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Yet did he not join battle with them, but thinking that would be to fight the gods, he returned back...(Manetho) Comment So it appears that the Israelites were as the “‘gods” and were possessed of magic weapons enough to frighten Amenophis and his 200,000 or more member army. ...did Amenophis’ irresolution and apparent cowardice arise from a knowledge that these new- comers possessed arms of a caliber with which he could not compete? Must not these vast arma- ments have taken many years to perfect and accumulate? There is a highly instructive passage of Isaiah, where the prophet says, “O my people that dwellest in Zion, be not afraid of the Assyrian: he shall smite thee with a rod, and shall lift up his staff against thee, after the manner of Egypt.” We have also these words, “O Assyrian, the rod of mine anger, and the staff in their hand is mine indignation,” a passage in veiled language appears to denote that with these weapons they punished the shortcomings of those they defeated and destroyed. In analyzing the past I cannot over-stress how vital and important is always the problem of weapons. (p. 170) Said to have been used by Moses and Jehovah to hinder the pursuing Egyptians during the Exodus. (See p. 172.) ...defeated because on a hill lifted his “rod,” which was so weighty that others has to sustain it while it operated and gained when he delayed, as loading it was doubtless a long task. (p. 173) After Moses had destroyed the Amalekites he erected a pillar to “Jehovah Nissi” which means “God of the Serpents.” (p. 173) Considerable license has been permitted to Egyptologists because they concern themselves with a form of scientific research committed to a small body of archaeologists, who seemingly agree tacitly among themselves to put forward claims of which a great many are purely hypothetical or based on false pre- mises to an earnest student of these antiquities. The innocent Victorians swallowed with blind faith the 259 Appendix B: Book Abstracts The Retreat of Amenophis Note that phrase from Manetho...What gods? (p. 168-9) Beaumont goes on: “Astonishing Signs” “astonishing signs which ensured their deliverance.” This is the term that was used by Moses. Staff and Rod Pillar of Cloud Moses and the Amalekites Jehovah Nissi Beaumont on Egyptologists Atlantis, Alien Visitation, and Genetic Manipulation