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5. מִ֝שְׁלַ֗חַת מַלְאֲכֵ֥י רָעִֽים “A band of deadly messengers” When the animals left they destroyed the earth with their footprints, making furrows, ditches, and pits on the roads and in the houses so that it was difficult to walk. In the fields they destroyed plowed areas, as Scripture states, “the land was ruined because of the animals.” (Ex. 8:20)

Recognizing this to be so, Maimonides in his Guide to the Perplexed, and likewise all the upright in heart (Psalms 94:15), sought to identify each debater with a particular philosophical standpoint. However, when they tried to explain and interpret the book's actual text accordingly, none of these worthies succeeded (Psalms 76:6). For at first sight, there appears to be a great confusion which destroys (Exodus 8:20) any systematic pattern the book may have, from its beginning to end. Not only is order not maintained, as it should be in a scholarly debate, but neither are questions asked or answered to the. The topics should follow on from one another by way of ordered and systematic statements, in a logical and rational progression. Answers should relate to the questions previously asked and subsequent questions should be a rebuttal of the replies previously given. But everything is confused and disconnected.