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any old sore or blemish | any old sore or blemish of any kind was found on it, it would not do. The priest then prayed and put the bird on the fire for a burnt offering. If he then found that the man would | ||
live long, he told him his life was good, and ordered him as before to plunge in the stream seven times. | |||
But if the priest still perceived indications of an early death he ordered the man to fast a day and night that is, not to eat at morning nor evening till the next morning, and devote the night to watching. After this, early in the morning before sunrise the priest put his diamond in a suitable place, where the rays of the rising sun would strike it. He then caused the man to stand before this facing the east. Now if the shadow of a man standing erect, appeared in the stone, the man's life was pronounced good, and fresh deers blood, or | |||
the blood of a fowl, was sprinkled on the stone where the shadow appeared. | |||
Revision as of 18:54, 21 February 2022
147 p. 47 149 any old sore or blemish of any kind was found on it, it would not do. The priest then prayed and put the bird on the fire for a burnt offering. If he then found that the man would live long, he told him his life was good, and ordered him as before to plunge in the stream seven times.
But if the priest still perceived indications of an early death he ordered the man to fast a day and night that is, not to eat at morning nor evening till the next morning, and devote the night to watching. After this, early in the morning before sunrise the priest put his diamond in a suitable place, where the rays of the rising sun would strike it. He then caused the man to stand before this facing the east. Now if the shadow of a man standing erect, appeared in the stone, the man's life was pronounced good, and fresh deers blood, or
the blood of a fowl, was sprinkled on the stone where the shadow appeared.