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of war because of their secluded position, and since an
abundance of both gold and silver abounds in the country, … they
have embossed goblets of every description, made of silver and
gold, couches and tripods with silver feet, and every other
furnishing of incredible costliness, and halls encircled by large
columns, some of them gilded, and others having silver figures on
the capitals. Their ceilings and doors they partitioned by means
of panels and coffers made of gold, set with precious stones and
placed close together, and have thus made the structure of their
houses in every part marvelous for its costliness; for some parts
they have constructed of silver and gold, other of ivory and the
most showy precious stones or of whatever else men esteem most
highly.
The Nabatean group was a second prominent Arab culture,
centered on Petra in the Southern Sinai in the land of the Edomites. They
traded with the Sabians of Harran over the period six hundred BCE to
four hundred BCE.
The Sabians of Yemen and the Nabateans had a very close
affinity because both claimed the crucial female line of descent to Ishmael
through Bashemath, the wife of Esau. Esau and Bashemath gave birth to
Ruel the Midianite. Also called Jethro, he was Moses’ father-in-law.
Ruel then became a priest of Yaho the Moon God. Many biblical scholars
believe that Moses was also a priest of the Moon God. The headdress of
the Levite priests seems to confirm this as it displayed the crescent moon
of Sin.
The Nabatean storm god was Duchares who was later identified
with Dionysus. Like Yahweh, the Nabateans worshipped Duchares on
high rocky places. However, both Duchares and his consort, the fertility
goddess, were subservient to the Moon God. We continue to see the
triple character of God represented by three deities.
A perfect ashlar or square block of stone often represented the
three dimensions of this divine triad. Similarly, the Holy of Holies was a
perfect cube in King Solomon's Temple that symbolized the wholeness of
God.
A Rabbinical tradition joins the Sabians of Harran and the
Nabateans through one of the Kings of the Edomites who reigned before
there were any kings over the Israelites. 505 The King was Mezahab after
mezahah, which means the water of gold or aurum potable. 506 The
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