Biblical Antiquities of Pseudo-Philo

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RELIGIOUS TEACHING 37 Punishment, long deferred, for past sins, is much in our authors mind. VI. 1 1. Abram says " I may be burned to death on account of my (former) sins. God's will be done." XXVII. 7. If Kenaz falls in battle it will be because of his sins. 15. Certain men were punished, not for their present offence, but for a former one. XLII. 2. Manoah's wife is barren because of sins. XLV. 3. The Levite's concubine had sinned years before and is now punished. XLIX. 5. Elkanah says : If my sins have over- taken me, I had better kill myself The greatness of Israel and of the Law. VII. 4. The Holy Land was not touched by the Flood. IX. 3. The world will come to naught sooner than Israel can be destroyed. 4. When Israel was not yet in being, God spoke of it. XII. 9. If God destroys Israel there will be none left to glorify him. XVIII. 13. Israel can only be defeated if it sins. XXXII. 9, 14. The heavenly bodies are ministers to Israel, and will intercede with God if Israel is in a strait. 15. Israel was born of the rib of Adam. XXXIX. 7. The habitable places of the world were made for Israel. IX. 8. God thought of the Law in ancient days. XI. I. It is a light to Israel but a punishment to the wicked. 2, It is an everlasting Law by which God will