- and see them:
- Or, rather, "and ye see them by the stone-troughs;" for so ovnayim, from aven, a stone, seems to signify (compare "And the LORDª spakeª° unto¹ Moses,ª Sayª° unto¹ Aaron,ª Takeª° thy rod,ª and stretch outª° thine handª upon¹ the watersª of Egypt,ª upon¹ their streams,ª upon¹ their rivers,ª and upon¹ their ponds,ª and upon¹ all¹ their poolsª of water,ª that they may become¹ blood;ª and [that] there may be¹ bloodª throughout all¹ the landª of Egypt,ª both in [vessels of] wood,ª and in [vessels of] stone.ª" {Exd 7:19}), in which they washed the new-born infants. See this subject fully illustrated in Fragments to Calmet, Nos. 312, 313.
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