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and old and patched sandals on their feet, and wore old garments. All the bread of their food supply was dry and moldy.
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ExplanationCommentary
Verse 5. Patches. Hebrew “spotted,” or of different colours, like shoes worn out and spoiled with dirt.—Pieces. Heb, is translated, “dry, burnt, eaten, mouldy,” and so forth But it means fine thin bread, or wafers, (3 Kennicott. 14:3,) full of holes. The Israelites partook of this bread, which they would hardly have done if it had been mouldy. Calmet.
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