(121.)  To  make  this  appear,  let  us  begin  with  the  assump
tion,  which  lies  at  the  bottom  of  all  these  impossibilities  and
these  absurdities,  consequentially  and  logically  dedueible  from
it,  if  true;  viz.  that  the  Israelites  had  only  ticelre  hours  no
tice  of  the  Passover,  as  destined  to  precede  the  Exodus,  or
only  twelve  hours  notice  of  the  Exodus,  as  destined  to  follow
on  the  Passover.  The  first  thing  which  we  may  undertake  to
prove  is,  that  they  had  at  least  fourteen  days  notice  of  both,
even  if  thev  had  no  more.
8(j  Historical  Character  of  Ike  Pentateuch.    [QUEST,  xn.
(122.)  The  first  announcement  both  of  the  Passover,  as
destined  to  precede  the  Exodus,  and  of  the  Exodus  as  destined
to  follow  on  the  Passover,  is  contained  in  Exod.  xii.  This
chapter  opens  as  follows.
