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We traveled together forty days and forty nights. I ate no bread and drank no water, for seeing the messenger was my food and hearing his speech was my drink.
2
We came to the mountain of Elohim, the glorious Chorev. I said, 'Singer of the Eternal One, I have no offering with me, nor do I know the place of an altar. How shall I bring the offering?'
3
He said, 'Look around.' I looked and saw following us the heifer, she-goat, ram, turtledove, and pigeon.
4
He commanded me, 'Divide the animals in half, but do not divide the birds. Give the divided portions to the ishim whom I shall show you, for they are the altar upon the mountain. Give the two birds to me. Upon their wings we shall ascend, …