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The LORD will take away from you all sickness; and he will put none of the evil diseases of Egypt, which you know, on you, but will lay them on all those who hate you.
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ExplanationCommentary
Verse 15. Sickness, sent in punishment of sin, ( Bible.) like the plagues of Egypt. Exodus 9. Menochius.—Egypt was afflicted with some peculiar disorders, such as the leprosy, called Elephantiasis. Plin. xxvi. 1. The people were also much troubled with sore eyes, or blindness, and with ulcers upon their legs. Juven. Sat. xiii. 91. One-fourth of the inhabitants of Grand Cairo have sore eyes, or are blind. Brun.—Joinville speaks of the diseases which attacked the army of S. Louis in Egypt, preying chiefly upon the legs and gums, and causing them to putrify. Calmet.
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