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in order that those men, when they desired food, might lose the least remnant of appetite because of the odious creatures sent to them, while thy people, after suffering want a short time, might partake of delicacies.
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For it was necessary that upon those oppressors inexorable want should come, while to these it was merely shown how their enemies were being tormented.
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For when the terrible rage of wild beasts came upon thy people and they were being destroyed by the bites of writhing serpents, thy wrath did not continue to the end;
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they were troubled for a little while as a warning, and received a token of deliverance to remind them of thy law's command.
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For he who turned toward it was saved, not by what he saw, but by thee, the Savior of all.