If a prince is only a prophet without weapons, he will fail. If a prince is an armed prophet, he will win. Machiavelli asserts that a prophet with solid foundations upholds “veneration” (p. 24). In turn, the armed prophet “will remain powerful, secure, honored and happy” (p. 24, p. 25). This, according to Machiavelli, is of the utmost importance and constitutes an “excellent example” (p. 25). By letting the Israelites experience prolonged suffering and then freeing them from slavery to God's army, Moses cleverly uses vice and virtue as Machiavelli suggests they should be used. In Exodus, Moses is divinely inspired to free the people of Israel from slavery so that they “would be willing to follow him” (p. 23). This sequence, according to Machiavelli, constitutes the prophecy with which Moses obtains much of his power. Instead of doing what was right, Moses did what was necessary, "for war is just to whom it is necessary, and weapons are pious when there is hope only in arms" (p. 103). Arguably, Moses could not truly contribute to this teaching because he was divinely inspired. However, at the end of his writings, Machiavelli states: “God does not want to do everything” (p. 103). Machiavelli's admiration for Moses, use of weapons, and treatment of conquered lands inspired his heart