find favor in the eyes of the people until the armies of Israel become very great, & I will soften the hearts of the people as I did the heart of Pharaoh from time to time until my servant Joseph and mine whom he shall appoint shall have time to gather the strength of my house & to have sent wise men to fulfil that which I have communicated concerning the purchase of all the lands in that can be purchased & the adjoining counties round about, for it is my will that their lands should be purchased and after they were purchased that my saints possess them according to the which I have given and after these lands are purchased I will hold the armies of Israel guiltless in taking possession of their own land & of throwing down the towers of mine enemies that may be upon them & scattering their watchmen & avengeing one of mine enemies unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me. But, finally let my army become [p. 27]