153. Therefore thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, _Drink ye and be drunken, and spue, and fall, and rise no more_, because of the sword which I will send among you, Jeremiah xxv. 27. MOSES. 154. And it came to pass in those days, when Moses was grown, that he went out unto his brethren, and looked on their burdens; and he spied an Egyptian smiting an Hebrew, one of his brethren. And he looked this way and that way, and when he saw that there was no man, _he slew the Egyptian_, and hid him in the sand. Exodus ii. 11. 12. 155. Now therefore (says Moses) kill every male among the little ones, and kill every woman that hath known man by lying with him. But all the women children, that have not known man by lying with him, _keep alive for yourselves_. Numbers xxxi. 17, 18. 156. And Moses spake unto the people, saying, _Arm some of yourselves unto the war_, and let them go against the Midianites, and _avenge_ the Lord of Midian. And Moses sent them to the war, a thousand of every tribe, them and Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest, to the war, _with the holy instruments_, and the trumpets to blow in his hand. Num. xxxi. 3--6. DAVID. And it came to pass in an evening tide, that David arose from off his bed, and walked upon the roof of the king's house, and from the roof he saw a young woman washing herself, and the woman was very beautiful to look upon. And David sent and enquired after the woman: and one said, Is not this Bathsheba the daughter of Eliam, _the wife of Uriah the Hittite_. And David sent messengers and took her; and she came in unto him _and he lay with her_, (for she was purified from her uncleanness,) and she returned unto her house. And the woman conceived and sent and told David, and said, _I am with child_. And David sent to Jacob, saying. Send me Uriah the Hittite, And Joab sent Uriah to David. 2 Sam. xi. 2 to 6. [The story then proceeds to represent David, _the man after God's own heart_, as endeavoring to cajole the poor cuckold Uriah. But he returns to the war without visiting his wife, and David sends a letter with him to Joab, in which letter he orders Joab to place Uriah in the front of the battle, _and then leave him so that he might he killed_. Joab obeys his orders Uriah is slaughtered, and he then takes Bathsheba his wife and marries her in order that he might continue to gratify his lust upon her!] 158. And David laid up these words in his heart, and was sore afraid of Achish the king of Gath. And he changed his behavior before them, _and feigned himself mad in their hands, and scrabbled on the doors of the gate, and let his spittle fall down upon his beard_. 1 Sam. xxi. 12, 13.