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240 TFIE HISTORY OF ALEXANDER THE GREAT.<br />

"in all the world shall come to an end, for there<br />

"shall be none of them left, and there shall not<br />

"be left a man to blow the fire, nor a dog to<br />

"defile a wall. Sins and transgressions shall in-<br />

"crease, and the wrath of God Almighty shall des-<br />

"cend upon mankind by reason of their works.<br />

"And God Almighty will send' against them of<br />

"the kings of Yagug (Gog) and Magug (Magog),<br />

God shall "and they will go forth against man from the ends<br />

gateforGog"of thclr land, and they will gather themselves<br />

and Magog, „^Qg.gj.j^gj. jjgainst thc gate, together with their<br />

"horsemen and their weapons of war, and they<br />

"will cry out to God Almighty with a loud voice,<br />

"and He will throw down the gate which hath<br />

"been made without its [being opened] by its key.<br />

"Then shall their armies go out through the gate,<br />

"and as [p. 137] the horses walk over the lower<br />

"threshold, by reason of their great number it<br />

"shall be worn away by more than a half that is<br />

"to say, by a full cubit—now this shall happen<br />

"by reason of the multitudes of those which shall<br />

"walk over it, both of man and of beast—and<br />

"likewise the upper threshold [shall be worn awaj-]<br />

"by the marks [made by] their spears and weapons<br />

"of war. And it shall come to pass that when<br />

"Yagug and Magug go forth, they shall cry out<br />

"in the borders of the earth, to Rum, and Persia,<br />

"and Arabia, and the nations shall gather them-<br />

"selves together, and there shall be twenty-four<br />

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