1883 Haydock Douay Rheims Bible
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| Exodus 23:29 | I will not cast them out from thy face in one year; lest the land be brought into a wilderness, and the beasts multiply against thee. | Beasts. Herod the great killed many in hunting. (Josephus, Jewish Wars 1:16.) Two bears rushed upon the children, 4 Kings 2:24. How much would they have increased in all the countries from the Euphrates to the Nile, had they been destitute of any other inhabitants but the Hebrews, (Calmet) many of whom perished in the desert! |