22 He overcame the bitter difficulty, but not by his own strength or by military force. Instead, he used prayer to stop the punishment, appealing to the promises you solemnly made to our ancestors.
23 Dead bodies were already lying in piles, but he stepped in to hold your anger back and to keep it from harming those who were left alive.
24 He wore a long robe decorated with symbols of the universe. In honour of our ancestors he wore four rows of engraved stones on his chest, and your own majesty was represented by the ornament on his turban.
25 The Angel of Death was afraid of these things, and gave in. It was only a slight experience of your wrath, but it was enough.