God who, by His just judgment, caused the earth to gape and swallow
up alive Dathan and Abiran. I swear by the God who caused the bitter
waters to become sweet by casting twigs into the same. I swear by
Him who, through Moses striking the rock with his rod, caused great
torrents to gush forth, to refresh the thirsty Jewish people. I swear
by Him who, for forty years, fed the Israelites in the wilderness,
and preserved their clothing entire, so that it did not wear with the
using. I swear by Him who declared by His irrevocable mandate, that
none of the Children of Israel should enter the promised land, except
Joshua-Ben-Nun, and Caleb, whom he promised and predicted should enter
there; for the Israelites did not believe the word of God. I swear by
Him who declared to Moses that he would raise his hand, and the Jewish
people would be victorious over the Malekites. I swear by Him who
ordered our fathers to cross the River Jordan, and to take ten stones
from that river as a testimony. I swear by Him who ordered all Israel,
when they passed over the River Jordan, to be circumcised with knives
of stone. I swear by Him who overthrew the walls of Jericho. I swear
by Him who decorated David with the splendor of royalty, and rescued
him from the hands of Saul, and of his son Absalom. I swear by Him who
filled the temple with a cloud, and poured out His blessings therein.
I swear by Him who carried up the prophet Elias in a whirlwind and
a fiery chariot, from earth to the throne of glory; and by Him who,
at the prayer of Elisha, and with a stroke of the garment of Elijah,
divided the waters of the Jordan in twain. I swear by Him who preserved
the three young men in the furnace of burning fire, before the eyes
of a hostile king, He who holds the key of David, and who closes what
no one shall open, and opens what no one shall close. I swear by Him
who performed all miracles, and displayed all virtues and all signs,
among the Hebrews, or among other nations. I swear by Him, and by the
ten sacred commandments of the law. I swear by Jesus Christ, the Son
of the Omnipotent Father, and by the Holy Spirit, the Paraclete, which
is one of the Trinity and the true God; and by the holy resurrection
of our Lord Jesus Christ, and by His ascension into Heaven, and by
His glorious and terrible coming, when He shall judge the quick and
the dead, showing Himself merciful to the just, and terrible to the
wicked; and by the holy body and precious blood of Him who opened the
eyes of the blind, and made the deaf to hear; restored paralytics to
health; loosened the tongues of the dumb; healed those possessed of
the devil; made the lame to run, and raised the dead; who walked upon
the waters; who resurrected Lazarus, whose flesh was already decayed,
restored him to life and strength, and changed sorrow into joy; who is
the Creator of the world, the origin of light, the source of vigor; who
illuminated the world by His birth, and redeemed it by His passion; who
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