The third excerpt represents the element of Water. It speaks of pure spiritual influences and feelings of love, and is drawn from King James Bible: of the land of Gilead, unto the land of Canaan, to the children of
Israel, and brought them word again.
JOS 22:33 And the thing pleased the children of Israel; and the
children of Israel blessed God, and did not intend to go up against them
in battle, to destroy the land wherein the children of Reuben and Gad
dwelt.
JOS 22:34 And the children of Reuben and the children of Gad called the
altar Ed: for it shall be a witness between us that the LORD is God.
JOS 23:1 And it came to pass a long time after that the LORD had given
rest unto Israel from all their enemies round about, that Joshua waxed
old and stricken in age.
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The fourth excerpt represents the element of Earth. It speaks of physical influences and the impact of the unseen on the visible world, and is drawn from King James Bible: maid, and gave her Jacob to wife.
GEN 30:10 And Zilpah Leah's maid bare Jacob a son.
GEN 30:11 And Leah said, A troop cometh: and she called his name Gad.
GEN 30:12 And Zilpah Leah's maid bare Jacob a second son.
GEN 30:13 And Leah said, Happy am I, for the daughters will call me
blessed: and she called his name Asher.
GEN 30:14 And Reuben went in the days of wheat harvest, and found
mandrakes in the field, and brought them unto his mother Leah. Then
Rachel said to Leah, Give me, I pray thee, of thy son's mandrakes.
GEN 30:15 And she said unto her, Is it a small matter that thou hast
taken my husband? and wouldest thou take away my son's mandrakes also?
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