The Legends of the Jews, vol 3 | Page 4

instance, the symbolical significance of the Tabernacle, which,
properly speaking, do not belong to the domain of legend. The life of
Moses, as conceived by Jewish legend, would, however, have been in
complete if the lines between Legend and Symbolism had been kept
too strictly. With this exception the arrangement and presentation of the
material in the third volume is the same as that in the two preceding
ones.
LOUIS G1NZBERG. NEW YORK, March 2, 1911
CONTENTS PREFACE MOSES IN THE WILDERNESS. The Long
Route--Pharaoh Pursues the Hebrews--The Sea Divided --The Passage
through the Red Sea--The Destruction of the Fgyptians--The Song at
the Sea-- The Awful Desert--The Heavenly Food--The Gathering of the
Manna--Miriam' s Well--Aniaiek's War against Israel Amalek Defeated
Jethro Installation of Elders-- Jethro Rewarded--The Time is at
Hand--The Gentiles Refuse the Torah The Contest of the
Mountains--The Torah Offered to Israel-- Israel Prepares for the
Revelation--The Revelation on Mount Sinai--The First
Commandment--The Other Commandments Revealed on Sinai-- The
Unity of the Ten Commandments--Moses Chosen as
Intermediator--Moses and the Angels Strive for the Torah--Moses
Receives the Torah--The Golden Calf--Moses Blamed for Israel's
Sin--The Punishment of the Sinners-- Moses Intercedes for the
People--The Inscrutable Ways of the Lord--The Thirteen Attributes of
God--The Second Tables--The Census of the People--The Erection of
the Tabernacle Commanded--The Materials for the Construction of
theTabernacle --Bezalel--The Ark with the Cherubim--The Table and
the Candlestick--The Altar--The Symbolical Significance of the
Tabernacle--The Priestly Robes--The Stones in the Breastplate--The
Completion of the Tabernacle--The Setting up of the Tabernacle--The
Consecration of the Priests--The Day of the Ten Crowns--The
Interrupted Joy--The Gifts of the Princes--The Revelations in
theTabernacle--The Cleansing of the Camp--The Lighting of the
Candlestick--The Twelve Princes of the Tribes-- The Census of the

Levites--The Four Divisions of the Levites--The Four Standards--Thc
Camp--The BIasphemer and the Sabbath-breaker--The Ungrateful
Multitude--The Flesh-pots of Egypt--The Appointment of the Seventy
Elders--Eldad and Medad --The Quails--Aaron and Miriam Slander
Moses--Miriam's Punishment--The Sending of the Spies--Significant
Names--The Spies in Palestine--The Slanderous Report--The Night of
Tears-- Ingratitude Punished--The Years of Disfavor--The Rebellion of
Korah--Korah Abuses Moses and the Torah Moses Pleads in Vain with
Korah--Korah and His Horde Punished--On and the Three Sons of
Korah Saved--Israel Convinced of Aaron's Priesthood--The Waters of
Meribah--Moses' Anger Causes His Doom--Edom's Unbrotherly
Attitude toward Israel--The Three Shepherds--Preparing Aaron for
Impending Death--Aaron's Death--The General Mourning for
Aaron--The False Friends--The Brazen Serpent--At Arnon--Sihon, the
King of the Amorites--The Giant Og--Moses' Speech of
Admonition--Balak, King of Moab--Balaam, the Heathen
Prophet--Balak's Messengers to Bahaam-- Balaam Accepts Balak's
Invitation--Baiaam's Ass-- Balaam Runs into His Own
Destruction--Balaam with Balak Balaam's Sacrifices Refused--Balaam
Extols Israel--Balaam's Hopes Disappointed--Curses Turned into
Blessings--Balaam's Wicked Counsel--Phinehas, Zealous for
God--Twelve Miracles--Phinehas Rewarded--The Daughters of
Zelophmehad The appointment of Joshua--Moses' Legacy to
Joshua--Moses' last campaign--The Complete Annihilation of
Midian--The Gruesome End of Balaam-- The Victorious Return from
the War--Wealth that Bringeth Destruction--Moses' Death Irrevocably
Doomed--Moses Prayer for Suspension of Judgment--God Tries to
Comfort Moses Concerning His Death--The Intercessions for
Moses--Moses Serves Joshua--The Last Day of Moses' Life--Moses
Beholds the Future--Moses Meets the Messiah in Heaven--The Last
Hours of Moses The Blessing of Moses--Moses Prays for
Death--Samuel Chastised by Moses--God Kisses Moses' Soul--The
Mourning for Moses--Samuel's Vain Search--Moses Excels All Pious
Men.
MOSES IN THE WILDERNESS TIlE LONG ROUTE PHARAOH
PURSUES THE HEBREWS THE SEA DIVIDED TIlE PASSAGE
THROUGH THE RED SEA TIlE DESTRUCTION OF THE

EGYPTIANS THE SONG AT THE SEA THE AWFUL DESERT
THE HEAVENLY FOOD THE GATHERING OF THE MANNA
MIRIAM'S WELL AMALEK' WAR AGAINST ISRAEL AMALEK
DEFEATED JETHRO INSTALLATION OF ELDERS JETHRO
REWARDED THE TIME IS AT HAND THE GENTILES REFUSE
THE TORAH THE CONTEST OF THE MOUNTAINS THE TORAH
OFFERED TO ISRAEL ISRAEL PREPARES FOR THE
REVELATION THE REVELATION ON MOUNT SINAI THE
FIRST COMMANDMENT THE OTHER COMMANDMENTS
REVEALED ON SINAI THE UNITY OF THE TEN
COMMANDMENTS 104 MOSES CHOSEN AS INTERMEDIATOR
MOSES AND THE ANGELS STRIVE FOR THE TORAH MOSES
RECEIVES THE TORAH THE GOLDEN CALF MOSES BLAMED
FOR ISRAEL'S SIN THE PUNISHMENT OF THE SINNERS
MOSES INTERCEDES FOR THE PEOPLE THE INSCRUTABLE
WAYS OF THE LORD THE THIRTEEN ATTRIBUTES OF GOD
THE SECOND TABLES THE CENSUS OF THE PEOPLE THE
ERECTION OF THE TABERNACLE COMMANDED THE
MATERIALS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE TABERNACLE
BEZALEL THE ARK WITH THE CHERUBIM THE TABLE AND
THE CANDLESTICK THE ALTAR THE SYMBOLICAL
SIGNIFICANCE OF THE TABERNACLE THE PRIESTLY ROBES
THE STONES IN THE BREASTPLATE THE COMPLETION OF
THE TABERNACLE THE SETTING UP OF THE TABERNACLE
THE CONSECRATION OF THE. PRIESTS THE DAY OF THE TEN
CROWNS THE INTERRUPTED JOY THE GIFTS OF THE
PRINCES THE REVELATIONS IN THE TABERNACLE THE
CLEANSING OF THE CAMP THE LIGHTING OF THE
CANDLESTICK THE TWELVE PRINCES OF THE TRIBES THE
CENSUS OF THE LEVITES THE FOUR DIVISIONS OF THE
LEVITES THE FOUR STANDARDS THE CAMP THE
BLASPHEMER AND THE SABBATH-BREAKER THE
UNGRATEFUL MULTITUDE THE FLESH-POTS OF EGYPT THE