OLD TESTAMENT

Exodus 14:24

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In the morning watch, the LORD looked out on the Egyptian army through the pillar of fire and of cloud, and confused the Egyptian army.

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Verse 24. Watch. About four o’clock. The Hebrews divided the night into three equal parts, ( Calmet.) or four, consisting each of three hours, ( Menochius.) which varied in length as the night was longer. Bible.—Slew many by his thunderbolts, as Artapanus relates, and the Scripture elsewhere insinuates. Calmet. 15:6, 12. Psalms 76:16, 18. Josep. ii. 7.

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