hand. Figure of speech Anthropopatheia (App-6). Also Metonymy (of Cause), "hand" being put for the judgments inflicted by it.
in the field. The cattle, &c., were in the field in the spring and early summer.
upon. Some codices, with Samaritan Pentateuch, Septuagint, and Syriac, read "and upon".
murrain, or pestilence. See Exodus 9:15.