And he went after the man of Israel into the tent, and thrust both of them through, the man of Israel, and the woman through her belly. So the plague was stayed from the children of Israel.
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George Leo Haydock
AD 1849
Parts. Ovid says, Lethifer ille locus, "That place where wounds so often deadly prove. "Hebrew kubbak, means a brothel-house just before, a bed, vault, cistern, belly Septuagint translate, "through her womb. "The plague, inflicted by God, instantly ceased, to show the divine approbation of this exemplary punishment, and all were so much filled with terror and repentance, that it was no longer necessary for the judges to sentence any more to death. An effectual stop was also put to the spreading disorder of both carnal and spiritual fornication. (Haydock)
