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for, to give them relief, quails came up from the sea.
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The punishments did not come upon the sinners without prior signs in the violence of thunder, for they justly suffered because of their wicked acts; for they practiced a more bitter hatred of strangers.
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Others had refused to receive strangers when they came to them, but these made slaves of guests who were their benefactors.
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And not only so, but punishment of some sort will come upon the former for their hostile reception of the aliens;
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but the latter, after receiving them with festal celebrations, afflicted with terrible sufferings those who had already shared the same rights.
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They were stricken also with loss of sight -- just as were those at the door of the righteous man -- when, surrounded by yawning darkness, each tried to find the way through his own door.
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For the elements changed places with one another, as on a harp the notes vary the nature of the rhythm, while each note remains the same. This may be clearly inferred from the sight of what took place.
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For land animals were transformed into water creatures, and creatures that swim moved over to the land.
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Fire even in water retained its normal power, and water forgot its fire-quenching nature.
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Flames, on the contrary, failed to consume the flesh of perishable creatures that walked among them, nor did they melt the crystalline, easily melted kind of heavenly food.
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For in everything, O Lord, thou hast exalted and glorified thy people; and thou hast not neglected to help them at all times and in all places.