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Chapter LXII.—Its imitation by demons.
And the devils, indeed, having heard this
washing published by the prophet, instigated
those who enter
their temples, and are about to approach them with libations and
burnt-offerings, also to sprinkle themselves; and they cause them also to
wash themselves entirely, as they depart [from the sacrifice], before
they enter into the shrines in which their images are set. And the
command, too, given by the priests to those who enter and worship in the
temples, that they take off their shoes, the devils, learning what
happened to the above-mentioned prophet Moses, have given in imitation of
these things. For at that juncture, when Moses was ordered to go down
into Egypt and lead out the people of the Israelites who were there, and
while he was tending the flocks of his maternal uncle1897
| 1897 Thirlby conjectures that Justin here
confused in his mind the histories of Moses and Jacob. | in the
land of Arabia, our Christ conversed with him under the appearance of
fire from a bush, and said, “Put off thy shoes, and draw near and
hear.” And he, when he had put off his shoes and drawn near, heard
that he was to go down into Egypt and lead out the people of the
Israelites there; and he received mighty power from Christ, who spoke to
him in the appearance of fire, and went down and led out the people,
having done great and marvellous things; which, if you desire to know,
you will learn them accurately from his writings.E.C.F. INDEX & SEARCH
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