| VOL. II. BOOK III. | ||
| Chapter I. | ||
| Page. | ||
| The Sacerdotal Office | [1] | |
| Chapter II. | ||
| The Journey to Joppa | [19] | |
| Chapter III. | ||
| The Feast of the New Moon | [50] | |
| Chapter IV. | ||
| The Admission into the Priesthood | [75] | |
| Chapter V. | ||
| The Essenes | [124] | |
| Chapter VI. | ||
| The Betrothment | [151] | |
| Chapter VII. | ||
| The Feast of Pentecost | [176] | |
| BOOK IV. | ||
| Chapter I. | ||
| The Journey to Dan | [193] | |
| Chapter II. | ||
| The Nuptials | [234] | |
| Chapter III. | ||
| The Avenger of Blood | [248] | |
| Chapter IV. | ||
| The Water of Jealousy | [267] | |
| Chapter V. | ||
| The Day of Atonement | [290] | |
| Chapter VI. | ||
| The Feast of Tabernacles | [312] | |
| Chapter VII. | ||
| The Conclusion | [339] | |
HELON'S PILGRIMAGE
TO
JERUSALEM.
BOOK III.
THE FEAST OF PENTECOST.
CHAPTER I.
THE SACERDOTAL OFFICE.
The feast of the Passover was ended. The multitude had returned to their homes, or resumed their occupations in the city. The ashes on the altar of burnt-offering, whose gradual accumulation, during the week of the Passover, had raised them at last into a lofty pyramid, had been cleared away. The days of unleavened bread were past; the people had returned to their ordinary food, and all the glory of the festival seemed to have disappeared from the city.
Helon stood on the roof, on the following morning, contemplating the rising sun. His eyes turned towards the temple, and he remembered, with a feeling of disappointment and regret, that on this as on the preceding day, only a single customary sacrifice would be presented there. He looked down upon the streets—the exhilarating commotion of the festival had vanished, and all was solitary and still, save where a Tyrian merchant was seen hastening through the gate with his empty sacks, or a Galilean dealer in cattle, driving before him the remnant of his herd, for which he had been unable to find a purchaser. No pilgrim from Hebron or Libna, no stranger of the Diaspora was to be seen.