Duncan's Ritual of Freemasonry.pdf - FatimaMovement

A. I am that I am, I am hath sent you unto us,
Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
Q. What is his sign?
A. It is in imitation of that given by God to
Moses when he was commanded to cast his rod
upon the ground, and it be-came a serpent.
Q. What was his word of explanation?
A. It was explanatory of the sign as recorded by
Moses, and is as follows. "And Moses answered
and said, But behold they will not believe me, nor
hearken unto my voice, for they will say,
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The Lord hath not appeared unto thee; and the
Lord said unto him, What is that in thine hand,
and he said, A rod; and He said, Cast it on the
ground. And he cast it on the ground and it
became a serpent, and Moses fled from before it;
and the Lord said, Put forth thine hand and take it
by the tail; and he put forth his hand and caught
it, and it become a rod in his hand, that they may
believe that the God of their fathers, the God of
Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob
hath appeared unto thee.
Q. Where did you meet with the next obstruction?
A. At the second veil, where, on making the
regular demand, we heard the master of that
exclaim as before.
Q. Your answer?
A. As before.
[paragraph
continues]