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THE GREAT MYSTERY;
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CONTENTS.
PART I.
PAJU.GILAl'U. PAGJI.
1 Nathanael gives an account of h i m s e l f . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
2 The effect of Divine life in the soul . . •••• . ••. •• •••••• 1
3 Nathanael explains the plan of inquiry he punued •• •• 3
4 Nathanael gives ua a sketch of the lives of these J"ewiah•
Church Fathera . •. •••• •••••• •••••••• •••••••••••• 4
Onkelos .. . • •••. • • .• •. . . •• •• ••.••• •• •• •••• •••••• 4
J"onathan ben Uziel •. . ••. . . •• . . •• . . •• •••••. •••••• •.• 6
The holy Sohar, ,z,,i,;, il'ffl'1 'c . . . . . . . • . . . • • . . • • . . . . :.. 6
Tikoone Hasohar, -,.-nn •)ij,n.. •••••••••••••••• •••••••• 6
"11:0, The book of the Creation •••••. •••••• . ••••• 6
6 A grammatical axiom in the Hebrew language •. ••••• 7
6 Logical agreement between the subject and the predicate,
or between the noun and the verb . •••. •••••. ••••••• 8
PART II.
THB GOD OP ISRAEL.
PART m.
F U I T DIVJSIOS,
:PAllAGBil'B, :PAGE,
1 Nathanael finds in the Scriptures, what hi.a inatructors
also teach : the mystery of the revelation of each of the
Th?ee Spirits, rim n'm, also called m>m rim, the Three
Beings, in the Unity of the Godhead •. . • •• ••..• ..... 37
2 ,•., M"l!:>'D, i.,., The W o.an of the Lord ia oallad. 'n','r(>t
1ehovah . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
3 ,•. , MiC'D, The WORD of the Lord ia the Creator of man
and of the world.. • . • • •.•.. ... . • • • • . • • • • • . • . . . • • • . • . • 39
4 The Patriarchs believed in. ,•. , n:)'D, the W OBD 1ehovah 40
6 Who was the La giver? • • . • . . • • . . . . . . . . . . • • . . • • • •.• . 41
6 Father Abraham's faith . . . . .. . . . • • . . . . . . . . . . • • . . • •• 42
7 I n whose name our Father Abraham prayed • • • • • • • • • • 43
8 Whom did Moses, our Teacher, worship? . • • . • • • • • • • • 43
9 Moses committed the faith of the Patriarchs to the
keeping of their descendants . • . • . . . . . • . • . . . . . . • . . • 44
10 No oath was valid amongst my ancestors, acept by the
,•. , M'lC'D, the WORD of the Lord.. . . • . . • . . . . . • . . . . .. 46
11 The reason why my ancestors swore by ,•. , M"IC'tl, the
WoRD of the L o r d . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
12 The command of the ancient teachers of lu:ael • . • • • • • . 48
13 ,•., M'i0'D, the WORD of the Lord must be obeyed aa God 49
14 Nathanael discovers that God never made any covenant
with any of the Patriarchs, except through the media-
tion of, •. , M"IC't>, the W o.an of the Lord . • • . • • . • • . • . 60
16 Nathanael is led to belieye that there ia no salvation but
in ,•., MiC't>, the WORD of the Lord • . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
SECOND DIVISJON.
THIRD DIVISION•
FOURTH DIVISION.
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6 R . Simeon ben J"ochai's prayer ••.••.•••••.•••• -. ••. •• 93
H i s Exhortation ••••••• , . •. • •••. . . . . . . . . ••••. • . ••. •• 94
CONTENTS. xi
PART I V .
...
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THE GREAT MYSTERY.
PART I.
§ 1.
NATBA.NilL GIVES AN A.CCOUJiT OP HIKSBLP.
§ 4.
NATHANAEL GIVES U8 A SKETCH OF THE LIVES OF
THESE JEWISH·CHURCfl FATHERS.
§ 5.
A GRAMMATICAL AXIOM IN THE HEBREW LANGUAGE,
§ 6.
VER:S.
:B 3
PART II.
§ 1.
NATHANAEL EXA1\IINES WHETHER GOD HAS RE-
HIS NAME.
§ 2.
LEDGE OF GOD.
§ 8.
THE - , r , t , SOHAR, TEA.CHES NATHANAEL NfD'l',tz,i Mt°1
S
THE MYSTERY OF THE TRINITY E X P R E S ED BY
THE WORD Q,r,;t,4.
,::c,,.,.
M'l).,''I • : i,r ,::,-, • N-ij,:J :J'IM::) Nin ,::,n " ' " -,t:)t-4 !
o,n',Nn Min n i n , ,::, ni:itttn, c,,n
: C'M',Nn H'IM "-" : J'M: :'JI
2. H e answered him : " I t is w r itt e
n in the Scrip-
ture, (Deut. iv. 89,) ' K n o w therefore this day, ahd
3 The Rabbin's remarks on the connexion in which C'M
and n i n , are a lways said to stand, is one with which we
mUBt not be supposed to coincide. His words, h owever, ne-
ce8811rily involve a. belier iJ1 a Triune God.
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§ 4.
N ATHA.NA.EL'S REFLECTIONS.
§ 5.
CORROBORATION OF T H E TRUTH STATED IN THE
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§ 6.
.
NATHANAEL BELIEVES
§ 7.
THAT THERE 18 BUT ONE
GOD, BUT THREEFOLD IN HIS NATURE,
§ 8.
EXPLANATION OJ' THB PRBCBDING PA.RA.GRA..PH,
'i':2:P 'MM 'i':2:P rci, " What the one doeth, that
<loeth the other," which is evident from the Unity they
form, as there cannot be any difference of will or
purpose among them. The attributes of the one
must be the attributes of the other, as is taught
by R . Menachem, of Recanati ; his words are these :
(pp. 266, § l::tnMMi.) ,:i r,:p•,'', l'TIM-lM MMMi C:P'CO'I
,:, M'l:P'to::i:i M i'1, t,11,tt;, m,,:in •c,n',Mn Min n , n ,
Mtl ·1,:, C':2-, r,,:iizr,',:i c,.,:,t::i M'l"YtlMztt ',14 F}M
N", l'l''M 7'Mi • ':,'I "YMM ",:,n, nt:i zr,, nt:i zr,,zr,
':l'TN '1'\C :i,r,:,i Mztt''1i' M',j)n ''1ffl7.:I", -,:i '1-,07.:IMM
: ,.. ie., "the reason why it is said: 'Unto
thee it was shewed, that thou mightest know, that
the Lord H e is God,' (Deut. xxxiv. 85,) is
the desire that thou shouldest not separate the I n -
herent ones, 11 the l'::tn::i, the three Persons united in
§ 9.
n,., ,n "'
n m ;,,otm • ,nM '"' '1:l'l"l?M " ' ?1'4"'lttt' :veiz,
.,MM ,.,,::,tn p ?171
' • M:l'l?.:Mi'1 w-,,w
a Lit., lnplanted-Ones.
f 10.
§ 11.
NATHANAEL MEETS ANOTHER FRIEND, WHOM HB
THE UNITY.
§ 13.
m',
'1::>',n '"l0M f,M::1 "TnH ''I) ',t-t,u,,::, ,e:p:, 'tl'>
: 'J'I t:ltz, '11, C'ltt,','1 '11, M'l"T!l C'n',N
" A n d what one nation i n the earth is like Thy
people, even like Israel, whom Elohim (they) went
38
to redeem for Himself, and to make H i m a
name," &c.
Psalm lviii. 12, V"lH::l C:l'?Qt,tz, c,n',H rz, "TN,
"Verily He is Elohim-(they are) judging in the
earth."
Isaiah l iv. 5, 1'rD 1'',".i7::::i, " Thy makers are thine
husbands," i.e., " T h y maker is thine husband."
§ 14.
§ 15.
....
86
• n.,'Mtl n:l'MW MM',',j) OMi • n,,Mt>M MM',..,j) OM
J'::Pi.,, l ' , n : i , : m , • ,n:,i,nM' , n ' ! n " , i , r , j)'"l'!t:2
MM'::P'!tt>M, H.,'ltl::P:2 • M',Mctzi', ,:,,H MJ'tl'' M'IM'
: ,::,, ltlH , , o : i H.,n H.,,n,:i 'IM"'l'l,n ,;,:,i,nM'
i.e.," Come and see! Jehovah andAdonai (the Lord)
and His Shechinah, are the Holy blessed one, and·
His Shechinah is between two lines : Jehovah to the
right, and Adonai, the Lord, .to the left; and they
are a bright glass,7 but without the Shechinah it is
a dark glass. I n the righteouir-One, the Shechinah,
are Jehovah Adonai one." The same :fi g u r ative
language we find Cant. ii. 6 - t h e two arms, Jehovah
to the right, and Adonai to the left. " I n the middle
pillar, in the mysterious .A.men,9 are JellOfJah and
.A.clonai One Unity. 1 •
PA RT III.
FIRST DIVISION.
§ 1.
•
sometimes of Three. (aee also Philo's work, " Sa.crifi.ce of
Abel and Cain," p. 139.)
88
§ 8.
,... H'"ltl'C, THE WORD OF THE LORD, IS THE CREATOR
OF MAN .A.ND OF THE WORLD.
§ 4.
,.,,::1
':l"l?.:l?Z1i , , 0 : P Cl'M?M M'M'•cM "lt:l ? "l'T:l ::i;,:p, "l'T',
1,:,N? en, , , 1ri:i, , , , n ,:,:iM "lWM n m
n , n , n , n , '=iM r,,::i-1,M c,,w::1 ,J.,:lrtn : w::1,, ,:i::1,
" ' " ' i1:l'gt;:) 'M?.:ltz1 "lWM r,i,un j:lMin : C ' n ? M ? , ,
: 1? ,:i"ltv M "lW:P ,',•1r,r, "lWM ' , : , i C'M?M J - , , ; :
" A n d Jacob vowed a vow, saying, If G o d will be
with me, and will keep me i n the way that I go,
and will give me bread to eat, and raiment to put on,
so that I come again to m y father's house i n peace ;
then shall the Lord be m y G o d . "
M y teacher, Onkelos, i n his Chaldee Paraphrase,
renders the v o w of father Jacob i n the following
manner:-
,,:,c:i '"'T C'C 'M' CN • -it:l'C? C'i' :li' ' C';,'I
c,n', , , lM''I ',ti-1 N , , N,rr Nn-i'IM:l '::i:r,ro,,
,n,, N:lM r,,::, c',u,:i :nn 'I Ul'l:i',c', 'lo::i, ',::i,c',
: Nn',Ni, ,', " , t-t-iC'D
i.e.," And Jacob vowed a vow, saying, If the WORD
of Jehovah will be my support, and will keep me in
the way that I go, and will give me bread to eat, and
raiment to put on, so that I come again to my father's
house in peace ; then shall the WORD of Jehovah be
my God."
This also was the faith of my nation at the time
when Jonathan hen Uziel wrote the Jerusalem
Paraphrase, in which I find it written on Deutero-
nomy xxvi. 17 :
,,nc', l''T Mc,, 1.,,,1,:, 1ir,::i,',c v , , t-1-ic't> r,,
M't:)U,1, ,.,,,',:, ,,cM . ,,, C'tl'I • Nn1,M1, ,1'1::,',
1i::i', 1,,1,c , , nc 1 ' " n,.,::io 1 ' " N':J':in c:,',
: ,,,,p ',::, -iroc, ,
,v
i.e., " This day you have made the oRD of Jehovah
to be King over you, to be your God. And the
WoRD of Jehovah shall rule over you, having a
right 2 hereto, over a people beloved, as His peculiar
people ; as H e has spoken unto you, that you should
keep all His commandments."
§ 5.
§ 6.
§ 7.
lN WHOSE NAME OUR FATHER ABRAHAM PRA.nD,
§ 8.
WHOM DID HOSES, OUR TEACHER, WORSHIP ?
§ 9.
--
45
'l-,:i:11 nwt:1:i, n,n,::i, i.e., " T h e y believed in the
L o r d and in H i s servant Moses."
Onkelos, in order to preserve the true faith of the
children of Israel, paraphrases these words thus :
M' ,:i:11 nwr.i ti"IM':J:l:l'I ' " , t)'t):l 'l:l't:IM'I,
i.e., " A n d they believed in the WORD of the Lord,
and in the prophecy of Moses, H i s servant."
§ 10.
§ 11.
§ 14.
NATHANAEL DISCOVBRS THAT GOD NEVER KADE A
COVENANT WITH ANY OF THE PATRIARCHS EX•
CE.PT THROUGH THE MEDIATION OF '"'1 t-l.,c,c,
THE WORD OF THE LORD.
Having discovered, through my teachers, that
N"'l?:)'C, the WORD, waa the lawgiver on Mount Sinai,
lH
the question presented itself to my mind : Has God
e'Der made a covenant except through ,,.., Mitl'!. , the
WORD o f the Lord 'I
I found the following facts preserved in the
Cl't lili .M Paraphrases. We read in Gen. ix. 17:
'.Mtlj,M itl:'M r,•;:::i.., . n,M r,t,tt n:, ',1-1 Cl'n,M "lt>M"i
: y-iMn ',:p "ltt'M ittl:1 ',:, r : ii 'l':1
i.e., " A n d God said unto Noah, This is the tok n of
the covenant, which I have established between Me
and all flesh that is upon the earth." Which
Onkelos thus paraphrases :
,-,z:,,z:, l':1 .M'C'j,M , , Cl'i' .MM 1-1, n:,', ' " i
: M:PiM ',:p , , M"ltl:':1 ',:, l':1i
i.e., " And the Lord said unto Noah, This is the
token of the covenant which I have established
between My WORD, and between all flesh that is
upon the e arth."
Again, I read in Gen sis xvii. 7 :
T i n M "7'.Pit r : i , , : i,:i, ,:,,:i ,r,,;:i .MM ,r,z:i;,n,
1:Pit',i Cl'i'T'M' , , r , , , n , c',i:p r,,;::', CIMi,,
: 1'iMM
i.e., " And I will establish my covenant between
Me and thee and. thy seed after thee in their gene-
rations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God u nto
thee, and to thy seed after thee." Paraphrased by
Onkelos:
: ':>i - p,:i, 'iOC l':1 ' t >' i' r,, Cl' j, Ki
•·•·, " A n d I will eetablish my covenant betweeu.
. ) b WoBD and between thee;•&. .
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§ 15.
NATHANAEL IS LED TO BELIEVE THAT THERB 18
NO SALVATION BUT IN '""T M"itl'tl, THE W O R D
OF THE LORD,
, Having seen that God had never made a covenant
except through or with the WORD, as the Representa-
tive or Mediator of H i s people, I examined whether
'""T M.,tl'tl, the WORD of the Lord, may not be the
Saviour so often mentioned in the Holy Scriptures.
M y mind became satisfied on this subject, by con-
sidering the following passages.
When dying, Jacob, blessing his children, ex-
claimed, (Gen. xlix. 18,) M'IM' '11''1i' 1Ml7'11t''',,
" I have waited for T h y salvation, 0 Lord !" These
words Jonathan hen Uziel paraphrases, in his Jeru-
salem Targum, in this manner:
lt'M'I' -,::i, ?'l7"T:J"T n•j'r'l'1£l1, M1, :li'l7' 1:l'l::lM -,cM
7,wtilt'"T n•:i;,-,,£)1, M,,, • M:Plt' M'M"T 'lt'tl:J r,•:io
1"'1tl'tl:l l1"'1tlM"T M:i;,-,,El1, M1,M • -,,:::i:p li'-,'IEl M'IM"T
: •wtl:i r,,:io 1:i;,-,i£l', •n,', 1,M-iw• •:i:i ,r:i ', ,r,,c',
i.e., " O u r father Jacob said: M y soul does not
wait for a salvation such as that wrought out b y
Gideon, the son of Joas, for that W?S but temporal;
neither for a salvation like that of Samson, which
was only transitory ; bt1.t for that salvation which
Thou hast promised to come, through T h y WORD,
unto T h y people, the children of Israel ; for T h y
alvation my soul hopes."
That this was one of the cardinal points in the
creed of my forefathers, is manifest from many ·
passages of Holy Writ, as expounded by the Ancient
paraphrasts, especially by Jonathan ben Uziel. I
shall only cite two, out of many passages which
have poured light into my mind. I n Is. xlv. 17,
!6, I read:
,;,, , mn'::l • tl'lti,,-, n-,,u,r, n,n,::2 -,zz,,:i,1'4'"11t1'
: ,H"itti' .,..,1'\;,:,,,,nn,,
i.e., " B u t Israel shall be saved in the Lord with an
everlasting salvation •••••• I n the Lord shall .all the
seed of Israel be justified, and shall glory."
Jonathan ben Uziel renders this passage thus :
H"it>'C::l •N'c',:i1 ljrm, '"'1 N"l?:l't>::l i''.,tiM' ,H"itti'.
: ',H",U,''1 M-,-,1' \;,:, 1'1M::lnlt"'I 1'1:11'' ' "T
i.e., " Israel shall be saved in the WoRD of the Lord
with an everlasting salvation .••••• I n the WoRD of
the Lord shall all the seed of Israel be justified,
and (in the WORD of the Lord) they shall glory."
I n whatever part of the Holy Scriptures ever-
lasting salvation is mentioned, we find that it i11
wrought out by no other than the WORD of the
Lord. Thus, for example, we read in Hosea i. 7 :
: CM'n',N M'IM'::l C'M'.l11t'in'I CrT"ll-4 M"1''1M' M'::l MM'I
i.e., " B u t I will have mercy upon the house of
Judah, and will save them by the Lord their God."
This 1onathan ben Uziel paraphrases :
""'1 H'iC'tl::l 1i:,;,-,tiN'I CrT"lN n,.,n, M'::l"T ,:i1,
: 1,n,n,.,_
i.e., " B u t I will have mercy upon the house of
Judah, and I will save them by the WoRD of the
Lord their God."
I perceive that this passage s eus ()\ t-m() "t. () -.. I
I, Jehovah, will have mercy-I, Jehovah, will save;
and this mercy and this salvation .shall be brought
about by another person, namely, by the WORD o f
the Lord, which Wo.RD is t},ieir God. · No wonder
that Daniel prayed to be heard for the sake of the
Lord. (Daniel ix. 17 .)
,,:,,:,nn ,.,_, ,-,:::i n',!)n ',M ,:,,n',M cit' nn ,
: 'Y1M , c', CC!t'M iit',i' , 1':>!l -,Mn,
i.e., "Now therefore, 0 our God, hear the prayer
of Thy servant, and his supplications, and cause
Thy face to shine upon Thy sanctuary that is
desolate, for the Lord's sake." R. Simeon explained
this passage, thus, (Sohar, part iii., p. 21, versa :J
C ',:::i', n::>nlt'' t-4',, • ,:,,M , c , NCTO 'IND
"'.,,,,
: ..
i.e., "What is the reason that he says for :>"TH, the
Lord's sake ? Because Jehovah cannot be found
except in '.:J"TH,the Lord, who is His dwelling." 3
I find the same doctrine in m':S' t:>. in the Com-
mentary of ,·:::iN"TT, (R. Abraham ben David,) p. 81,
versa:
: M"IM' i:,,n',a-4 M"IM' Cit':::! :::i:::i,o ,:,,M Cit' ,:, :vr1'1
i.e., " It is thus known that • , the Lord, com-
prehends' Jehovah, (Elohim,) our God, 1 ehovah."
.... ....
61,
SECOND n1v1s1roN.
§ 1.
...,,., l4"'110"?), THE W O R D <>P Tliz LORD xs, "'JN',t:,
n,-,::u,, T'HB ANOB'L OF, THE COVBl!UN'l'.
Every thinking ·man will readily grarit that, when
the spirit has once tasted of the truth, it cannot rest
till the fountain head is found. I had been con-
vinced that Ml"l'l?�tlM, n,-,, the Middle-Spirit has
revealed Himself as the essential and substantive
WORD, and I became desirous to know who could be
r,,-,:in 1M\;iti, the Angel of the Covenant in Mal. iii.
l, and so often mentioned in the l'Ci�-,r,, the Chaldee
paraphrases and other very ancient books of our
learned teachers ; men whom we regard as having so
great authority in matters of faith, that hardly any
one would think of doubting what they pronounced
to be truth.
I have had the good fortune to discover that
M"i:JTT 1M\;it:,, the Angel of the Covenant, is the same
person as ' " , M-itl'C, the WORD of the Lord.
§ �-
r,,-,:in 1M',t:,, THB ANG-EL OF 1'H:B OOVENANT, IS Al(
UNCREA1'ED BEtNG, AND 18 STYLED 0'TT\;i�, mil',
AND li"TM, THE LORD.
§ 8.
THERE IS :WO REDEEMER BESIDES THE ANGEL OF
THE COVENANT (r,,-,::in , , e ) .
Father Jacob's prayer, that the A.ngel of the
Covenant might bless his children, was the fruit of
his faith in that everlasting A.NOEL. This doctrine,
• See p. 41, \ 6.
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jilt)', jM',t:i n',,rz, •.:,:,H m n :i•r,.:, .,_., 1'l:l'I 4
:
4. Therefore it is written, (Exod. xx.iii. ! O , )
"Behold, I send an ANGEL before thee."
§ 4.
NATHANAEL DISCOVERS A GREAT TRUTH: GOD
BEVEALED HIX.SELF IN r,,-,:in 1M1:ic, THB
A N G E L OF TH:8 O OVENANT.
•
• I f the chapter from which this extract ia taken ha.cl
not been 1 0 long, I would have gi,.en. it &\\ft.
which I w i l l explain i n the sequel, (with God's
help; when I come to that passage.) H e is the
same of whom it is said, (Exod. iii. t,) " A n d the
ANGEL of the L o r d appeared unto him (M01ee)
i n a flame of fire out of the m i dst of a bush ; "
and H e is t hus called because H e is the Angel of
God's countenance,' (Heb. i. 8,) and H e has the
face of a man. Onkelos has translated, Exod. iii. 1;
The glory of the L o r d appeared unto him, " A n d
the Angel of the L o r d appeared unto him," as i f he
had said : Jehovah appeared unto him, as it is said
of Abraham and Isaac, (Gen. xviii. 1; xxvi. 2-�5,)
" A n d (C'n',M) God appeared unto Jacob,'' &c., &c.
I f He, who appeared in the bush, (Exod. iii. t,) had
been one of the (created) intelligences, Moses would
not have hidden his face ; but H e was, as this my
t.eacher instruct.ed me, r,,-,:::in 1M',�, the Angel o f
the Covenant, in whom God revealed Himself;
therefore H e is calleg God.
§ 5.
§ 6.
§ 7.
§ 8.
T H E PROMISE.
a Seepage 36.
our great teacher of blessed memory. In Exodus
xxiii. 10, we hear God saying:
...
,
§ 9.
,a,,.,, ·
2
n"'.!1 .,,., ,,:,rmz, n t iI' • ,:::1,;,: 12' -,n,,t)n 'Cl2':i '"ltl'l!I
nni1it M'"lOtl H1:i ' , a , n n,' ,c n ,C37 ,:,
: 1:,-, C'.,.,D::>M l?:> 1H',ti', n1' '"l'IH:l 11/t','C',
i.e., "This Angel is not one of those (created)
intelligences,• which can sin, of whom it is said,
(Job iv. 18,) 'His Angels He charged with folly,'
and this folly (appeared) when they assumed to
themselves the power, that they were destroying
Sodom,5 (Gen. xix. 18.) But this Angel is one of
the Inherent Ones" (according to the opinion of
Tanchum.)6
" F o r He will not pardon your transgressions."
Because He belongs to t h a t class of Beings which
• Bee page -
a Lit., in the cue of Sodom, when they said : " We are
dmtroying."
• A high authorit y.
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§ 10.
THIRD DIVISION.
§ 1.
: 'l, 'U"I 'l'I' . - . n l : rrpll i , , ' m1D11 a.-, '!'II 'lt ti'\¥\ a
11.
for the sake of Metatron, without knowing who
Metatron was, until let into the mystery through m y
worthy, ancient teachers. Rabbi Simeon hen Jochai
taught me, Sohar, vol. iii., p. 227, Amsterdam E d : :
N , , . , , ND,wN, ,,.,totor.:lin'N Nli'l1'gt)N, N,i011
: r,-,Non, N:i,-o:,
i.e., " T h e Middle Pillar (in the Godhead) is the
Metatron, who has accomplished peace above, ac-
cording to the glorious state there."
§ 2.
SIGNIFICATION OF THE NAME ,,.,totoD, HBTATRON.
§ 8.
NO ONE, NOT EVEN MOSES, HAS EVER SEEN GOD,
BUT HE SAW THE M.ETATRON, WHO APPEARED
UNTO HIM.
I consulted R. Menachem, of Recanati, on this
passage, (Exod. xxiv. 1,) ?M n1,:-g -iM nwc ?Mi
':n M'ln', i.e., "And he said unto Moses, Come up
unto the Lord," and found this explanation (p. 145,
col. 1):
, , -icN • nw0', -i::i"mi'I n', r,, · ,,'T::in c w n
, n , • c n cw::i H-ijmr, 1i-itotoc nt v, ',H n , , w
c n l , • 1:, MM-ii'::in n::,,::,wn ',:-g ,::i tc-inw ''C Ei?
1N':icn c w -iwN ,,::i:,n C'li'?:> ?M ry', .,,',:, n ,
C'TMM ':JM-i' M? ,:, ?'l'T::IM cwn ,.,_ N::2' M?'I ?H'l::IM
§ 4.
li-,totot:I, META.TRON, THE FIRST-BEGOTTEN OF GOD
M y faithful teacher, R . Simeon ben J ochai, took me
into one of the inner chambers of the mystery of the
saving knowledge of God, and instructed me that
Metatron existed from eternity. (Sohar, Gen., p.
126, versa, c',-p:, ?ZM'1t>) :
'IMt:1 • ':>'I ',w,cn 'IM'::l li't ,,:1v ',N cn-,::lN -it>H'i
• ,,:1v ,.,H ,nt:1 ',:,r,o::i H'1 MMt:1:::Jn::l 'M • '1'1:lV ',i,t
.,t:1M121 nt:1::l M',M •',:,r,o:i t b 'M-i'ln:> ,:::1., .,:::11-t
•, • 'IM'1'1:l ', ::l'l-ipn • C'li't:I ',u, '1'1:l'P ' '1'1::l'P
l"'i'l!::l'" '1'MV '"'t4'1 l., Mn,:, ,,.,•totot> n'I' • '"'M
• 'li::l'P ',i,t CM-i::lN -it>N''I '1'MM ' ,-,::lp '11::l:l J:)'1:i1,
r,1,nr, M'lnu, 'IM'::l li''I' •c,;,t:1 ',u, ,.,:1v ,.,.,. tot:> nt
,1, l mu, ,', "l!Z1M ',:::i::l ',u,,cn • c , p c ',u, ,,,,,,.,:i'
: 'l'M'IH::l'!? ',:, ',v n',u,t:1t:1 n·:1t,n
i.e., Gen. x.xiv. 2 : " A n d Abraham said unto h i ,
..
oldest servant of his house," &:c. Who is this of
whom it is said, to his servant? In what sense must
this be understood ? Who is this servant ? R.
N ehori answered : It is in no other sense to be under-
stood than expressed in the word ,,::i,
His servant,
the servant of God, the nearest to (i.e., the chief in)
His service.· And who is He? 7'1-,TQTQ, Metatron,
as said. He is appointed to glorify the bodies
which are in the grave.
This is the meaning of the words, Abraham said
to his servant, i.e., to the servant of God. This
servant is l\Ietatron, the eldest of His (God's) house,
who is the first-begotten' of the creatures of God,
who is the ruler of all He has ; because God has
committed to Him the government over all His hosts.
§ 5.
7i-,TQTQ, META.TRON, HIGHLY EXALTED.
Our venerable teachers, up to about a century and
a half before the destruction of •our holy city and
temple, have, it cannot be doubted, entered into the
deep recess s of the mysteries hidden in the Word
of God, and some few of their disciples have pre-
served the knowledge of the mysteries, which we
find in their works still extant.
§ 6.
J'!'i?O?Otl, META.TRON, 18 THE ONLY MEDIA.TOR
BETWEEN GOD AND MAN.
In Exod. xx. I9, it is written :
.., ,n M'»tllt':n i::itl3' MMM -i::i, MU,t) ',M ,.,t)M'l'I
: r,it)::i 1 !:l c,n,M '1:1?:)3' -,::i,,
i.e., " And they said unto Moses, Speak thou with us
and we will hear; but let not God speak with us,
lest we die." Reading this passage, and knowing
that m y nation, the children of Israel, never ap-
proached God without the mediation of a priest, or
of the High Priest, I went to m y teacher, R. Simeon
hen Jochai, to inquire whether any mortal and sinful
man dare approach God without a mediator, and I
received the following instruction. (An extract from
Sohar, vol. ii., Exodus, p. 51, Amsterdam E d . ) :
: C " n n V T l , MM -i'lt)U,', 1
1. (Gen. iii. 24,) " T o keep the way of the tree
of life."
• MM:l'i Mn,::i,-iroti M'M N, C"MM V3' j'l"T lHtl 2
M::l"'N . • J:\'i'M t-4::1'1:l'i H::l"'M M'lnn', MmN H'M"T
: ,,n,
2. Who is the way to the tree of life ? It is the
great Metatron,7 for He is the way to that great
Tree, to that mighty Tree of life.
8
All the ancients believed in such a heavenly and spiritual
Jeruaalem; thus the Chaldee paraphrase, Psalm c.urii. 3 : -
n', M-i::innM, MM-i;, , , n t-1 ';,-i::i t-1'::i:::inr.,, c',rz,,-,,
• M-,M::, M,n:, i.e., Jerusalem is builded in the firmament,
(in heaven,) as a city that is compact together, as the one on
the earth.
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§ 7.
' W , THE ALMIGHTY, HAS REVEALED HIKSBLF IN
NO OTHER THAN IN THE 1,,rotoc, ME1.'ATBON,
THE KEEPER OF ISRAEL.
I t follows that i f God has revealed Himself in the
uncreated, self-existing WORD ' " N"lCC, which is also
called the Angel of the Covenant, r,,,::in 1N',?:>,
who is the 1,.,roro?:>, that the Almighty ' W has
revealed Himself in 1,,roroc, the KEEPER of Israel.
This was also the faith of my ancestors, as I find
in Sohar, vol. iii., p. 281, the following passage:
: 1,,roro?:> ,-,u,-,
u,,::i,,
i.e., The garment of the Almighty is the Metatron. 8
Compare 2 Cor. v. 19; 1 Tim. iii. 16.
§ 8.
p-iroroc, META.TRON' IS CALLED THE SON OF GOD.
I could mention many secrets respecting Meta-
tron, into which my teachers have led me, but for sake
1 Comp. St. Matt. xi. 27 ; xxviii. 18; Eph. i. 2 0 - 2 3 ; Phil.
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1 See Part ill., Division ii., § 4, p. 68.
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FOURTH DIVISION.
§ 1.
i.e., " I will declare the decree: the Lord hath said
unto Me, Thou art M y Son; this day have I begot-
ten Thee.' K i s s the Son, lest H e be angry and ye
perish· from the way, when H i s wrath is kindled
but a little. Blessed are all they that put their
trust in Him."
I first searched out the manner in which the
word c i ' n , (this day,) is used by the sacred writers,
and found that it sometimes expresses eternity, as
in Isaiah xliii. 13, Nin ':IN C'l'C c:i, i.e.," Yea, before
the day was, I am He," that is, from Eternity, as
Jonathan ben Uziel translates Mi;, M:IM i-tt:h:i,c i:,i-t,
" I am also from Eternity."
Thus is C'l'M " this day " used in the second
Psalm in the sense of 71plpa alw110, day of eternity, so
that H e who is here called by God My Son, must
be from Eternity.l>
§ 2.
• l"l.,? O
?OC N,, 1M½C "IM'M"I c,M . M'N, c , N M'M"I
.,,, M,, n,,.,.,,, ,n,N, n-:ij), M.:lj)"l',:i c,M M'M"I
M',M •M'IZ7:P"I M.,, ,, MM'-,:! i'1':l r,,1,i ' HM "IM"I MM
: Mni',, M
i.e.," There is a perfect who is an Angel. This
Man,6
Angel is Metatron, the KEEPER of Israel ; He is a
man in the image of the Holy One, blessed be He,
who is an Emanation from Him (from God); yea, He
(the Metatron) is Jehovah; of .Him cannot be said,
He is created, formed, or made ; but He is the
Emanation from God.
This agrees exact ly with what is w ritten, Jer.
xxiii. 5, 6, of , , , nc , David's Branch, that though
He shall be a perfect man, yet H e is i.:ij ?, 'M'"l'M''
" T h e Lord our Righteousness."
§ 8.
8
Lit., written.
• Compare Isaiah xliL 6, C''l:lM -i'IH1:i 1'Mr\'l\
'.
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7 . .,t)N'', (by transposition of the letters .,;N "�,)
W h o is this Light? The power (the Person) which
has taken in a secret (lit., hidden) manner the abund-
ant gifts, out of the secret thoughts of H i m , who is
without end (God).1
Mt)t) N1,:::i,n NiMM .,,,,1-t w,rz,n • .,t)N'' 8 ·
Ninm • 'NWn:::i .,,,,N, • w , ; , , 'lMtt) l1N•,.s1MN,
-,,1,iN n,', -,,1,,N-, 1Nt) • -,:i', ':Pt)MWN -,,1,,nN,
lN?:) M":lt) ;,�:,, l'':::l 1,1,:::i :!11.':MWN i,.1,-, • 'NWM:;l
: -,:i', :J1t)MWN-, ?ij) '1"::l':PMN j)�:l"r
8 . .,t)t-1',, (He said,) now begat He in this Temple
which H e had conceived of the holy seed, and begat
i t in secret: He, who is begotten is publicly 9 pro-
•
claimed b y Him, who bas begotten H i m i n secret,3
though how His emanation was, is nowhere heard
o f ; whereas, o f every other thing which cometh forth,
a voice is produced, which is heard openly.
! j?!,:,-, N"r N?-1:J j)�:i, Mt) ?:::) • .,,N 'i1' 9
9. " L e t there be light." Everything which
has come forth, has come forth through this
secretly begotten One.
R. Simeon ben Jochai here tells us, how every-
thing which is light, has come forth from one point
i n the Godhead. B y one point in the Godhead, he
1
According to the foot-note of the Amsterdam Ed. CW?.:W
: N?""P',t) n:::i-,:in -p�u,n n,""!w:i1cn, n,c,-,nn n , , , n n n
From thence the beginning of the heave offerings, tithes, and
the abundant gifts from heaven.
2 -,:i1, lit., without; hence publicly,openly-Hebrew fin:i
s 'Ntttn:i lit., in silence, secret, incomprehensible.
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means One of the Three, which, though Three, are
only One. This point (n,,;,:i) is the fountain of
light remaining in F)ic ra-1, in H i m who is with-
out end, because H e is without beginning ; and
he adds:
••a-,n::::,,, ,a-,n::::,, -,,n::i • 1-1,::, 114, ,,na-, a-,1;,:, :, ,
: n•::::,, rin114r,a-1, 7;,l;,c 1,i',:, ;,•l;,c , : ,
i.e., Therefore all light is µroted, one with the other
giving light here and there. This light penetrates
all degrees, from the lowest degree of natural, to
the highest degree of spiritual light, and all that is
light is united in Him, who is the LIGHT.4
H e saith on the same page:
.na-1 c,n",114 114-,,, ..................... •, , , j ",a-, 1-1,n, ,,a-1 ' " '
: M.il'l7 M, 114,i:11 1-1, • :::lito ,:, -,ii,an
i.e., Let there be Li9ht. This Light is the great
God5 • • • • • • .And God saw the Light, that it was
good. · This Light is the Middle Pillar in the
Godhead. 6
That the Middle Pillar in the Godhead is the Son
of God, begotten of the Father from eternity, R .
' St. John viii. 12; x i i 36, 36, 46.
• Bechai makes a remarkable observation, (p. 4, vena, col. 2.)
n, , ",:11 -r, .,i, .,.,114 ' " ' c,nl;,a-1 ., M''I
i::::,, -,,:,n,w n'w n
: n ; t ,,i,37 ,.., ,,::i:,,
,.,,1-1a-,::, ,:, ,-,,a-, , ,;, ::::,,i.n:,n
i:e., And God said, " Let there be light," to indicate the
coming (lit., days) of the Me88iah, of whom it is said:
Arise, shine ; for Thy Light is come, and the glory of the Lord is
risen in Thee. (Is. Ix. 1.) Also Bechai calls the Messiah Light.
8 <J>wq Oe11Tepo-,, Ka'Ttt 71'dvra ;aV'T'f M/Jwµ.ouJ, µ.e vov. i.e., A
second Light like in all thin g s t.o Himself. (Philo, as quoted
by Euseb., Demonstr. Evang., lib. iv., cap. iii.)
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Simeon hen Jochai teaches not only in this passage,
but in many other places in his valuable works.
To quote but one.
Speaking on Prov. xxvii. 10, he says, (Sohar, V?l.
ii., p. 115, versa):
M"n:P 'l:i" n , • ; n m nM :::n-, 7:,1t1 .....................
: r.t;1 'ln"M-, Mf i': P M-,
i.e., "Better is a neighbour that is near, than a
brother far off. This neighbour is the Middle
Pillar in the Godhead, which is the Son of God."
The chambers of light, into which the Word of
God led me respecting this interesting subject, are
so numerous, that the space of these pages will not
permit me to open more of them to my readers ; to
conclude, I shall just communicate to them, what I
saw in_ the last one of these chambers.
Pondering over Prov._viii. 14, M"l'l::U •', M::l"::l ":IM,
" I am Understanding-I have strength," I had _not
a shadow of doubt, that Understanding means here
the same self-existing Understanding as :,n, the
aelf-existing Wisdom, the Son of God, speaking in
this chapter, which truth R. Simeon hen Jochai
corroborates. (Sohar, vol. iii., p. 90.)
• M"M::l -,.,, M'i::l M-, "l::lnMM , : , M',M • M::1"::l 'Im)
: 'I M"' l::l ""li'M M::l"::l ::>":l'I r,-,,','IM'I l::l Mi'"£lM'! ............. .
i.e., Who is the Understanding? (Prov. viii. 14.)
When Jod (Jehovah) is united w ith Jod, (Jehovah,)
a Son is born, and therefore M:1"::l, Understanding, is
called r:r ·r;, the Son of God.7
7 M:l'::l is composed of l::2 and n \ by transposition of the
letters. See foot note, page 84.
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§ 4.
M't ANCESTORS' TRIUMPHING PAITH IN THE SON
OP GOD.
Having been led by my teachers to a knowledge of
the mystery of the 7th verse of the second Psalm, I ·
sought earnestly their instructions as •to the right
meaning of the 12th verse : , "lM:I' , -i::i ii'u,:i,
i.e., " K i s s the Son, lest H e be angry," &c.
Observation. That -i::i does not signify, in this
place, purity or virtue, as the more modern writers
render it, is plain enough from the second and third
members of the verse: J:PN' l , "Lest H e be angry,"
and i::i ,o,n 1,:, ,-,u,M, "Blessed are all they that put
their trust in H i m ; " or as Jonathan parap'b.rases it,
n,-,c,c::i l'-,:10"T 1,:,1, n,::i,?O, i.e., " Blessed are all
who trust in the Memra," (THE WoRD.) Moreover,
we know that in the more poetical parts of the
inspired writings, the ancient Chaldee words and
forms are used: thus -i::i for 1::i (a son) is used not
only in this Psalm, but also in Proverbs xx.xi. 2 :
: ,-,.,:, -i::i n , ':>?O::i -i::i n , ,-,::i n c , i.e., "What,
my son? and what, the son of my womb ? the son of
my vows?"
W e find that Aben E z r a expounds the passage
with the following words :
1, "T:J:J:> -i::i ii'lt':l'l • ' " 1:, .,::i::i:, ' " MM i,::i-,
':l?O:l -i::i MC'! ,-,::i m l 'lC:> -i::i "' n::ini • 'ln'lt'tl
: MMM· ':l:1 ::iir,:, p i
· i.e., "Serve the Lord, (v. 11,) refers to Jehovah;
and Kiss the Son, refers to the M.ee.e.-i..a.b. ;_ -a
signification of -,::i, son, is as we find it, (Prov. xxxi.
2,) What, my son," &c.
I went to one of our oldest teachers; who, a 8 " I
said in my introduction, lived above seventeen
hundred years ago, to be taught how to interpret
these words, -i:::i ,;,w::i, " Kiss the Son," and my soul
drank of the pure and refreshing water of Divine
knowledge. Before transcribing his solemn words
of triumphing faith, I must remark that our ancient
teachers, who are called " T h e Cabbalistical School,"
undoubtedly preserved the pure doctrine of the
blessed Godhead. When, however, they imparted
knowledge to their initiated pupils, they frequently
mad use of allegorical expressions, and sometimes
of certain calculations from the numbers represented
by the letters which a word contained. I n this_
manner, they hid their mysteries from the uninitiated
until they were properly prepared to receive them.
Thus in Sohar, vol. iii., p. 807, versa, Amsterdam
Ed., 8 I found the following instruction respecting
the words -i:::i i;,w::i, "Kiss the Son." Rabbi Simeon
ben Jochai proves from Is. xix. 1, that Jehovah
spoken of there as riding upon a swift cloud to
execute judgment upon Egypt, is no other than
" the Son of Goq " spoken of in the second Psalm,
ver. 12, ':Ji -i::i , w::,, "Kiss the Son." These are
his words of triumphing faith :
: t-1::Jtl'ntl t-1'1'-i Hin n::iH 1
1. Thou art the faithful Shepherd.
e Sohar, Genes. 1 " l t ' (Addenda) p. 18, versa, we find the
same passage, but evidently with an interpolation, which is ·
rectified � the third volume, as quoted on the following page.
: ,:::i ,;,w::i ,t)r,M 1',:i, 2
§ 5.
R. SIMEON BEN JOCH,u's PRAYER AND EXHORTATION.
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i.e., " R . Simeon arose with all his companions and
• What the Shechinah eignifie11 see part ii., § 16, page 34.
I
said : 0 faithful Shepherd, Lord of all the prophets !
arise and awake from Thy sleep; for Thou art to all
the prophets as the sun."
The Exhortation.
(Sohar, vol. iii., p. .281, versa, Amsterdam Ed.)
•Nrn'::>itt,'I , ' , , , N"'l::l N'IM M::IN 'N,'I H::ltl'Mtl H'l7-,
" ' ' ,;,um 'In½:, 'ltli' • -,:: 'ljlitt::i J'::>H½t:i'I 7::,::2-,
: 'ln"','37 H::>1,t:i'I ::i-,', n,', ,',,-:;,'I
i.e.," God said, Faithful Shepherd! verily Thou art
my Son, yea, the Shechinah ; ye mighty and ye
Angels! Kiss the Son. (Psalm ii. 12.) All. of ye
arise and kiss Him, and receive Him as your Lord
and King."
PA RT IV.
rv,p:, n i i , T H E H O L Y SPIRIT.
§ 1.
NATHANAEL JS LED INTO THE INNER CHAM.BER OF
LIGHT.
§ 2.
rz1,,;,n n,.,, THE HOLY SPIRIT IS A •SUBSTANTIVE
BEING IN THE GODHEAD, THE CREATOR OF THE
WORLD.
§ 3.
AN INFERENCE DRA'.WN FROM THE ABOVE.
..
i.e., " One - and one make Two lilies. This is
Jehovah, of whom it is said, (Zech, xiv. 91) h i
p
that day shall there be one Lord, and His name One.
And He, the Middle Pillar, is considered to be One
with these Lilies, among whom feeds, &c.1 (Cant. ii.
16.) One Lily (i.e., the Church militant) is below, in
the world ; in her is the fear of God, and H e (i.e.,
the Middle Pillar) is her fear. The Lily, which is
above, in the heavens, (i.e., the Church triumphant,)
is my dearly beloved : concerning her _it is said.,
(Cant. ii. 7,) " I charge '!J<>U,0 daugntera o f Jeru-
salem, hy the roes, and by the hinds o f the field, that
ye atir not up, nor awake my l01'e, till B e 2 (i.e., the
Middle Pillar) pleaae."
When shall !hey come to stir Her up, she being
in His right hand, (Cant. ii. 6,) and H e has no
pleasure in it? When the faithful Shepherd shall
come,3 of whom it is written, lit., "said,") "and the
Spirit of God is proceeding from Him," this is the
Spirit of the Messiah, of whom it is written, (Is.
xi. 2,) (lit., " said,") " the Spirit of the Lord shall
rest upon Him."
§ 4.
A QUERY.
I asked R. Simeon ben J ochai whether W'Tj?n M'M .,
the Holy Spirit, may not be the effect of some
§ 6.
SPIRIT?
§ 7.
HOW CAN I KNOW GOD FROM HIS WORD.
... ..
103
i.e.," After having come out of the sea, has God led
them through the wilderness; as a beast safely
descends into the valley, so did the Spirit of God
lead Israel."
n:i,;,n n,.,, the Holy Spirit, here called n"'\·M•',
Jehovah, which He is, was Israel's guide. But
Israel, in the wilderness, sinned against the Holy
Spirit, and had to bear His judgments, as we read,
(Is. Ix.iii. 10):
:::l''IH', en', i t i n , , i12rt;, n,., nM ,:i , ,.,7.:l n7.:lni
: c:i cn':i:l Min
i.e., " But they rebelled and vexed His Holy Spirit,
therefore He was turned to be their enemy, and He
fought against them."
.An Inference.
Only a living and substantive Being can be vexed,
and not an inanimate and unintelligent power or
attribute ; therefore the Holy Spirit must be, as He
is, one of the three r,,,,n, Beings, in the ,n,,7.:l, the
only true God.
§ 9.
n:i,;,n n,.,, THE ROLY SPIRIT, HAS SENT THE PRO-
PHETS, AND SPOKEN THROUGH THEM.
§ 10.
w,;,n m,, THE HOLY SPIRIT, SHALL QUICKEN THE
DEAD.
§ 11.
Conclusion.
.,.
: c:,:i,i:,t,', n1t1M .,_, ,:, "'I-CM M','I c:,:i,wt>', Nlt1" �,
110
i.e.," A n d Metatron, (the Keeper ()f Iera-el,) the
Prince of God's countenance, is called the littk God.
I n the section :lj.,:17 M"m, (Deut. xi. 7,) it is written,
But your eyes have seen all the acts tke great
Jek()t)ah has done, implying' that there is aho a
little One, therefore it is said in the Thora, (the Law, .
E:x:od. xxiii. l,) Beware of Him, obey H i s voice,
provoke H i m not ; for He will not pardon your
transgressions ; but H e does not say, I will not
pardon your transgressions.,,
Such a doctrine as R . Abad thus teaches, every
sincere and true Israelite will abhor with me ; for he
will see how modern Judaism has perverted. not
only the H o l y Scriptures, but also the doctrine of
the Trinity, and also that respecting Metatron, the
l:l"::l!JM -,iz,, the Prince, the express image of God's face
or person.
-
ERRATA.
GENESIS. GENESIS.
-Chap. Vene. Page. Chap;. Vene. Page.
i • • • . . 1. . . • 10, 17, 33 xlvm. • • . . I i i . . . . . . .. • • 66 •
•••. 2 •• •• • • . • 96 . . . . 16.... •.. .. •• 64
• • . . 3 . . . . . • . 29, 86 xlix • . • . . 18.. •• . . . . • • 62
•••• 26 . . . . . . . . 27, 31 EXODUS
• • •• 27 • • • • • • • • 39
. ii . • • . • 4 . . . . . . . . . . 18 iii. • • . • 1. . . • • • 60, 66
iii . . . . . 2 4 . . . . . . . . . . 79 •••• 2 . . . . . . . . 60, 66
vi. • • • • 3 ••• ·• • • • • • • 101 . . . . 14·. . . . . . . . . . 39
vii • • • • • 6 •••••••••• 110 xiii . . . . . 21. • . • • • • • 67, 81
ix • . . • . 1 7 . . . . . . . . . . 61 xiv • • • • • 19 •••• 67, 64, 66
xi • • • • • 6 . . •• .•. . . . 32 67, 80, 81
xv • . . . • 6 . . .. . . . . • . 42 • . . • 3 1 . . . . . . . . . . 44
. . . . 8 . . . . . . . . . . 12 . xx . • • . . 1 . • • . . . . • 42, 67
xvi . . . . . 1 3 . . . . . . . . . . 43 • ••• 1 9 . . . . . . . . . . 79
x. , ••• 7 • • . • . . • • • • · 61 xxiii . . . . 20 ..•• 68, 64, 68
xvw . . . • • 1 . . . . . . . . . . 60 , . . • . 21. . . . 66, 69, l l 0
xix • • • • , 13 ••• . . . . , . . 70 •••• 2 2 . . . . . . . . . . 71
. . . . 2 4 . . . . . •• • • • 38 xxiv • • • • • 1. . . . . . . . 74, 76
xx • • • . . 1 3 . . . . •• . . • . 32 •••• 10 . • • • • • • • • • 16
xxii. . . . . . . . . •• •• .. •• 63 xxxiii • • . . • 1 4 . . . . . . . . . . 71
. . . . 7 . . . . . . . . . . 42 •••• 20... . . . . . . . 76
. . . . 11. . . . . . . . . . 61
. . •• 1 3 . . . . . . •• . . 34 NUMBERS .
. . . . 14.... . . . . . . 43 x. 36, 36, . . . 44
x.xiv . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . . . 76
xxvi. 2 - 2 6 . . • . • . • • • • 60 DEUTERONOMY.
xxviii. 20, 2 1 . . . . . . . . . . 40 iv. . . . . 36.. . . . . • .. • 24
xxix. 26, 27. • . . . . • • • • 8 . . . . 39 . . . . . . . . . . 12
xxxi . . . . . 11. . . . . . . . . . 69 v . . . . . 26 • . • • • • • • . . 106
. . . . 13 . . . . 69, 66, 68 vi • . . • . 4 . . . . 21, 22, 23
26-3L. ........ 8 26, 33
xxxv • . . . . 7 . . •• . . . . •• 32
......
•••. 13.. •• . . . • . . 46
xli • . • • • 4 1 . . . . . . . . . . 8 l_x • • • • • 17 . . . . . . . . 19, 60
114 nm:sx.
DEUTERONOMY. PSA.LMS.
Chap. Vene. Page. Palm V-. Page.
xi • . • • • 7 . . . . • • • , •• 109 ll• . • • • 8 . . . . . . . . . . 3
Xllvi. , . . . 17 . . . . . . . . . , 41 lviii. . . • • 12.. •• . • • • • • 33
Xllvfil. . . 1, 2 .. , • . . . . . . 49 lxii • . • • • 9 . . . . • · . . •• 48
. . . . 16 . . . . . . . . . . 60 •••• 12 • • . • • • • • • • 16
n x i i . . . . . 1 2 . . . . . . . . . . 102 · CT, •• . , 8 . . . . . . . . . 62
CJ:xi, . . . . 4 , , .. '11, '16, 82
JOSHUA. cxxiis •••• 3 . . . . . . . . . . 80
46 CXXX. •••• ·4 . . • • •••• •• '12
ii . . . . . 12.. . . . . . . . . cxxxvi • • • 1 - 3 . . •• . . . . . . 20
v. 13-16.. •••••••• 83 cxxJ:ix. 7 - 1 0 . . . . . . . . . . 99
ix . . . . . 19 . . . . . . . . . . 46
xxiv • • . • • 19.. •••••••• 32 PROVERBS.
Chap.
JUDGES. iv. : .•• 18 . . . . . . . . . . 16
'Tlll. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
xi. • .• 1 0 . . . . . . . . •• 47 . . . . 14 . • • • • • • • • • 90
1 SA.HUBL. . . . . 20.... •• .••• 28
xiv . . . . . 12 . . . . . . . . . . 71 .. . . . . . 22 . . . . . . . . . . 78
XVUl. •••• 10 . . . . . . . , . . 19
xv• • • . • , . . . . . . . . . . 26 :s:1:vii. . . •• 10. . . • .. • . . . 90
xx • . • • • 23 . . . . . . . . . . 47 :aw. .... 2 . . . • . . Ill, 92
2 SA.JIUEL. ECCLBSIASTBS.
. . . . 23 . . . . . . . . . . 32 ! · . . . . '1. •• • •• • • • • 24
-,XVI,
· ....20.......... 9 XU, . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . , 11
xxlli . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . . . 104 CA.NT.
1 KINGS. ii . . . . . 8. .•• . • . . . . 98
• ••• 6 •••• 34, 36, 98
xii. . . . . 9 . . . . . . . . , . 9 •••. 7 . . . . . . . . . . 98
EZRA.
.... us .......... 98
i• . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . . . 8 ISAIA.H.
'Vi • • • • • 8 . . . . . . . . . 10,
JOB. xi. . . . . 2 . . . . 88, " · 10'1
xix . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . . 92
!!· . . . . 18 . . . . . . . . . . '10 •••• 8 . . . . . . . . . . 110
XVlll. •••• 2 •••• •• •••• 9 XXX, . . . ,27 . . . . . . . . . . 19
xl. . . . 12 . . . . . . . . . . 110
PSALMS. • •• 13 . . . . . . . . . . 100
Pealm . . • • 14:... •• . . . •• 27
ii. . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . . 84 :slii. . . . . 8.. . . . . . . . . . 38
. . . 12 . . . . 91, 92, 93 xliii . . . . 1 3 . . . . . . . . . . 84
94 xlv. 17,26. • • • . • • • • 63
xx . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . . . 19 xlviii. • ••. 16 . . . . . : • . • • 103
xxv. . . . . 6 . . . . . . . . . . 3 . . . . . 6. . . . . . . . . . 87
- . . . . 14 . . . . . . . . 26, 28 liii. • • . • . . • . . . . . • • • • 61
xxxiii . . . . . 6 . . . . . . 18, 106 llv . . . . . 6 .• . . . . . . . . 38
XltJtvi . . . . . 10.. •. . . . • . • 36 lvii.i. . . . . 14:.. . . . . . . . . 16
ll'mEX, 115
ISAIA.H. ST. J U T T H B W .
Vene. Page. Chap. Vene. Page •
• •••• 1 . . . . . . . . . . 89 � - . . . . 27 •••• . . . . . . 82
. . . . 12 . . . . . . . . . 110 x x v w . . . . . 18... . . . . . . . 82
lxili. • . • • 9 . . . . . . . , 60, 71
. . . . 10 . . . . . . . . . 103
•••• 14: . • • • • . • • • • 102 ST • .JOHN •
l x v . . . . . 16 . . . . . . . . . . 36 viii . . . . . 12.. . . . . . . •• 89
xii. 36, 36, 46 .. • • . . 89
.JEREHIA.H
.!!· .... 13....... ... 2 ACTS.
:sxw.. . . 6,6 •• ; . . . . . . . 86
.:!· : . . . 1 9 . . . . . . . . . . 82
EZEKIEL. x w• • • . • 2. . . . . . . . . . 104:
xxxvi. . . . . 26.. .. .. . . . . 1
.... 37.......... 2 l CORINTHIANS •
- •• 6, 6 . . . . . . . . . . 86 xii. 4-12 . . . . . . . . . . 106
xxxTii. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
2 CORINTHIANS.
DANIEL.
iii . . . . . 18... . . . . . . . 36
- � . . . . 36.. . . . . . . . . 9
v• • . . . 19...... .... 82
w . . . . . 2 9 . . . . . . . . .. 8
'!U· .... 13 . . . . . . . . 16, 16
i x . . . . . 17 . . . . . . . . . . 64: EPHESIANS
. . . . 26 . . . . . . . . . . 61 82
i. 2 0 - 2 3 . . . . . . . . . .
22, 23 . . . . . . . . , • 81
HOSEA.,
i . . . . . 7. . . . . . . . . . 63 PHILIPPIANS.
xiv• • • . • 3 ..•.•••••• 110
ii. 8-11 . . . . . . . . . . 82
.JOEL.
i i • • • • • 28 . . . . . . . . . . 108 COLOSSIANS.
....
lrli.LA.CW. HEBREWS.
i, . . . . 6 . . . . . . . . . . 37
iii . . . . . 6 . . . . . . . . 66, 73
i,
.... 3. . . . . . . . . .
6• • • • • • • • • •
60
77
THE SECOND INDEX OF AUTHORS QUOTED.
P.lOS,
"
--------.-- 47
---------- 1 Sam. xx. 23 47
u
------------ I Sam. xiv. H 71
P1. cxxii, a 80
Paraphrase of Onkelos, Oen. xv. 6 . . . . , • • • . • • • • • . . • • • • 42
--------- Ex, xiv. 31 ••. ••••• •. . . . . . •• . 46
Deut. x xTii i. Iii . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . , • • 60