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Blindness
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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.
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.
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Smith, William, Dr. Entry for 'Blindness'. Smith's Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​sbd/​b/blindness.html. 1901.
Smith, William, Dr. Entry for 'Blindness'. Smith's Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​sbd/​b/blindness.html. 1901.