Budge_Ethiopic_Alexander

JEREMIAH AND THE ARK OF THE COVENANT. 557
"chastisement and wrath which shall come upon
"the king and upon the people of Israel;" and
Abimelech received his prayer and his blessing
and went his way. And Jeremiah abode three He is res-
days and three nights in the pit, and after those ""^
days God Almighty sent an angel and brought
him out therefrom, and he stood before God Al-
mighty. And God Almighty answered and said
unto him, "Fear not, O My servant Jeremiah, but
"do thou that which I shall command thee. Go
"to the Temple of Zion, and enter in to the Ark Jeremiah re-
"of My covenant, and bring forth therefrom the^crld ob-
"things which Moses and Aaron placed threreini'^i^^arJ""
and he did as God Almighty commanded him.
And he said, "Where shall I lay these things, O
"my Lord?" And God Almighty answered and
said unto him, "Go to the Mount of Olives, but
"do not ascend it, and make thy way towards
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the right of the mountain, and there
"shalt thou find a cave." And Jeremiah did so,
and he found a cave there, and he laid those
things therein, and he prayed before God Al-
mighty, saying, "May Thy Will be done;" and
God Almighty commanded one of His angels to
go down and seal the cave.
Then God Almighty answered and said unto The saint.-,
Jeremiah, "Go into Jerusalem and bring out there- from^ Jeru-
/. e., the Tables of the Law, a pot of manna, and Aaron's
rod; see Exodus xvii. 33; Numbers xvii. 10; and Hebrews
ix. 4.
salem.