1883 Haydock Douay Rheims Bible
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| Exodus 14:24 | And now the morning watch was come, *and behold the Lord looking upon the Egyptian army through the pillar of fire and of the cloud, slew their host. Wisdom 18:15. | Watch. About four o'clock. The Hebrews divided the night into three equal parts, (Calmet) or four, consisting each of three hours, (Menochius) which varied in length as the night was longer. (Haydock) --- Slew many by his thunderbolts, as Artapanus relates, and the Scripture elsewhere insinuates. (Chap. 15:6, 12; Psalm 76:16, 18; Josephus, [Antiquities?] 2:7. |