey-boy? One is in
Assyria, the other is an ass-hurryer.

Who was the first unfortunate speculator? Jonah, because he got taken
in.

What did the whale gain in the little transaction between him and
Jonah? The whale got all the prophet.

Why was the whale which swallowed Jonah like a milkman who h