And so shall be the plague of the horse, of the mule, of the camel, and of the ass, and of all the beasts that shall be in these tents, as this plague.
Ver. 15. And so shall be the plague of the horse, of the mule, of the camel] All the beasts of service, made use of by the enemy, shall consume in like sort as their masters. First, for a punishment to their owners, who must needs suffer loss thereby: hence Saul was so sedulous in seeking the lost asses. Secondly, to show how God is displeased with, and will severely punish, all that are instrumental to the Church's calamities or serviceable to their sin. The serpent is cursed, cut shorter by the feet, and made to wriggle upon his belly, yea, confined to the dust for his diet. So God curseth and abhorreth all instruments of idolatry, Isa 30:22 Num 31:22-23 Deuteronomy 7:25 "The graven images of their gods shall ye burn with fire"; the very visible heavens, because defiled with man's sin, are to be purged by the fire of the last day.