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History: Ancient Egyptian Texts, Papyrus Of Nu |
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The Book Of The Dead, The 42 Commandments |
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| Extract From the Papyrus of Nu, the Book of the Dead, Translated by E.A. Wallis Budge Brit. Mus. No. 10477, Sheet 22. The Following Words Shall Be Said By The Steward Of The Keeper Of The Seal, Nu, Whose Word Is Truth, When He Cometh Forth To The Hall Of Maati, So That He May Be Seperated From Every Sin Which He Hath Committed, And May Behold The Faces Of The Gods. |
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have not committed sins against men.I have not opposed my family and kinsfolk. I have not acted fraudulently in the Seat of Truth. I have not known men who were of no account. I have not wrought evil. I have not made it to be the first consideration daily that unnecessary work should be done for me. I have not brought forward my name for dignities. I have not attempted to direct servants. I have not belittled God. I have not defrauded the humble man of his property. I have not done what the gods abominate. I have not vilified a slave to his master.  I
have not inflicted pain. I have not caused anyone to go hungry. I have not made any man to weep. I have not committed murder. I have not given the order for murder to be committed. I have not caused calamities to befall men and women. I have not plundered the offerings in the temples. I have not defrauded the gods of their cake-offerings. I have not carried off the fenkhu cakes [offered to] the Spirits. I have not committed fornication. I have not masturbated [in the sanctuaries of the god of my city]. I have not diminished from the bushel. I have not filched [land from my neighbour's estate and] added it to my own acre. I have not encroached upon the fields [of others]. I have not added to the weights of the scales. |
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have not depressed the pointer of the balance. I have not carried away the milk from the mouths of children. I have not driven the cattle away from their pastures. I have not snared the geese in the goose-pens of the gods. I have not caught fish with bait made of the bodies of the same kind of fish. I have not stopped water when it should flow. I have not made a cutting in a canal of running water. I have not extinguished a fire when it should burn. I have not violated the times [of offering] the chosen meat offerings. I have not driven away the cattle on the estates of the gods. I have not turned back the god at his appearances. |
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am pure. I am pure. I am pure. My pure offerings are the pure offerings
of that great Benu which dwelleth in Hensu. For behold, I am the nose of
Neb-nefu (the lord of the air), who giveth sustenance unto all mankind,
on the day of the filling of the Utchat in Anu, in the second month of the
season Pert, on the last of the month, [in the presence of the Lord of this
earth]. I have seen the filling of the Utchat in Anu, therefore let not
calamity befall me in this land, or in this Hall of Maati, because I know
the names of the gods who are therein, [and who are the followers of the Great God]. |
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