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CHAPTER X, 22-24.
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22. The rule is this, that one perseveres much in the begetting of offspring, for the acquisition of abundance of good works at once; because, in the Nihâdûm Nask", the high-priests have taught that the duty and good works which a son performs are as much the father's as though they had been done by his own hand; and in the Damdâd Nask2 it is revealed thus : ‘Likewise, too, the good works, in like measure, which come into the father's possession.'
23. The rule is this, that they shall give to the worthy as much of anything as is proper for eating and accumulating ; because in the Nihâdûm Nask: the high-priests have taught thus: 'A man gives a hungry one bread, and it is too much, yet all the good works, which he shall perform through that superabundance, become as much his who gave it as though they had been done by his own hand.'
24. The rule is this, where one lies down, in circumstances of propriety and innocence, one Ashemvohû is to be uttered“, and in like manner when he
the proper feeding of cattle, horses, sheep, goats, and pigs, the duty of a frontier governor during a foreign invasion, &c.
The passage mentioned in the text was probably in that portion of the last group of fourteen sections which treated of wives, children, and adoption.
I See $ 3; the passage mentioned here cannot be traced in the account of this Nask given in the Dînkard.
* See SZS. IX, 1. The passage here quoted cannot be traced in any of the short accounts of the contents of this Nask. This section is repeated, with a few verbal alterations, in Chap. XII, 15.
See $ 3; the passage here quoted is also not to be traced in the account of this Nask given in the Dinkard. This section is repeated, with a few verbal alterations, in Chap. XII, 16.
• Compare Chap. IV, 14, where much the same is stated as what occurs in this section,
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