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to this, but they were silent, so that up to this point there were 17 dialogues. For Zophar does not answer, but is silent. Then Elihu the Buzite is angry with Job and his three friends, because they did not condemn him for sins, and he makes an eighteenth dialogue. Then nineteenth, God, through a whirlwind and cloud saying to Job "who is this that hides counsel from me," and the things of his glory and strength and majesty. Then twentieth, again Job, saying, "I have spoken once, but I will not add a second time." Then twenty-first, again God rebukes Job saying, "No, but gird your loins like a man." And he indicates to him the 1.126 presumption of the power of the evil one, and how divine help overcomes him, and that you might be shown righteous. Then twenty-second, again Job saying that before I heard of you by the hearing of the ear, but now having rather heeded your words I consider myself earth and ashes. Then twenty-third, a rebuke from the Lord God to the three friends of Job, commanding them to sacrifice to God for their lawlessness and to ask from Job a prayer and forgiveness for their lawlessness. And Job was fifth from Abraham, from the race of Esau, a kinsman of Jethro the father-in-law of Moses; and the fifth genealogy is taken thus, Abraham, Esau, Reuel, Zerah, Job. In the times of the previously mentioned kings of Egypt, a certain giant-born philosopher appeared in the land of Caria, from the tribe of Japheth, by name Endymion, who, saying mystic prayers at the moon, asked it to learn from it the divine name in a vision. And while he was praying he fell asleep, and heard the divine name in a vision. And he no longer arose, but his remains are until now in Caria, a corpse being shaken; and every year they open his sarcophagus in that land, and they see his remains shaken as a corpse, as they say. concerning whom they say the moon loves Endymion. That in Hazeroth Aaron and Miriam murmured against Moses. and it is in these very words thus. And Miriam 1.127 and Aaron spoke against Moses on account of the Ethiopian woman, whom Moses took, because he took an Ethiopian woman. And they said, "Has the Lord spoken only to Moses? Has he not also spoken to us?" And the Lord heard. And the man Moses was very meek, beyond all the men who were on the earth. And the Lord said immediately to Moses and Aaron and Miriam, "Come out, you three, to the tent of witness." And the three came out there. And the Lord came down in a pillar of cloud, and stood at the door of the tent of witness, and Moses and Aaron were called, and both came out, and he said to them, "Hear my word. If there should be a prophet of the Lord among you, in a vision I will make myself known to him and in a dream I will speak to him. Not so is my servant Moses; in all my house he is faithful. Mouth to mouth I will speak to him, in appearance and not in riddles, and he saw the glory of the Lord. And why were you not afraid to speak against my servant Moses?" And the anger of the Lord's wrath was upon them. And they went away, and the cloud departed from the tent, and behold, Miriam was leprous, like snow. And Aaron looked at Miriam, and behold, she was leprous. And Aaron said to Moses, "I beseech you, Lord, do not lay this sin upon us, because we have been ignorant in what we have sinned. Let her not become as one dead, like an abortion coming forth from its mother's womb, whose flesh is half consumed." And Moses cried to the Lord, saying, "O God, I beseech you, heal her." And the Lord said to Moses, "If her father 1.128 had but spit in her face, would she not be ashamed? Let her be shut out from the camp seven days, and after that she shall be brought in again." And Miriam was shut out from the camp seven days, and the people did not set out until Miriam was cleansed. And after this the people set out from Hazeroth, and encamped in the wilderness of Paran. And when the people came to Mount Sinai, Miriam the sister of Moses died. Then immediately

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τούτῳ ἀλλ' ἐσίγησαν, ὥστε γίνεσθαι ἕως ὧδε διαλόγους ιζʹ. οὐ γὰρ ἀποκρίνεται ὁ Σοφάρ, ἀλλὰ σιγᾷ. εἶτα Ἐλιοῦς ὁ Βουζίτης ὀργίζεται πρὸς Ἰὼβ καὶ τοὺς τρεῖς φίλους αὐτοῦ, ὅτι οὐ κατεδίκασαν αὐτὸν ἐν ἁμαρτίαις, καὶ ποιεῖται διάλογον ὀκτωκαι δέκατον. εἶτα ιθʹ ὁ θεός, διὰ λαίλαπος καὶ νέφους λέγων τῷ Ἰώβ "τίς οὗτος ὁ κρύπτων με βουλήν," καὶ τὰ τῆς δόξης καὶ ἰσχύος καὶ μεγαλωσύνης αὐτοῦ. εἶτα εἰκοστὸν πάλιν Ἰώβ, λέγων τό "ἅπαξ ἐλάλησα, ἐπὶ δὲ τὸ δεύτερον οὐ προσθήσω." εἶτα πρῶ τον καὶ εἰκοστὸν πάλιν ὁ θεὸς ἐπιτιμᾷ τῷ Ἰὼβ λέγων "μή, ἀλλὰ ζῶσαι ὥσπερ ἀνὴρ τὴν ὀσφύν σου." καὶ ὑποσημαίνει αὐτῷ τὴν 1.126 οἴησιν τῆς δυνάμεως τοῦ πονηροῦ, καὶ ὡς βοήθεια αὐτὸν ἐκνικᾷ θεία, καὶ ὅτι ἵνα ἀναφανῇς δίκαιος. εἶτα δεύτερον εἰκοστὸν πάλιν Ἰὼβ λέγων ὅτι πρότερον μὲν ἀκοῇ ὠτὸς ἤκουόν σου, νυνὶ δὲ μᾶλ λον ἐνωτισθείς σου τοὺς λόγους ἥγημαι ἐμαυτὸν γῆν καὶ σποδόν. εἶτα τρίτον καὶ εἰκοστόν, ἐπιτιμία τοῦ δεσπότου θεοῦ πρὸς τοὺς τρεῖς φίλους Ἰώβ, κελεύουσα αὐτοὺς θῦσαι τῷ θεῷ ὑπὲρ ἀνομίας αὐτῶν καὶ ἐξαιτήσασθαι περὶ τῆς ἀνομίας αὐτῶν εὐχὴν καὶ συγχώ ρησιν παρὰ Ἰώβ. ἦν δὲ Ἰὼβ πεμπτὸς ἀπὸ Ἀβραάμ, ἐκ γένουςἨσαῦ, συγγενὴς Ἰοθὸρ πενθεροῦ Μωϋσέως· ἡ δὲ πέμπτη γενεαλογία λαμβάνεται οὕτως, Ἀβραὰμ Ἠσαῦ Ῥαγουὴλ ΖαρὲἸώβ. Ἐν τοῖς χρόνοις τῶν βασιλέων Αἰγύπτου τῶν προγεγραμμέ νων ἐφάνη τις ἐν τῇ Καρίᾳ χώρᾳ γιγαντογενὴς φιλόσοφος, ἐκ τῆς φυλῆς τοῦ Ἰάφεθ, ὀνόματι Ἐνδυμίων, ὅστις μυστικὰς εὐχὰς λέγων ἐν τῇ σελήνῃ ᾔτει αὐτὴν μαθεῖν παρ' αὐτῆς τὸ θεῖον ὄνομα ἐν ὁράματι. καὶ ἐν τῷ αὐτὸν εὔχεσθαι ὕπνωσε, καὶ ἤκουσε τὸ θεῖον ὄνομα ἐν ὁράματι. καὶ οὐκέτι ἀνέστη, ἀλλὰ ἔστι τὸ λείψα νον αὐτοῦ ἕως τοῦ νῦν ἐν τῇ Καρίᾳ νεκρὸν δονούμενον· καὶ κατ' ἔτος ἀνοίγουσι τὴν αὐτοῦ σορὸν ἐν τῇ χώρᾳ ἐκείνῃ, καὶ ὁρῶσιν αὐτοῦ τὸ λείψανον δονούμενον νεκρόν, ὡς λέγουσι. περὶ οὗ φασὶ τὴν σελήνην φιλεῖν τὸν Ἐνδυμίωνα. Ὅτι ἐν Ἀσιρὼθ καταγογγύζει Ἀαρὼν καὶ Μαριὰμ κατὰ Μωϋσέως. ἔχει δὲ αὐταῖς λέξεσιν ᾧδε. καὶ ἐλάλησε Μαριὰμ 1.127 καὶ Ἀαρὼν κατὰ Μωϋσῆ ἕνεκεν τῆς γυναικὸς τῆς Αἰθιοπίσσης, ἣν ἔλαβε Μωϋσῆς, ὅτι γυναῖκα Αἰθιόπισσαν ἔλαβε. καὶ εἶπον «μὴ Μωϋσῇ μόνῳ ἐλάλησεν ὁ κύριος; οὐχὶ καὶ ἡμῖν ἐλάλησε;» καὶ ἤκουσε κύριος. καὶ ὁ ἄνθρωπος Μωϋσῆς πράως σφόδρα παρὰ πάντας ἀνθρώπους τοὺς ὄντας ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς. καὶ εἶπε κύριος πα ραχρῆμα πρὸς Μωϋσῆν καὶ Ἀαρὼν καὶ Μαριάμ «ἐξέλθετε ὑμεῖς οἱ τρεῖς εἰς τὴν σκηνὴν τοῦ μαρτυρίου.» καὶ ἐξῆλθον οἱ τρεῖς ἐκεῖσε. καὶ κατέβη κύριος ἐν στύλῳ νεφέλης, καὶ ἔστη ἐπὶ τῆς θύρας τῆς σκηνῆς τοῦ μαρτυρίου, καὶ ἐκλήθη Μωϋσῆς καὶ Ἀα ρών, καὶ ἐξῆλθον ἀμφότεροι, καὶ εἶπε πρὸς αὐτούς «ἀκούσατε τὸν λόγον μου. ἐὰν γένηται προφήτης ὑμῖν κυρίῳ, ἐν ὁράματι αὐτῷ γνωσθήσομαι καὶ ἐν ὕπνῳ λαλήσω αὐτῷ. οὐχ οὕτως ὡς θεράπων μου Μωϋσῆς ἐν ὅλῳ τῷ οἴκῳ μου πιστός ἐστι. στόμα πρὸς στόμα λαλήσω αὐτῷ, ἐν εἴδει καὶ οὐ δι' αἰνιγμάτων, καὶ τὴν δόξαν κυρίου εἶδε. καὶ διατί οὐκ ἐφοβήθητε καταλαλῆσαι κατὰ τοῦ θεράποντός μου Μωϋσῆ;» καὶ ὀργὴ θυμοῦ κυρίου ἐπ' αὐτούς. καὶ ἀπῆλθον, καὶ ἡ νεφέλη ἀπέστη ἀπὸ τῆς σκηνῆς, καὶ ἰδοὺ Μαρία λεπρῶσα ὡσεὶ χιών. καὶ ἐπέβλεψεν Ἀαρὼν πρὸς Μαριάμ, καὶ ἰδοὺ λεπρῶσα. καὶ εἶπεν Ἀαρὼν πρὸς Μωϋσῆν «δέομαι, κύ ριε, μὴ συνεπιτεθῇ ἡμῖν ἡ ἁμαρτία, διότι ἠγνοήσαμεν καθότι ἡμάρτομεν. μὴ γένηται ὡς ἴσον θανάτου, ὡσεὶ ἔκτρωμα ἐκπο ρευόμενον ἐκ μήτρας μητρός, καὶ κατεσθίῃ τὸ ἥμισυ τῶν σαρκῶν αὐτῆς.» καὶ ἐβόησε Μωϋσῆς πρὸς κύριον, λέγων «ὁ θεός, δέο μαί σου, ἴασαι αὐτήν.» καὶ εἶπε κύριος πρὸς Μωϋσῆν «εἰ ὁ πατὴρ 1.128 αὐτῆς πτύων ἐνέπτυσεν εἰς τὸ πρόσωπον αὐτῆς, οὐκ ἐντραπήσε ται; ἑπτὰ ἡμέρας ἀφορισθήτω ἔξω τῆς παρεμβολῆς, καὶ μετὰ ταῦτα εἰσελεύσεται.» καὶ ἀφωρίσθη Μαριὰμ ἔξω τῆς παρεμβο λῆς ἑπτὰ ἡμέρας, καὶ ὁ λαὸς οὐκ ἐξῆρεν ἕως ἐκαθαρίσθη Μα ριάμ. καὶ μετὰ ταῦτα ἐξῆρεν ὁ λαὸς ἐξ Ἀσιρώθ, καὶ παρενέβαλεν ἐν τῇ ἐρήμῳ Φαράν. ἡνίκα δὲ ἦλθεν ὁ λαὸς εἰς τὸ Σινᾶ ὄρος, τελευτᾷ Μαριὰμ ἡ ἀδελφὴ Μωϋσέως. εἶτα παρευθὺ