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and worshipped the image of a calf soon after leavingI3gypt under Moses, claiming that this was tlie godwho had delivered them out of bondage, meaning, ofcourse, that Osiris whom the calf represented was thegod. A figure of the Apis bull in a covering resemblingthe spatted skin of the leopwd, is illustrated byCol. Hamilton Smith (Biblical Cyclopaedia, Vol. is p.368). Attention has already been drawn to thesignificance of the leopard's skin, which identifiesOsiris with Nimrod, the "subduer of the leopard."Isis was represented by a cow, called the cow ofAtlor, which is well-known to be a spotted cow(Wilkinson, Vol. iv, p. 387, and Vol. vi, Plate 36).The bull was the express symbol of Nimrod, beingthe hieroglyphic which showed him as the " mightyone " and "lord of the chase." In Assyria the wordfor " bull " signifies also a " ruler " or " prince ;" and ltwas for this reason that the mighty kingsof Babyloniaand Absyria, who succeeded and imitated Nimrod thefirst king. were represented by great human-headedbulls. These bulls, also, have wide-expanding wings,to show that not only was the king cimself a mightyone, but that he had "mighty ones under his command.Nimrod and his followers are the mighty onesor " giants " who are spoken of In Mythology as having"rebelled agtfnst heaven." The Hebray word formighty one in Gen. lo:? is " Gheber (this sameword is translated " giant in Job 16:14). A synonymfor Gheber is "Abir"; but " Aber," pr~n~unc,? nearlythe same as ,,4bir, is the word for wmng. Thus," Baal-abirin means Lord,, of the mighty ones."while " Baal-aberin" means lord of the wings," or"wiaged one." (The word abir occurs in Judges5:2e,-" the pransings of their mighty ones ;" while aberis found in Isa. 40:31,--"They shall mount up with