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Mouse. (the corn-eater). The name of this animal occurs in Leviticus 11:29; 1 Samuel 6:4-5; Isaiah 66:17. The Hebrew word is in all probability, generic, and is not intended to denote any particular species of mouse. The original word denotes a field-ravager, and may, therefore, comprehend any destructive rodent. Tristram found twenty-three species of mice in Palestine. It is probable that in 1 Samuel 6:5, the expression, "the mice that mar the land," includes, and, more particularly, refers to the short-tailed field-mice (Arvicola agrestis, Flem.), which cause great destruction to the corn-lands of Syria.

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Smith, William, Dr. Entry for 'Mouse'. Smith's Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​sbd/​m/mouse.html. 1901.
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