The early portion of the life of Moses has been elaborated from Rabbinic sources by Dr. B. Beer. Unfortunately he died before the work was completed, and it has been published as a fragment by his friend, G. Wolf. It extends only as far as his marriage with Zipporah. (Leben Moses nach Auffassung der Jüdischen Sage, von Dr. B. Beer; ein Fragment. Leipzig, 1863.) It is, for the most part, compiled from the Sepher Hajasher, or Book of Jasher. Footnote 454: Yaschar, pp. 1241-53. The history of Zepho is quite a romance, too long for insertion here. Footnote 455: Yaschar, pp. 1248, 1249; 1253, 1254. Footnote 456: Ibid., p. 1255. Footnote 457: Midrash, fol. 51; Yaschar, p. 1157. Footnote 458: Midrash Jalkut, fol. 52; Yaschar, pp. 1257-9. Footnote 459: The curious passages, Isaiah vii. 15, 22, may allude to this tradition. Footnote 460: Moses’s life was shortened because he brought water out of the rock contrary to God’s command (Numb. xxvii. 14), striking the rock instead of speaking to it. Footnote 461: Beer, pp. 112-6. Footnote 462: Some authorities say that Jochebed, when thrust away, married Eliphazan, the son of Parnach (Numb. xxxiv. 25), and bare him two sons, Eldad and Medad (Numb. xi. 25); but others, with more probability, assert that she married Eliphazan after the death of Amram. (Yaschar, p. 1259.) Footnote 463: Yaschar, p. 1260. Footnote 464: Targum of Palestine, i. p. 446. Footnote 465: Rabboth, fol. 118a. Footnote 466: Exod. xv. 1. Footnote 467: The Arabic name for her is Asia; Yaschar, p. 1261. Footnote 468: Targum of Palestine, i. p. 446; Yaschar, p. 1261. Footnote 469: Midrash, fol. 51. Footnote 470: Midrash, fol. 51; Yaschar, p. 1262. Footnote 471: Midrash, fol. 52; Yaschar, p. 1263. Footnote 472: According to another version, it was Jethro who advised that the child should be proved with the basins of rubies and coals. (Rabboth, fol. 118 b; Yaschar, pp. 1263, 1264.) Footnote 473: Exod. iv. 10. Footnote 474: Beer, pp. 26-42. Abulfaraj says that Jannes and Jambres were the tutors of Moses in his youth (Hist. Dynast., p. 17). Footnote 475: Yaschar, p. 1265. Footnote 476: Yaschar, p. 1265. Footnote 477: Yaschar, p. 1263. Footnote 478: Parascha of R. Solomon Jaschi, on Exod. ii. 12; also Targums of Palestine and Jerusalem, i. p. 447; Yaschar, pp. 1265, 1266. Footnote 479: Pirke R. Eliezer, c. 40; Rabboth, fol. 119a; Yaschar, p. 1266. Footnote 480: This illustrates the passage 2 Kings ix. 13. Footnote 481: Midrash, fol. 52; Yaschar, pp. 1265-1274. Footnote 482: These were two of his seven names. Footnote 483: