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242 in use among the ancient Egyptians, with whom the children of Israel sojourned, at the very commencement of their national existence, for four hundred and thirty years, and upon whose customs, therefore, their general habits must in a great measure have been founded. The mode of singing described in the Psalms was also that which prevailed in Egypt. In addition to this, we have shown, in the preceding pages, by many instances, that the rhythmical principles of the Hebrew poetry are identical with those of the poems which still remain written in hieroglyphics on the walls of the temples, palaces, and tombs of Egypt. It is not easy to overrate the value and importance of evidence like this.