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Show i More About Origin of Japanese Some readers have set us to the task of proving that the Japanese are the descendents of Ammon and are the Amnion, ites of Biblical history The Japanese are not of Israel. They are not descended from Mannasseh or any other of the ribes. They are positively what is said of tiiem in Genesis 19. Lot had a son by each of his two daughters. "And the firstborn bare a son and called him Moab; the same is the father of the Moabites (Chinese) to this day. And the younger, she also bare a son, and called his name Ben-Ammi; the same is the father of the children of Ammon (Japanese) unto this day." To show they are not of Israel, the Lord says in Deuteronomy Deu-teronomy 23-3. "An Ammonite or a Moabite shall not enter into the congregation of the Lord (that is associate with Israel) unto the tenth generation. ' The Japanese do not know their origin. They have their legends but these are not to be relied reli-ed upon. Jeremiah in chapter 48 deals with the Moabites and in chapter 49 with the Ammonites. In their earlier cent uries the Japanese were ruthless, lustful semf savages, and were forbidden to marry with the Israelites, If they are to have any of the "blessings under the covenant" it will be because be-cause their progenitor Lot was a nephew of Abraham |