Chapter 15 XV THE GUIDE

He was a son of Egypt, as he told me,

And one descended from those dread magicians,

Who waged rash war, when Israel dwelt in Goshen,

With Israel and her Prophet-matching rod

With his, the son's of Levi's-and encountering

Jehovah's miracles with incantations,

Till upon Egypt came the avenging Angel,

And those proud sages wept fo