Across the desert the
Israelis coming out of Egypt carried the mortal remains of Joseph in an
ark alongside the ark of Him who lives eternally.
Passers by were
astonished. What the two arks in the desert signify? They were told:
this one is the coffin of a dead man and that one is the ark of Him who
lives eternally.
Then the passers by
asked: What is the coffin of a dead man doing beside the ark of Him who
lives eternally?
The reply was: he who
lies in the coffin of a dead man has accomplished all that is written on
the Tablets lying in the ark of Him who lives eternally.
The living God can be
found among this free people in the desert only if the memory of him who
has rigorously obeyed marches alongside.
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