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where those protected by thy hand passed through as one nation, after gazing on marvelous wonders.
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For they ranged like horses, and leaped like lambs, praising thee, O Lord, who didst deliver them.
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For they still recalled the events of their sojourn, how instead of producing animals the earth brought forth gnats, and instead of fish the river spewed out vast numbers of frogs.
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Afterward they saw also a new kind of birds, when desire led them to ask for luxurious food;
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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.