38 Preface فَجُمِعَ السَّحَرَةُ لِميقاتِ يَومٍ مَعلومٍYusuf AliSo the sorcerers were got together for the appointment of a day well-known,1A day well-known: a solemn day of festival: see 20:59. The object was to get together as large a concourse of people as possible. It was confidently expected that the Egyptian sorcerers with all their organisation would win with their tricks against these amateur Israelites, and so the State cult of the worship of Pharaoh would be fastened on the necks of the people more firmly than ever.