The Bible and its . n obstinatesilence. Then came the sixth plague. It turnedfrom the cattle of the Egyptians to their persons;their own flesh was attacked. Moses stood beforePharaoh, and tossed into the air ashes of thefurnace. Wherever an atom fell it became a boilbreaking forth with blains upon man, and uponbeast. We know not what special restraint from(jod prevented the infuriated monarch from havingliis tormentor stricken dead before him; we are toldonly that the monarchs heart was further ])lague tormented all the Egy))tians, yet itseems to have been directed more
The Bible and its . n obstinatesilence. Then came the sixth plague. It turnedfrom the cattle of the Egyptians to their persons;their own flesh was attacked. Moses stood beforePharaoh, and tossed into the air ashes of thefurnace. Wherever an atom fell it became a boilbreaking forth with blains upon man, and uponbeast. We know not what special restraint from(jod prevented the infuriated monarch from havingliis tormentor stricken dead before him; we are toldonly that the monarchs heart was further ])lague tormented all the Egy))tians, yet itseems to have been directed more particularly againstthe magicians, jierbajis in punislinient because tlieyhad pretended to equal the earlier plagues. We aretold that now because of their suffering they couldnot stand before Moses. Their spirits were com-pletely broken. Already they had confessed thatMoses power was beyond theirs; now they wailedaloud. Yet Pharaoli hearkened not unto hear no more of them in connection with thelater plagues. ^ 11-28. Cfje pague of l^ail DESIGNED BY THE ENGLISH AIITIST, JOHN MARTIX.+ So there 7V(is hail, and fire mingled with the hail,very grievous, sueh as there rvas none like it in allthe land of Egypt since it became a nation.—, DESPITE the sufferings of his people fromthe sixth plague, Pharaoh maintained anobstinate silence. Indeed there seemed smalluse in his sending for Moses again, considering thatthe monarchs plighted word to the prophet had nowbeen twice broken. Then there came a seventhplague, a terrific storm such as had never beforebeen known in Egypt. The land of Egypt is thequietest and sunniest of all lands; storm is almostunknown there; so that to its people the tremendousliurricane must have seemed far more frightful thanto a more northern race. The Lord sent thunderand hail, and the fire ran along upon the hail smote all that was in the field, so thatmen were slain as well as beasts, and the grain wasdestroyed, with its provision for th
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