And the goat shall bear upon him all their iniquities unto a land not inhabited._" That same night Israel dreamt a dream.

He had been asleep, and had awakened in a place which he did not know.

It was a great arid wilderness.

Ashen sand lay on every side; a scorching sun beat down on it, and nowhere was there a glint of water.

Israel gazed, and slowly through the blazing sunlight he discerned white roofless walls like the ruins of little sheepfolds.