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Barnes' Notes on Lamentations 4:7

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Albert Barnes (1798–1870) · 19th-century historical commentary
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The Nazarites from their temperance were remarkable for health and personal beauty, besides being held in religious veneration. Rubies - Or, corals. Their polishing was of sapphire - Or, their shape was “a sapphire.” The allusion is no longer to color, but to form. Their shape was exact and faultless as the cutting of a precious stone. return to 'Top of Page'
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