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"The eldest of their beloved men leads the sacred dance. etc etc etc - - Dancing was a religious ceremony with the Hebrews of great Solemnity. Ps. ch: 149 - v 30 - Let them praise his name in the dance; let them sing praises unto him with the timbrel & harp. 150 v.4. "Praise him with the timbrel & dance; praise him with stringed instruments & organ." - 2 Saml Ch VI, v.14 And David danced before the Lord with all his might; & David was girded with a linen ephod." Ps. 30. 11. Them hast turned me from my mourning into dancing: thou hast put off my sackcloth, and girded me with gladness. --

xxx "In the meantime, every one at the temple drinks plentifully of the cassava, and other bitter liquids, to cleanse their sinful bodies, as they suppose. - Numbers ch: IX c.11. The fourteenth day of the month, at even, they shall keep it, and eat it, with unleavened bread, and bitter herbs.

Ex: 12. v.7. And they shall eat the flesh in the night, roast with fire, & unleavened bread; & with bitter herbs they shall eat it." -

xxxxx "On the evening of the same day, they unclear another