They make themselves more comfortable
in
the Cave of Treasures on the third day.
Book I. Chapter XXXI.
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After these things God said
unto Adam, "Thou didst ask of Me something from the garden, to be
comforted therewith, and I have given thee these three tokens as a
consolation to thee; that thou trust in Me and in My covenant with
thee.
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"For I will come and
save thee; and kings shall bring me when in the flesh, gold, incense
and myrrh; gold as a token of My kingdom; incense as a token of My
divinity; and myrrh as a token of My suffering and of My death.
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"But, O Adam, put these
by thee in the cave; the gold that it may shed light over thee by
night; the incense, that thou smell its sweet savor; and the myrrh, to
comfort thee in thy sorrow."
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When Adam heard these words
from God, he worshiped before Him. He and Eve worshiped Him and
gave Him thanks, because He had dealt mercifully with them.
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Then God commanded the three
angels, Michael, Gabriel and Raphael, each to bring what he had
brought, and give it to Adam. And they did so, one by one.
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And God commanded Suriyel and
Salathiel to bear up Adam and Eve, and bring them down from the top of
the high mountain, and to take them to the Cave of Treasures.
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There they laid the gold on
the south side of the cave, the incense on the eastern side, and the
myrrh on the western side. For the mouth of the cave was on the
north side.
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The angels then comforted
Adam and Eve, and departed.
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The gold was seventy rods;
the incense, twelve pounds; and the myrrh, three pounds.
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These remained by Adam in the
House of Treasures; therefore was it called "of
concealment." But other interpreters say it was called the
"Cave of Treasures," by reason of the bodies of righteous
men that were in it.
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These three things did God
give to Adam, on the third day after he had come out of the garden, in
token of the three days the Lord should remain in the heart of the
earth.
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And these three things, as
they continued with Adam in the cave, gave him light by night; and by
day they gave him a little relief from his sorrow.
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