OLD TESTAMENT

Judges 5:4

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“LORD, when you went out of Seir, when you marched out of the field of Edom, the earth trembled, the sky also dropped. Yes, the clouds dropped water.

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Verse 4. Edom. Sinai, where God gave his law amid thunder and lightning, was situated in Idumea. Calmet.—God displayed his glory on this mountain, and also on Mount Seir. Deuteronomy 33:2. Some believe that Debbora compares the wonders which attended the late victory, with those which God wrought when he led his victorious bands though the desert, and conquered the countries of Sehon, and so forth Bible.—He provided for the wants of his people, even in the most desolate regions, giving them water out of the hard ( Calmet.) rock of Horeb or Sinai, ( Bible.) and causing all nature to change her appearance at his approach. Psalms 67:8. Exodus 19:18. Calmet.

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