The worms which had devoured the body of the prophet, God turned into silk-worms; and the flies which had bitten him and tormented his sores, converted He into honey-bees; and before this there were neither silk-worms nor honey-bees on the earth. Also the rain and the snow which fell within his possessions, were grains of gold and pearl. Isidore of Seville places the fountain which cured Job in Idumæa. He says, it is clear during three months of the year, troubled during the next three, then for three months it is green, and for the last three, it is red. In the “Testament of Job,” we read some details concerning his death, written by his brother Nahor. After three days of sickness, Job, lying on his bed, saw the angels come to receive his soul. After having divided his substance between his seven sons (for, after his troubles, he became the father of seven sons and three daughters), he gave his daughters three mantles of inestimable price, which he had received from heaven. To the eldest, Hemera (Jemima), he gave his harp; to the second, Cassia (Keziah), he handed his censer; to the third, Keren-happuch, he remitted his tambourine: and as he sang his last hymn to the Most High on his death-bed, Hemera and Keren-happuch accompanied him with harp and timbrel, and Cassia cast up fumes of sweet incense. Thus they greeted the messengers of heaven who came for the soul of Job. Footnote 440: Koran, Sura xxxviii. v. 43-4. Job in Arabic is Aïub. Footnote 441: Eisenmenger, ii. p. 439. Footnote 442: Tabari, i. p. 256. Footnote 443: Maï (Angelus), Test. Job; Romæ, 1839. Footnote 444: Maï (Angelus), Test. Job; Romæ, 1839. Footnote 445: In the “Testament of Job” she is called Sitis. Footnote 446: Tabari, i. c. lxvi; Abulfeda, pp. 27-29. Footnote 447: Testament of Job. Footnote 448: Koran, Sura xxi. v. 83. Footnote 449: Koran, Sura xxxviii. v. 41. Footnote 450: Tabari, i. p. 263. Footnote 451: Koran, Sura xxxviii. v. 43. XXXI. JETHRO. As has already been related, Jethro formed one of the council of Pharaoh till he found that his incantations had no effect on the Israelites. He escaped from Egypt before Job; for he had found in the palace of the king the staff of Joseph which had been cut from the Tree of Life, and therewith he hied him into the land of Midian, along with his daughter Zipporah. According to Mussulman tradition, Jethro, whom the Arabs call Schohair or Schohaib, was a great prophet; and he was sent by God to the Midianites to call them to repentance and the rejection of polytheism. Jethro was old and nearly blind. He preached to the people, and exhorted them with many words and for a long season, but all his words were in vain; the Midianites would not be converted, and at length they openly accused him of being a false prophet, and denied that God had sent him.