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Now in our English Bibles we find theii^vsi$>rt85 jjmiost 

 universally translated Locust, notwithstandin^we have 

 good reason to believe that almost all these insects men- 

 tioned, are according to their external and internal con- 

 struction very far from being of the same nature with 

 our Cicada, but rather belong to the Grasshoppers (Sau- 

 terelle, Heupferd). In the book of Deuteronomy, 28th 

 chapter, 38th verse, we read, "Thou shalt carry much 

 seed out into the fields, and shalt gather but little in, 

 for the Locust shall consume it ;" and in verse 42 d, " All 

 thy trees and the fruit of thy land shall the Locust con- 

 sume." Now we cannot understand how it is possible 

 that the Cicada, which with its proboscis sucks only 

 the dew of leaves as its nourishment, and has no mouth 

 with which it can masticate any thing, could occasion 

 such immense ravages. But if we translate the He- 

 brew text, as Martin Luther did, with " Heupferd " 

 or " Heuschrecke" in German, and with " Sauterelle" in 

 French, which is " Grasshopper" in English, designat- 

 ing a very voracious insect, provided with two powerful 

 jaws, and an animal very common in Africa, Asia, and 

 the East of Europe, we readily perceive how it is pos- 

 sible for such a creature to occasion famine and pes- 

 tilence. 



It is time that such unpardonable mistakes were 

 corrected in our English version of the Sacred Scrip- 

 tures ! It is time that the word of Truth should not 

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