H "Then said his sister to Pharaoh's daughter, Shall I go and call to thee a nurse of the Hebrew women, that she may nurse the child for thee?”—Ex., 2, 7. CAD Moses been an ugly or imperfect infant his fate might have been wholly different, but the Bible tells us he was "goodly,” “proper,” and “exceeding fair.” The heart of the childless princess went out to him at once, and she resolved to adopt him as her own. Meanwhile his mother had by no means deserted him. She had placed her daughter, Miriam, to watch "afar off, to wit what would be done to him.” Miriam, seeing that the princess was touched, went forward boldly. Was it by her mother's instruction, or a sudden inspiration of her own? She asked the princess, "Shall I go and call to thee a nurse of the Hebrew women, that she may nurse the child for thee?" "And Pharaoh's daughter said to her, Go. And the maid went and called the child's mother.” Doubtless the keen-witted princess guessed the meaning of this simple artifice; if so she connived at it. The babe was given back to Jochebed to nurse; her mother heart was made glad. But the princess made it positive that the boy was to belong to her by adoption. Jochebed must stand only as a hired nurse. Despite her son's high fortune, the mother was not wholly happy. LEVITICUS XVI—THE SCAPEGOAT 207 he did with the blood of the bullock, and sprinkle it upon the mercyseat, and before the mercy-seat: 16 And he shall make an atonement for the holy place, because of the uncleanness of the children of Israel, and because of their transgressions in all their sins: and so shall he do for the tabernacle of the congregation, that remaineth among them in the midst of their uneleanness. 17 And there shall be no man in the tabernacle of the congregation when he goeth in to make an atonement in the holy place, until he come out, and have made an atonement for himself, and for his household, and for all the congregation of Israel. 18 And he shall go out unto the altar that is before the LORD, and make an atonement for it; and shall take of the blood of the bullock, and of the blood of the goat, and put it upon the horns of the altar round about. 19 And he shall sprinkle of the blood upon it with his finger seven times, and cleanse it, and hallow it from the uncleanness of the children of Israel. 20 g And when he hath made an end of reconciling the holy place, and the tabernacle of the congregation, and the altar, he shall bring the live goat: 21 And Aaron shall lay both his hands upon the head of the live goat, and confess over him all the iniquities of the children of Israel, and all their transgressions in all their sins, putting them upon the head of the goat, and shall send him away by the hand of a fit man into the wilderness: 22 And the goat shall bear upon him all their iniquities unto a land not inhabited: and he shall let go the goat in the wilderness. 23 And Aaron shall come into the tabernacle of the congregation, and shall put off the linen garments, which he put on when he went into the holy place, and shall leave them there: 24 And he shall wash his flesh with water in the holy place, and put on his garments, and come forth, and offer his burnt offering, and the burnt offering of the people, and make an atonement for himself, and for the people. 25 And the fat of the sin offering shall he burn upon the altar. 26 And he that let go the goat for the scapegoat shall wash his clothes, and bathe his flesh in water, and afterward come into the camp. 27 And the bullock for the sin offering, and the goat for the sin offering, whose blood was brought in to make atonement in the holy place, shall one carry forth without the camp; and they shall burn in the fire their skins, and their flesh, and their dung. 28 And he that burneth them shall wash his clothes, and bathe his flesh in water, and afterward he shall come into the camp. |
