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== Smith's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_71733" /> == | == Smith's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_71733" /> == | ||
<p> '''Blindness.''' Blindness is extremely common in the East, from many causes. Blind beggars figure repeatedly, in the New Testament, Matthew 12:22, and "opening the eyes of the blind" is mentioned in prophecy, as a peculiar attribute of the | <p> '''Blindness.''' Blindness is extremely common in the East, from many causes. Blind beggars figure repeatedly, in the New Testament, Matthew 12:22, and "opening the eyes of the blind" is mentioned in prophecy, as a peculiar attribute of the [[Messiah]] . Isaiah 29:18; Isaiah 42:7, etc. </p> <p> The Jews were specially charged to treat the blind with compassion and care. Leviticus 19:14; Deuteronomy 27:18. Blindness willfully inflicted for political or other purposes is alluded to in Scripture. 1 Samuel 11:2; Jeremiah 39:7. </p> | ||
== Wilson's Dictionary of Bible Types <ref name="term_197568" /> == | == Wilson's Dictionary of Bible Types <ref name="term_197568" /> == | ||
