249. We have learned that ten types of these Chochmot, OF KLIPOT, descended to the world and all WERE GIVEN TO and became unclean in Egypt, except for one that spread THROUGHOUT THE WORLD EXCEPT EGYPT. They consisted of all types of sorcery, and from them the Egyptians knew sorcery more than the rest of mankind. When the Egyptians wished to gather kinds of sorceries for their purposes, they used to go out into the field to the high mountains and offer sacrifices. They made diggings in the ground and surrounded the diggings with blood while the rest of the blood gathered within the diggings. They placed upon it flesh. They offered the sacrifice to evil beings. And these evil beings gathered and approached together, and were appeased by them on that mountain.
249. וְתָאנָא, עֲשְׂרָה זִינֵי חָכְמוֹת אִלֵּין נַחְתּוּ לְעָלְמָא. וְכֻלְּהוּ אִסְתְּאָבוּ בְּמִצְרַיִם, בַּר מֵחַד דְּאִתְפְּשַׁט בְּעָלְמָא, וְכֻלְּהוּ זִינֵי חַרְשֵׁי אִינּוּן, וּמִנַּיְיהוּ יַדְעֵי מִצְרַיִם חַרְשִׁין, עַל כָּל בְּנֵי עָלְמָא. וְכַד מִצְרָאֵי בָּעָאן לְמֶעְבַּד כְּנוּפְיָיא בְּחַרְשַׁיְיהוּ לְעוֹבָדֵיהוֹן, הֲווֹ נַפְקֵי לְחַקְלָא לְטוּרֵי רָמַאֵי, וְדַבְחִין דְּבָחִין, וְעַבְדִין גּוּמִּין בְּאַרְעָא, וְסַחֲרִין הַהוּא דָּמָא סוֹחֲרָנֵיהּ דְּהָנֵי גּוּמִּין, וּשְׁאָר דָּמָא מִתְכַּנְּפֵי בְּהַנְהוּ גּוּמִּין, וּבִשְׂרָא שָׁוִין עָלַיְיהוּ. וּקַרְבִין קָרְבְּנֵיהוֹן, לְאִינּוּן זִינִין בִּישִׁין, וְאִינּוּן זִינִין בִּישִׁין מִתְכַּנְּשִׁין וּמִתְקָרְבִין כַּחֲדָא, וּמִתְפַּיְּיסִין בַּהֲדַיְיהוּ בְּהַהוּא טוּרָא.