- mice:
- Bochart has collected many curious accounts relative to the terrible devastations made by these mischievous animals. William, Archbishop of Tyre, records, that in the beginning of the twelfth century, a penitential council was held at Naplouse, where five and twenty canons were framed for the correction of the manners of the inhabitants of the Christian kingdom of Jerusalem, who they apprehended had provoked to bring upon them the calamities of earthquakes, war, and famine. This last he ascribes to locusts and devouring mice, which had for four years together so destroyed the fruits of the earth as to cause an almost total failure of their crops. It was customary for the ancient heathen to offer to their gods such monuments of their deliverance as represented the evils from which they had been rescued; and Tavernier informs us, that among the Indians, when a pilgrim goes to one of the pagodas for a cure, he brings the figure of the member affected, made of gold, silver, or copper, according to his circumstances, which he offers to his god. "And the LORDª spakeª° unto¹ Moses,ª Sayª° unto¹ Aaron,ª Stretch forthª°¹ thine handª with thy rodª over¹ the streams,ª over¹ the rivers,ª and over¹ the ponds,ª and cause¹ frogsª to come upª° upon¹ the landª of Egypt.ª" {Exd 8:5} + "And they didª° so;¹ for Aaronª stretched outª°¹ his handª with his rod,ª and smoteª°¹ the dustª of the earth,ª and it became¹ liceª in man,ª and in beast;ª all¹ the dustª of the landª became¹ liceª throughout all¹ the landª of Egypt.ª" {Exd 8:17} + "And the LORDª didª° so;¹ and there cameª° a grievousª swarmª [of flies] into the houseª of Pharaoh,ª and [into] his servants'ª houses,ª and into all¹ the landª of Egypt:ª the landª was corruptedª° by reason² of¹¹ the swarmª [of flies]." {Exd 8:24} + "And the locustsª went upª° over¹ all¹ the landª of Egypt,ª and restedª° in all¹ the coastsª of Egypt:ª veryª grievousª [were they]; beforeª them there were¹ no¹ suchª locustsª as they, neither¹ afterª them shall be¹ such.¹ ... For they coveredª°¹ the faceª of the whole¹ earth,ª so that the landª was darkened;ª° and they did eatª°¹ every¹ herbª of the land,ª and all¹ the fruitª of the treesª which¹ the hailª had left:ª° and there remainedª° not¹ any¹ green thingª in the trees,ª or in the herbsª of the field,ª through all¹ the landª of Egypt.ª" {Exd 10:14-15} + "That which the palmerwormª hath leftª hath the locustª eaten;ª° and that which the locustª hath leftª hath the cankerwormª eaten;ª° and that which the cankerwormª hath leftª hath the caterpillerª eaten.ª° ... He hath laidª° my vineª waste,ª and barkedª my fig tree:ª he hath made it clean²° bare,ª° and cast [it] away;ª° the branchesª thereof are made white.ª°" {Jol 1:4-7} + "And I will restoreª° to you¹ the yearsª that¹ the locustª hath eaten,ª° the cankerworm,ª and the caterpiller,ª and the palmerworm,ª my greatª armyª which¹ I sentª° among you." {Jol 2:25}
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