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books , it has generally been considered th ^ t , the book of Jashury alluded to in the i $ & verse , has been lost . Thfe , however * prises partly from want of knowing to whom to attribute the book here spoken of , and partly from a misconception of the whole passage in Joshua . Now , by reference to the Rabbinical Writings , it will appear * that even before the time of Christ ,
Moses was distinguished by the appellation of Jashur , i . e . the just ^ the upright ; and if we consult Deut . xxxii . 15 , we shall find that he is there designated as King in Jeshurun , or among the upright . Moreover , as Moses is allowed to be the writer or compiler of the five books known under his name ( the Pentateuch ) , any single one of them , and consequently the book of Exodus ,, ip . which the circumstance is recorded to which Joshua referred the Hebrews , is , with strict propriety , termed the book of Jashur , as being
synonymous with Moses , Now , in comparing Joshua x . 12 , 13 , with Exodi xvii . 12 and 14 , we shall find , that although they do not identify one andin ^ ganie / act , they are , nevertheless , parallel passages . In both , the overthrow of an idolatrous nation is recorded ; in both , the command of God to rehearse their destruction to the people of Israel is mentioned ; and in both ^ tl ^ ci rcumstance of the Hebrews contending with the ido laters till the setting of the sun , or till the time of the evening sacrifice , is particularly nptiqecLT T ^ thelatter historian ,, therefore , very aptly refers to the former , more bo ^ h ^ tl je circumstance of the Hebrews contending with the idolaters till the setting c / f the sun , or till the time of the evening sacrifice , is particularly nptiqeq ^ thelatter historian ,, therefore , very aptly refers to the former , more
^ especially as he was himself pointedly called upon to propagate the narrative of the defeat of the one idolatrous tribe , and was chosen by the Almighty to be the avenger of his true religion in the total overthrow of the other . It need scarcely here be mentioned that the 14 th verse refers to the time of Moses , for there was no instance on record that God had before or after his time condescended , in so visible a manner , to make known his will to man , agreeably to what is recorded , Deut . xxxiv . 10 , And there arose not a prophet since in Israel like unto Moses whom the Lord knew face to face . JARCHL
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To the Editor . Sjr , Walmsley , Oct . 29 , 1827 . A LETTER in the Repository for August last , p . 582 , headed Taliesin ' s Poems , and bearing the respectable signature of George Dyer , attracted my attention . I should have replied immediately , but expecting that an abler
pep than mine would take up the matter , I waited with some impatience for the result ; and now find , instead of a reply , another letter from Mr . Dyer retracting what had been previously hinted at relative to the quotation from Taliesin being Sanscrit , and advancing several positions , though hesitatingly , relative to the Welsh , which prove that your learned correspondent is unacquainted both with Welsh history and literature . I , therefore , request you to give insertion to this letter in your valuable journal .
I . It is admitted by all competent judges that the ancestors of the * present Welsh were of Asiatic origin . The earliest information we possess respect ing the ? ancient Cymmry is , that they inhabited the Tauric Uhers £ ftesus ^> -4 « that qbput four hundred years prior to the Christian era , perhaps a little e ^ Vier , tliey left th , at country , on account of war , under the guidance of Hu ij ^ e , " , $ ( khty f and migrated in a westerly direction until they reached the Geiv man , Ocean ;—that the main body , under Hu , crossed into Britain , and J ^ f ^ ^ A er i ^ tl jenprt ^ ^ f ^ Dig land qr ( tl ^ e south pf Scotland , from wbenafe ; niey spreaa in a south-westerly direction;—and that the rest pushed for * w ^ nds a ) on $ the styira . q ^ jtye sea * , un , $ t } wgj . pfttfttgl Vb * bfWfcs of < the Loire
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Talwm ' s ftoems : 885
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taliesin ' s p oems .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Dec. 2, 1827, page 885, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1803/page/29/
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