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Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge on Exodus 9:8

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The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
R. A. Torrey and contributors · Cross-reference reference work
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Take to: 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. Exo 8:16 Exodus 9:9
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