Wednesday, March 6, 2013

Locust swarm of biblical proportions strikes Egypt, Israel before Passover

http://www.jpost.com/Sci-Tech/Article.aspx?id=305413
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 By Alan Boyle, Science Editor, NBC News:
Three weeks before Passover, a plague of locusts is swarming from Egypt to Israel, sparking fears among farmers in the region.
The timing of the insect invasion is eerie, because the Bible's Book of Exodus tells of 10 plagues that hit Egypt before Moses and the Jews were allowed to leave for the Promised Land. A plague of locusts was the eighth on the list — but Pharaoh didn't relent until the 10th plague, which killed off all of Egypt's firstborn sons. Every year at Passover, Jews commemorate how they were spared... Continue reading...

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