Aggada -- Translations into English; Bible. Old Testament -- Legends; Jewish legends; Midrash -- Translations into English
The fifth division is built of silver and gold and
refined gold,[96] and the finest of gold and glass and bdellium, and
through the midst of it flows the river Gihon. The wainscoting is of
silver and gold, and a perfume breathes through it more exquisite than
the perfume of Lebanon. The coverings of the silver and gold beds are
made of purple and blue, woven by Eve, and of scarlet and the hair of
goats, woven by angels. Here dwells the Messiah on a palanquin made of
the wood of Lebanon, "the pillars thereof of silver, the bottom of
gold, the seat of it purple." With him is Elijah. He takes the head of
Messiah, and places it in his bosom, and says to him, "Be quiet, for
the end draweth nigh." On every Monday and Thursday and on Sabbaths and
holidays, the Patriarchs come to him, and the twelve sons of Jacob, and
Moses, Aaron, David, Solomon, and all the kings of Israel and of Judah,
and they weep with him and comfort him, and say unto him, "Be quiet and
put trust in thy Creator, for the end draweth nigh." Also Korah and his
company, and Dathan, Abiram, and Absalom come to him on every
Wednesday, and ask him: "How long before the end comes full of wonders?
When wilt thou bring us life again, and from the abysses of the earth
lift us?" The Messiah answers them, "Go to your fathers and ask them";
and when they hear this, they are ashamed, and do not ask their
fathers.
In the sixth division dwell those who died in performing a pious act,
and in the seventh division those who died from illness inflicted as an
expiation for the sins of Israel.[97]
THE FOURTH DAY
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