Note 40 — XVIII. ORDURE ALLEGED TO HAVE BEEN USED IN FOOD BY THE ISRAELITES.
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After the Jews had been humbled by the Lord, and made to mingle human ordure with their bread, the punishment was mitigated by substitution. “Then he said unto me, Lo! I have given thee cow’s dung for man’s dung, and thou shalt prepare thy bread therewith.”—(Ezekiel iv. 15.)