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THE DEATH OF MOSES
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"Nay, but thou sayest thou hast seen the people weeping, and thou didst weep with them."

She said: "Thou hast delivered my soul from death, mine eyes from tears—"

"But thou fearest to be thrust into the grave."

She said: "and my feet from falling."

And of his soul he asked; "Whither wilt thou take thy flight in realms unknown?"

She answered: "I shall walk before the Lord in the land of the living."

When Moses heard these words, he said unto her: "'Return unto thy rest, O my soul; for the Lord hath dealt bountifully with thee.'"

As he passed away, a voice went up from earth: "Moses commanded us a Law, an inheritance for the assembly of Jacob."

And the Heavens answered: "He executed the justice of the Lord, and His judgments with Israel."