THE PLAGUES OF EGYPT
Harry Rimmer, in his book, Moses and the Gods of Egypt, writes of the plague of frogs: Like the blanket of filth the slimy, wet monstrosities covered the land, until men sickened at the continued squashing crunch of the ghastly pavement they were forced to walk upon. If a man’s feet slipped on the greasy mass of putrid uncleanness, and when he sought water to cleanse himself, the water was so solid with frogs, he got no cleaning… In addition to the plague of frogs, Moses also directs a plague of gnats, thought to be our present day lice or possibly mosquitoes. A plague of flies; A plague that killed all the livestock; A plague of boils; A plague of hailstones mixed with fire; A plague of locusts; a locust is capable of eating its own weight daily, and one square mile of a swarm will normally contain up to 200 million of the creatures. Swarms covering more than 400…
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