...In the account of the plague of hail, given in Exod. ix. 31, the sacred historian informs us, that " the flax and the barley were smitten ; for the barley...were not smitten ; for they were not grown up." This enables us to determine in what part of the year the ten plagues came on the Egyptians. The first plague,...

...March, since the Passover, was about the 4th of April, the flax and the barley were smitten, because the barley was in the ear, and the flax was boiled; but the wheat and rye were not smitten, because they were not grown up : that is, they were not so far advanced as that...

...Egypt particularly, " the barley, it is said, was smitten with the hail, for it was in the ear, whereas the wheat and the rye were not smitten, for they were not grown up," Exod. ix, 81, 32. It is inquired, why leaven was used in the bread offered at pentecost ; whereas it...

...introduced. The first instance is in Exodus, ix. 31 ; where the seventh plague in Egypt is thus described: " the flax and the barley were smitten; for the barley was in tlie ear, and the flax was boiled." The destruction of this article, so necessary and valuable, and...

...man and beast ; and the hail smote every herb of the field, and brake every tree of the field ; and the flax and the barley were smitten ; for the barley was in the ear, and the flax was boiled."1 This, it must be admitted, was an extraordinary visitation ; yet it differs but little from...

...and thy servants, I know that yo will not yet fear the LORD God. 31 And the flax and the barley was smitten : for the barley was in the ear, and the flax was boiled. 32 But the wheat and the rie were not smitten : for they were f not grown up. Jf?*r ££. 33 And Moses...

...plagues with which Jehovah punished that sinful people, and at length procured tlie release of Israel ; " the flax and the barley were smitten, for the barley was in the ear, and the flu wns boiled," Exod. ix. 31. The destruction of so valuable and staple an article, and at the very...

...imaginable, for the mention of the hail draws from the historian who records it the remark, that " the flax and the barley were smitten, for the barley...rye were not smitten, for they were not grown up," (or rather perhaps, were not out of sheath.*) Now this is precisely such a degree of forwardness as...

...mention of the hail draws from the historian who records it the remark, that " the flax and the barky were smitten, for the barley was in the ear and the...rye were not smitten, for they were not grown up," (or rather perhaps, were not out of sheath.*) Now this is precisely such a degree of forwardness as...

...boulled." Coverdale's Bible, 1535 ; and the Bishop's Bible, 1568. — " The Flax and the Barley was smitten; for the Barley was in the ear, and the Flax was boiled." King James's Bible, 1611. — These terms may be well illustrated by a passage from a Botanical work...