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Chapter 8

An Unusual Wedding Night. When they had finished eating and drinking and were ready to retire, they escorted the young man from the dining room to the bedroom. Then Tobiah recalled Raphael’s instructions. He removed the liver and heart of the fish from the bag where he had stored them, and he placed them on the embers of the incense. The odor of the fish so repelled the demon that he fled to Upper Egypt.[a] However, Raphael followed him there and bound him hand and foot. Then he returned at once.

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Footnotes

  1. Tobit 8:3 Upper Egypt: possibly refers to the Sahara Desert. Infecund and therefore “cursed,” deserts were believed to be the dwelling of demons (see Isa 13:21; Mt 4:1; 12:43). The bonds indicate that the devil has been rendered impotent.