⁶⁰ Exod. xxxii. 5.

⁶¹ Gen. xix. 32, Gen. xix. 33.

⁶² Gen. ix. 22.

⁶³ It was very unusual for women to live together alone at this period.

⁶⁴ S. Luke xviii. 29, Luke xviii. 30.

¹ S. Luke i. 28.

² S. Luke i. 56.

³ S. Luke ii. 19.

⁴ S. John xvii. 24.

⁵ S. John xvii. 25.

⁶ Mary is the same name as the Hebrew Miriam.

⁷ Ex. xv. 20.

⁸ Ps. xliii. [xlii.] 4.

⁹ Ps. l. [xlix.] 14.

¹⁰ Jos. ii. 9.

¹¹ Judith x.

¹² S. Matt. x. 39.

¹³ Dan. vi. 22.

¹⁴ Dan. iii. 27 [50].

¹⁵ Ex. xiv. 22.

¹⁶ Hist. Sus. 45.

¹⁷ 1 [3] Kings xiii. 4.

¹⁸ Hist. Sus. 46.

¹⁹ S. Matt. xxvi. 53.

²⁰ Gen. xix. 26.

²¹ Eph. vi. 14-17.

²² Isa. lxv. 25.

²³ The soldier who remained in the place of the virgin is spoken of as being her "surety."