And it came to pass when the sun went down, that I went and buried him that was slain. But my kinsmen and my family mocked me, saying, This man feareth not for his soul, and he burieth the slain!
And on that night after I had buried him who was dead I washed, but was not able to purify myself in an unclean land, as it would have been meet in the land of Israel, according as the prophet Jeremiah said of us, ‘Thou shalt not be made clean any more.’ Then I went and laid down by the wall, and my face was uncovered, and I knew not that there were birds above me on the wall. And their dung fell upon mine eyes, and there came a whiteness in mine eyes. And I went in the morning to the physicians to heal me, but they could not, and I was blind four years. And all my brethren and kindred were grieved at my blindness, and Akikar my kinsman did nourish me.