Kebra Nagast

How Zadok the Priest departed " covering ! And his father said unto him, " Verily he rejoiceth over the Lady of the covering, and he might subjugate all of us if he were not going to his own " Make now a country." And he said unto the king, covenant with me that thou wilt give to this my son this possession for his Lady and his sponsor and his protection, that he may guard it all the days of his life, for himself and for his seed after him ; and that thou wilt give him tithe, and that thou wilt give him a city of refuge in thy kingdom, and also the tenth of the cities in all thy kingdom and that he shall be unto thee and and seer, priest, prophet, and teacher to thee and to thy seed after thee, and the anointer with oil of thy kingdom for thy children and thy children's " I agree." children." And he said, And they struck he a and received from his father covenant, {i.e. made) the votive offering, and the covering of Zion, and a chain ; of gold And they loaded the wagons, and the horses, and the mules in order to depart, and they set out on their and they continued to travel on. j ourney prosperously, And Michael the [Arch] Angel marched in front, and he spread out [his wings] and made them to march through the sea as upon dry land, and upon the dry land he cut a path for them and spreading himself out like a cloud over them he hid them from the fiery heat of the sun. And as for their wagons, no man hauled his wagon, but he himself (i.e. Michael) marched with the wagons, and whether it was men, or horses, or mules, or loaded camels, each was raised above the ground to the height of a cubit and all those who rode upon beasts were lifted up above their backs to the height of one span of a man, and all the various kinds of baggage which were loaded on the beasts, as well as those who were mounted on them, were raised up to the height of one span of a man, and the beasts were lifted up to the height of one span of a man. And every one travelled in the wagons ; 77