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All the people came into the forest; and there was honey on the ground.
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Verse 25. Ground. Even still travellers perceived the smell of honey very frequently in that country. Maundrell.—The people use honey almost in every sauce and in every repast. Virgil assures us, that “bees dwell in holes under ground, in hollow stones, and trees.” Georg. iv. The Scripture frequently mentions honey flowing. Exodus 2:8. Psalms 70:17. Job 20:17.
Mella fluant illi, ferat & rubus asper amomum. Virg. Ec. iii.
Sanctius says, that in Spain, streams of honey may be seen on the ground; and Maldonet observes, that the countrymen get a livelihood by gathering it from the trees in Betica, or Andalusia.
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