The Book of Watchtowers
[ . . . ] Similarly Scripture mentions also the excellent Egyptian sages who are called “wise men” and “magicians,” and their subtle actions that resemble some of the true [miracles] that had been performed by our Master Moses, peace be on him, and also the knowledge that they pretended to possess—namely, of the effects of the divine heavenly…
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