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[326]
When the Hebrews, therefore, were neither able to bear up, being
thus, as it were, besieged, because they wanted provisions, nor saw any
possible way of escaping; and if they should have thought of fighting,
they had no weapons; they expected a universal destruction, unless they
delivered themselves up to the Egyptians. So they laid the blame on Moses,
and forgot all the signs that had been wrought by God for the recovery
of their freedom; and this so far, that their incredulity prompted them
to throw stones at the prophet, while he encouraged them and promised them
deliverance; and they resolved that they would deliver themselves up to
the Egyptians. So there was sorrow and lamentation among the women and
children, who had nothing but destruction before their eyes, while they
were encompassed with mountains, the sea, and their enemies, and discerned
no way of flying from them.
Flavius Josephus. The Works of Flavius Josephus. Translated by. William Whiston, A.M. Auburn and Buffalo. John E. Beardsley. 1895.
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