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Barnes' Notes on Exodus 22:20

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Albert Barnes (1798–1870) · 19th-century historical commentary
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This was probably an old formula, the sense of which, on its ethical side, is comprised in the first and second commandments. Shall be utterly destroyed - The Hebrew word here used is חרם châram (i. e. devoted). See Leviticus 27:28. return to 'Top of Page'
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