20 And immediately there arrived at the receipt of custom a great multitude of men, each man bearing upon his back a weight of money, according to his means. And they jostled, the one against the other, in their haste to be first.
21 And they said unto the rulers of the land, All that which we have brought with us, that do we lend unto you. Go ye out, therefore, and buy ye the things that are necessary. Neither shall ye stint yourselves in the matter, but rest assured that whatsoever more ye shall require, it shall be forthcoming.
22 And the notes of paper that they did bring unto the rulers of the land were in number as the blades of grass in a meadow that extendeth out of sight. Yea, even more than the words of the rulers was the number thereof, notwithstanding that the jaws of these were for ever agitated.
23 So the rulers of the land did set out for to buy them munitions of war in a great quantity; even all that which they did require did they set out for to buy.
24 And all the merchants of the world came in unto them and displayed their wares before them; and they were eager for to make the bargain and to traffick with the rulers.
25 For the power of money was great in that time, and the things that it could not do, they were not.
26 ¶ And because the people brought unto the rulers money that was of a value beyond calculation, therefore was the might of En felt throughout all the world.
CHAPTER VII.
1 The country is bereft of its young men. 2 The rulers send unto the women. 3 Who make them munitions of war. 4 And sell merchandise in the bazaars. 8 And watch over the people. 11 They receive much money. 14 Concerning a certain man that imbibed too freely. 23 The women work on the land. 34 They rebel.