37. He brought them forth also with silver and gold. This they asked of the Egyptians, perhaps even demanded, and well they
might, for they had been robbed and spoiled for many a day, and it was not meet
that they should go forth empty-handed. Glad were the Egyptians to hand over
their jewels to propitiate a people who had such a terrible friend above; they
needed no undue pressure, they feared them too much to deny them their
requests. And there was not one feeble person among their tribes—a great
marvel indeed. The number of their army was very great and yet there was not
one in hospital, not one carried in an ambulance, or limping in the rear.
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