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68 tian monuments. One of them, Pithom, means “temple of Tum,” the sun god. The sacred narrative is very emphatic as to the severity of the burdens laid on these Hebrews by the alarmed Egyptians, for the Hebrews continued to increase in number. The word “fellah,” a forced worker, is known to many. It comes from a word used by the Targum-ist Onkelos in describing the bondage under which the Hebrews groaned not only in the brick-making, but “in all manner of service in the field,” which is thought to include digging of canals and processes of irrigation, a kind of labor very unhealthy. Pithom and Raamses were both on a canal, which was often being enlarged. This oppressive policy went on till Moses and Aaron made the demand, of which we read in Exod. v. 1, for leave for the Hebrews to go and hold a feast to Jehovah in the wilderness. They specified a journey of three days into the desert. No doubt Pharaoh said in his mind: