"And they put him in ward because it was not declared what should be
done to him.
"And the Lord said unto Moses, the man shall be surely put to death;
all the congregation shall stone him with stones without the camp.
"And all the congregation brought him without the camp, and stoned
him with stones, he died; as the Lord commanded Moses.
"And the Lord spake unto Moses,
"Speak unto the children of Israel, and bid them that they make them
fringes in the borders of their garments throughout their generations,
and that they put upon the fringe of the borders a ribband of blue.
"And it shall be unto you for a fringe, that ye may look upon it and
remember all the commandments of the Lord, and do them, and that ye
seek not after your own heart and your own eyes.
"That ye may remember and do all my commandments and be holy unto
your God.
"I am the Lord your God which brought you out of the land of
Egypt, to be your God: I am the Lord your God."
My thoughts wandered while Theobald was reading the above, and
reverted to a little matter which I had observed in the course of
the afternoon.
It happened that some years previously a swarm of bees had taken
up their abode in the roof of the house under the slates, and had
multiplied so that the drawing-room was a good deal frequented by
these bees during the summer, when the windows were open.
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