. The book of bugs. . THE PLAGUE OF FLIES. THE sympathies of men in all ages have gone out to the Pharaoh of the Exodus in one of the deep afflictions that came upon him. Certainly he did deserve some punishment for the way he acted, hardening his heart and refusing to let that people go which other rulers since his day have been only too anxious to drive out; but somehow it has seemed a little too much that he should have been pestered so with flies. If he was a bald- headed man, his agony must have been something pitiable. Llowever, perhaps it was not quite so bad as it seems. The " ela
. The book of bugs. . THE PLAGUE OF FLIES. THE sympathies of men in all ages have gone out to the Pharaoh of the Exodus in one of the deep afflictions that came upon him. Certainly he did deserve some punishment for the way he acted, hardening his heart and refusing to let that people go which other rulers since his day have been only too anxious to drive out; but somehow it has seemed a little too much that he should have been pestered so with flies. If he was a bald- headed man, his agony must have been something pitiable. Llowever, perhaps it was not quite so bad as it seems. The " elasticity of the original Hebrew ' is always to be counted upon in any difficult passage, and not only the Sepher Hajaschar and the Targum Yerushalmi,—with which every schoolboy is familiar,—but also the side-notes of the Authorized Version show that the words may quite as well be translated " mixtures of noxious beasts ' as ' swarms of ; (If I were a statesman I should make it the rule of my life never to be interviewed in anything but the original Hebrew. Then whatever I said that did not happen to suit I could prove really meant something quite different.) So we might as well keep our sympathy to ourselves. It will very likely do us as much good as it will him. I am afraid the original Hebrews were not very strong 16. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Sutherland, Harvey. New York ; London : Street & Smith
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