✦ [1] | sign of the fifth degree of the first <Seccond> part |
✦ [2] | I sought for <mine> the appointment whereunto unto the priesthood according to the appointment of God unto the fathers concerning the seed |
✦ [3] | my fathers having turned from their righteousness and from unto them unto the worshiping of the Gods of the hethens |
✦ [4] | utterly refused to harken to my voice for their hearts were set to do evil and were wholly turned to the God of Elk<=>Kener and the God of Zibnah and the God of Mah-mackrah and the God of Pharoah King of Egypt therefore they turned their hearts to the sacrafice of the heathens in offering up their children unto these dumb Idols and harkened not unto my voice but indeovered [endeavored] to take away my life by the hand of the priest of Elk=Kener |
✦ [5] | The priest of Elk=Keenah was also the priest of Pharoah, now at this time it was the custom of the priest of Pharaoh the King of Egypt to offer up upon the Alter which was built in the land of Chaldea for the offering unto ther these strange gods both men, women, and children— and it came to pass that the priest made an offering unto the god of Pharaoh and also unto the god of Shag=reel even after the manner of the Egyptians now the god of Shag-reel was the Sun— even a thank offering of a child did the priest of Pharaoh offer upon the Alter which stood by the hill called Potipher<s> hill at the head of the plains of Olishem |
✦ [6] | Now this priest had offered off upon this alter three virgins at one time who were the daughters of Onitus Onitah—one of the regular royal discent directly from the loins of Ham these virgins were offered up because of their virtue they would not bow down to worship Gods of wood, or of stone therefore they were Killed upon this alter |
✦ [7] | And it was done after the manner of the Egyptians and it came to pass that the priests laid violence upon me that they might slay me also, as they did those virgins upon this alter, and that you might have a knowledge of this alter <I will refer you to the representation that is at the (commencement of this record> |
✦ [8] | It was made after, the form of a bedsted such as was had among the Chaldeans and it stood before the Gods of Elk-keenah Zibnah Mah-Mach-rah—and als[o] a God like unto that of pharaoh King of Egypt |