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OLD TESTAMENT LEGENDS.
[XXXVII.
The subjoined shield of David is given in a Hebrew book on the properties and medicaments of things. It is said to be a certain protection against fire. A cake of bread must be made, and on it must be impressed the seal or shield of David, having in the corner the word ט״יד, and in the middle אג״לא
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(Thou art mighty to everlasting, O Jehovah); and it must be cast aside into the fire with the words of Psalm cvi. 30, "Then stood up Phinees and prayed; and so the plague ceased;" and also Exod. xii. 27, "It is the sacrifice of the Lord's pass-