which were cast off, & his hand over his eyes, as a
sympathetic sign of reverence & humility. 5 "The representation
of the High priest's Mitre whareon is a plate of gold, engraved
Holiness to the Lord."
5. Twelve lights placed in a triangular
foirm, is to represent the Twelve stones that was laid on the banks
of the river Jordan, also to the Twelve tribes of Israel, &c and
was placed at Gilgal, on the east border of Jerico, these stones
were named, & each Tribe bore on his sho^u^lder a stone according
to their different Tribes & superiority with the Twelve Tribes,
engraved, namely Reuben Judah Gad Zebuloun Dan, Simeon,
Asher, Joseph, Levi, Napthali, Issachar, and Benjamin. this was
in the year of 2942; so the Israelites crossed the Jordan on dry
land, similar to the Red Sea under the command of Joshua
&c, and encamped in full strength in the plains of Gilgal; the
reason the st Sun & Moon stood still at the command of
Joshua, was owing to the Amorites worshiping them as their
gods so Joshua made them retreat from their gods in terror
& with great slaughter. 5 (Moses & Aaron) Aaron
died on Mount Hor but Moses created a pillar before his
death on Mount Ebel (on the other side of Jordan) & inscribed
on it, "the blessings of obedience & the curses of disobedience
which he pronounced at that time in the presence of all the
congregation of Israel, then he ascended to the summit on top
of Mount Pisgah, there he took a survey of the land of Canaan
in the presence of Joshua & Caleb in the 120^th year of his age
and 1451 years before Christ. it was there & then Moses gave up
his office as the Leader of Israel to Joshua. Caleb his deputy