Budge_Ethiopic_Alexander

king^s.
518 THE HISTORY OF ALEXANDER THE GREAT.
"thee; be thou a helper unto Him and He will be
"unto thee a prince.
Advice to "And, O earthly king, if thou will learn my
"counsel, know that this world is a fleetine thinor,
"and that all we who live before thy time have learn-
"ed the law of God Almighty by enquiring of the
"Scriptures, for thou hast an ear, and eyes, and
"understanding; and say not, 'No man can com-
"prehend my glory'. And when thou lookest upon
"thy soldiers, and thy horses, and thy shields' do
"not imagine within thyself that thou hast made
"them by thine own power, and so become puffed
"up and say, 'What king that hath reigned was
"ever like unto me?' For in that hour thy God
"shall say unto thee, 'I give these things not to
"thee, but to those who know Me.'
"Now Moses, being the best and meekest of
"men, with one word provoked God Almighty to
"wrath in Kadesh when the peoples [of Israel]
"were athirst, for at that time, when God said to
"him,^ 'Take thy rod and smite the rock,' he took
"it, and smote it, and he smote it a second time,
"and the waters gushed forth from twelve fountains
"and flowed along. And Moses said unto them,
"'Take ye and drink,' and by reason of this speech
"God Almighty was angry with him because he
"had not sanctified Him before the people, and
"because [p. 324] he did not say unto them, 'Take
"ye that which the Lord your God hath o-iven
Read ^Da^^^^^l : ' See Numbers xx. 8. ff.