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a view to understanding his identity and his movements, if
at all possible, and then to inform his king. If you ask:
What was the business and the office of the solitary Sophi of
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the Mispa? the answer - which would merely be that he used
to watch from the minaret of the Misppha (Mispa) in order
to distinguish the identity of the pilgrims in the desert, or that
he used to keep watch against some danger - could not
satisfy an eager inquirer. If so, the Mispha would lose its
religious and sacred character, and would rather seem to
assume that of a military watchtower. But the case with the
Sophi of the Mispha was quite different. Originally the
Mispha was only a simple shrine on a solitary high place in
at all possible, and then to inform his king. If you ask:
What was the business and the office of the solitary Sophi of
21
the Mispa? the answer - which would merely be that he used
to watch from the minaret of the Misppha (Mispa) in order
to distinguish the identity of the pilgrims in the desert, or that
he used to keep watch against some danger - could not
satisfy an eager inquirer. If so, the Mispha would lose its
religious and sacred character, and would rather seem to
assume that of a military watchtower. But the case with the
Sophi of the Mispha was quite different. Originally the
Mispha was only a simple shrine on a solitary high place in