Budge_Ethiopic_Alexander

BY JOSEPH BEN-GORION. 4O9
do]. Then the high priest saluted Alexander with
honour and majesty, and Alexander went with him
until he brought him into the Sanctuary; and when
he had come in he marvelled and praised and
glorified God Almighty, and blessed Him ex-
ceedingly because He had made him worthy to
come therein. And Alexander said unto the priest,
"I would that something whereby I should be re- Alexander
o 111 and the
"membered in this Sanctuary should be done for wgh-pnest
"me. I will give thee gold, and let them make""""^^'
"therewith figures like unto myself, and place them
"in this Sanctuary that they may be a memorial
"of me therein." The priest said unto him, "It
"is not meet that statues or images like unto
"thyself should be made and placed in the Sanctuary
"of God Almighty, only paintings, such as were
"wrought in olden time,' are seemly. I, however,
"counsel thee to bring the wealth which thou art
"about to bestow to this place and to give it for
"the support of the priests, and the orphans and
"the sick who pray therein continually. And let
"me [p. 241] set before thee a good thing whereby
"thou wilt be remembered. Let me give orders
"to all the priests that every male child born inpneststobe
"this year shall be called by thy name of Alexander, ^^d^^/""'
"and as they come into the Sanctuary they will
"make mention of thy name therein, and- thus
^ There is no authority in the Hebrew for the last part
of this sentence. Compare bOB bap"? ^nbx HND ]Y&-\ ll"? r« ^3
! niion b^); see Bk. ii. chap. 7, p. 87.
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