And the LORD will take away from you all sickness, and will put none of the evil diseases of Egypt, which you know, upon you; but will lay them upon all them that hate you.
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George Leo Haydock
AD 1849
Sickness, sent in punishment of sin, (Haydock) like the plagues of Egypt, Exodus ix. (Menochius)
Egypt was afflicted with some peculiar disorders, such as the leprosy, called Elephantiasis. (Pliny, xxvi. 1.) The people were also much troubled with sore eyes, or blindness, and with ulcers upon their legs. (Juvenal, Sat. xiii. 91.) One-fourth of the inhabitants of Grand Cairo have sore eyes, or are blind. (Brun.)
Joinville speaks of the diseases which attacked the army of St. Louis in Egypt, preying chiefly upon the legs and gums, and causing them to putrify. (Calmet)
