6. If fire break out, and catch in thorns--This refers to the
common practice in the East of setting fire to the dry grass before the
fall of the autumnal rains, which prevents the ravages of vermin, and
is considered a good preparation of the ground for the next crop. The
very parched state of the herbage and the long droughts of summer, make
the kindling of a fire an operation often dangerous, and always
requiring caution from its liability to spread rapidly.
stacks--or as it is rendered "shocks"
(Jud 15:5;
Job 5:26),
means simply a bundle of loose sheaves.
JFB.
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