Aramaic Amulet from Nirim

Published in: The Posen Library of Jewish Culture and Civilization, vol. 2: Emerging Judaism.

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[ . . . ] An amulet proper for Esther, daughter of ṭ’ṭys, to save her from evil tormentors, from evil eye, from spirit, from demon, from shadow-spirit, from [all] evil tormentors, from evil eye, from . . . from imp[ure] spirit, . . . If you will diligently hearken to the voice of the Lord your God, and will do that which is right in his sight, and will give ear to his commandments, and keep all his statutes, I will put none of these diseases upon you, which I have brought upon the Egyptians. For I am the Lord who heals you (Exodus 15:26). [ . . . ]

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