I ran down a number of alleyways and snickets, gradually working my way around the outskirts of the town back towards my house, and at the same time trying to avoid the roads like the plague.

我沿着很多小巷和过道跑着，渐渐地开始从镇子的外围边缘往家跑去，同时，我也尽量避开那些像瘟疫一样的大路。

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When you take a census of the Israelites to count them, each one must pay the Lord a ransom for his life at the time he is counted. Then on plague will come on them when you number them.

你要按以色列人被数的，计算总数，你数的时候，他们各人要为自己的生命把赎价奉给耶和华，免得数的时候在他们中间有灾殃。

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The plague studies marked the first time such small events have been imaged and compared, the researchers said.

据研究人员介绍，就如此细小的现象做成像和比较的病原体研究也还是头一回。

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In each set, the first plague is accompanied by a notation of the time in the morning. It's also introduced by God's speech, when God says, "Present yourself before Pharaoh," and to do this in the morning.

在每一组中，第一次瘟疫都是发生在早上,可以从上帝的话中看出来，上帝说，今天早晨，“到法老面前去“

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