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Nevertheless you even spared these as men, and you sent hornets as forerunners of your army, to cause them to perish little by little.
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Verse 8. Wasps. These were the auxiliaries of the Hebrews. Deuteronomy 7:20. Saint James saved Nisibis from the Persian army, by praying for gnats to descend. Theod. Philot. i.—The inhabitants of Belgrade incensed bees, by fire and smoke, to attack the troops of Amurath. Bonf. iv. dec. 3.
Or, wasps
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