If we now turn to the Hebrew text we shall find that it is still less favourable to Dr. Colenso and his “huge difficulty”. The word והוציא (vehotzi), which is there used, literally means _and he shall cause [it] to go forth_, that is to say, _he shall have it removed_. This will be at once admitted by every biblical scholar, and can be made intelligible without much difficulty to the general reader. In the Hebrew language there are several forms of the same verb, sometimes called conjugations, each of which has a meaning peculiar to itself. The primitive form is _kal_; and the _hiphil_ form “denotes the _causing_ or _permitting_ of the action, signified by the primitive _kal_”.(5) For example: קדש (kadash) in _kal_ signifies _to be holy_; in _hiphil_, _to cause to be holy_, _to sanctify_; נטה (natah) in _kal_ means _to bow_; in _hiphil_, _to cause to bow_, _to bend_. Now, in the passage quoted by Dr. Colenso the word והוציא is the _hiphil_ form of יצא (yatza), _to go forth_; it therefore means literally _to cause to go forth_.(6) We need scarcely remark that the priest would comply with this injunction whether he himself in person removed the bullock, or whether he employed the Levites to do it; whether he carried it on his back, according to the ridiculous paraphrase of Dr. Colenso, or removed it in wagons provided for the purpose. And now that our paper approaches to a close, it may be asked what is the result of our labours, and what has been gained to the cause of truth by all the minute and tedious details through which we have conducted our readers? It seems to us that we have directly answered two of Dr. Colenso’s arguments, and that we have moreover established indirectly a strong presumption against all the rest. Let us put a case to our readers. A jeweller exhibits for sale a string of pearls. He demands a very high price, but he pledges his word of honour that the pearls are of the rarest quality and of the highest excellence. A casual passer-by is attracted by the glittering gems. He enters the shop; he listens with eager credulity to the earnest protestations of the merchant; but he hesitates when the price is named. At this critical moment a friend arrives, who is happily somewhat versed in jewellery. He selects one or two pearls from the string, and after a brief inspection clearly shows, not merely that the price is far beyond their value, but that they are not pearls at all. What would be thought of the merchant who had offered them for sale? Who would frequent his shop? Who would believe the other pearls to be genuine on the strength of his protestations? It may be indeed that he is not a swindler; but if he is an honest man, he is certainly a very indifferent judge of his business.