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Museum._]

In the second part of the Chapter the deceased repeats many of the above
declarations of his innocence, but with each declaration the name of one
of the Forty-two Judges is coupled. Thus we have:

1. "Hail, thou of the long strides, who comest forth from
Heliopolis, I have not committed sin.

2. "Hail, thou who art embraced by flame, who comest forth from
Kheraha, I have not robbed with violence.

3. "Hail, Nose, who comest forth from Hermopolis, I have not done
violence [to any man].

4. "Hail, Eater of shadows, who comest forth from the Qerti, I have
not thieved.

5. "Hail, Stinking Face, who comest forth from Rastau, I have not
slain man or woman.

9. "Hail, Crusher of bones, who comest forth from Hensu, I have not
lied."

Nothing is known of the greater number of these Forty-two gods, but it
is probable that they were local gods or spirits, each one representing
a nome, whose names were added to the declarations with the view of
making the Forty-two Judges represent all Egypt.

In the third part of the Chapter we find that the religious ideas
expressed by the deceased have a far more personal character than those
of the first and second parts. Thus, having declared his innocence of
the forty-two sins or offences, "the heart which is righteous and
sinless" says:

"Homage to you, O ye gods who dwell in your Hall of Maati! I know you
and I know your names. Let me not fall under your knives, and bring ye
not before the god whom ye follow my wickedness, and let not evil come
upon me through you. Declare ye me innocent in the presence of
Nebertcher,[1] because I have done that which is right in Tamera
(Egypt), neither blaspheming God, nor imputing evil (?) to the king in
his day. Homage to you, O ye gods, who live in your Hall of Maati, who
have no taint of sin in you, who live upon truth, who feed upon truth
before Horus, the dweller in his disk. Deliver me from Baba, who liveth
upon the entrails of the mighty ones, on the day of the Great Judgment.
Let me come to you, for I have not committed offences [against you]; I
have not done evil, I have not borne false witness; therefore let
nothing [evil] be done unto me. I live upon truth. I feed upon truth. I
have performed the commandments of men, and the things which make the
gods contented. I have made the god to be at peace [with me by doing]
that which is his will. I have given bread