64 The Fundamentals no more again; and there ye shall sell yourselves unto your enemies for bondmen and bondwomen, and no man shall buy you.” When Jerusalem was destroyed by the Romans, all who did not die in the awful calamity were sent to the mines of Egypt, where the slaves were constantly kept at work with out being permitted to rest or sleep till they succumbed. The whip of Egypt fell once more upon them and they suffered the most terrible agonies. Others were sold as slaves. Ac cording to Josephus, about 100,000 were made slaves so that the markets were glutted and the word fulfilled, “No man shall buy you.” THEIR DISPERSION AND PRESERVATION When Balaam beheld the camp of Israel he uttered a prophecy which is still being fulfilled. “Lo, the people shall dwell alone and shall not be reckoned among the nations” (Num. 23 :9 ). God had separated the nation and given to them a land. And this peculiar people, living in one of the smallest countries "of the earth, has been scattered throughout the world, has become a wanderer, without a home, without a land. L ik e Cain they wander from nation to nation. Though without a land they are still a nation. Other nations have passed away; the Jewish nation has been preserved. They are among all the nations and yet not reckoned among the nations. All this is written beforehand in the Bible. “And you will I scatter among the nations, and I will draw out the sword after you: and your land shall be a desolation and your cities shall be a waste” (Lev. 26:33). “And Jehovah will scatter you among the people, and ye shall be left few in number among the nations, whither Jehovah shall lead you away” (Deut. 4:27). “And Jehovah will scatter you among all peoples, from the one end of the earth even unto the other end of the earth; and there thou shalt serve other gods, which thou hast not, known, thou nor thy fathers, even wood and stone. And among these nations shalt thou find no ease, and there shall
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