LETTER XI.

Moses and Aaron call the elders of Israel together--The Passover Instituted--The Hebrews cease work--They all flock to Goshen--Moses deified by priests in the temples--Hopefulness of the Hebrews--The sprinkling--Egyptians seek refuge with the Hebrews--Silence of expectation--Awful vision of the Angel of the Lord in the Pillar of Fire--A cry from Egypt--Messengers from Pharaoh to Moses--Amunophis, the son of Pharaoh, slain by the Angel of the Lord--Egyptians implore Moses to depart--Israel marshalled--Guided by the Pillar of Fire, the Hebrew host leave Egypt--The Lamb of God prefigured--Moses explains the lessons of God's judgments--pp. 559-575.