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- This was a significant command; not only referring to the fiery furnace, which was a type of the slavery of the Israelites, but to a cruel rite common among the Egyptians. They had several cities styled Typhonian, in which at particular seasons they sacrificed men, who were burnt alive; and the ashes of the victim were scattered upwards in the air, with the view, probably, that where any atom of dust was carried, a blessing was entailed. The like, therefore, was done by Moses, though with a different intention, and more certain effect. See Bryant, pp. 93-106. "And the LORDª saidª° unto¹ Moses,ª Sayª° unto¹ Aaron,ª Stretch outª°¹ thy rod,ª and smiteª°¹ the dustª of the land,ª that it may become¹ liceª throughout all¹ the landª of Egypt.ª" {Exd 8:16}
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