The Bible and its . led in Moses youth, had been succeeded by his sonAinenhotep, a far weaker man, false himself andlience suspicious of others, cruel when in power andvindictive in resentment. Amenhotep did not punish Moses directly for hisrequest; the monarchs vengeance fell instead uponthe luckless Israelites. They have too little work,lie argued ironically, that is why they desire to goout and play. So he laid heavier burdens on theirexhausted shoulders. Thev had been engaged inmaking bricks for his huge buildings; straw wasneeded to mix with the brick and this had alwaysijeen supp
The Bible and its . led in Moses youth, had been succeeded by his sonAinenhotep, a far weaker man, false himself andlience suspicious of others, cruel when in power andvindictive in resentment. Amenhotep did not punish Moses directly for hisrequest; the monarchs vengeance fell instead uponthe luckless Israelites. They have too little work,lie argued ironically, that is why they desire to goout and play. So he laid heavier burdens on theirexhausted shoulders. Thev had been engaged inmaking bricks for his huge buildings; straw wasneeded to mix with the brick and this had alwaysijeen supplied them. Now they were commanded toiind their own straw, searching, and scraping it upwhere they could. Yet they must make .as manybricks as before, \\lien they could not, they werebeaten. All day and every day arose the sound of thelash and the rod, and shrieks and groans their outcry Pharaoh answered only withsneers, Ye are idle, ye are idle: therefore yesay. Let us go and do sacrifice to the Lord. 1\ 11-21. ^f)E ©efeat of tfje iWasiciansi By NICOLAS POUSSIN, THE FRENCH MASTER,DIED 1665. For they cast down everi/ man }iis rod, and theybecame serpents: but Aarons rod srvallofved up theirrods.—Ex., 7, 12. PHARAOHS cruelty resulted just as he hadprobably expected it to result. The despair-ing Israelites turned against Moses, cryingout that he had done them grievous harm instead ofgood. Moses himself ajipcaled in agonj to God,Wherefore hast thou so evil entreated this is it that thou hast sent me. And God an-swered him, pointing out that this tremendous eventmust not be passed over as a trifling matter, buttliat all the world must see and know its meaning,must recognize His hand. Tlurcfore he bade Mosesand Aaron to go again to Pharaoh with their de-mand, and to show a miracle before him. This theydid, and Aarons rod became a serpent at his feet. The Egyptian priests, however, were very learnedwith that same learning which Moses had garneredfrom them i
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