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Barnes' Notes on 1 Samuel 6:2

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Albert Barnes (1798–1870) · 19th-century historical commentary
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The word for “priest” here is the same as that used for the priests of the true God; that for diviners is everywhere used of idolatrous or superstitious divining. Three modes of divination are described Ezekiel 21:21-22, by arrows, by teraphim, and by the entrails of beasts. (Compare Exodus 7:11; Daniel 2:2). return to 'Top of Page'
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