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Jamieson, Fausset & Brown on 1 Samuel 17:18

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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown · 19th-century historical commentary
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carry these ten cheeses to the captain--to enlist his kind attention. Oriental cheeses are very small; and although they are frequently made of so soft a consistence as to resemble curds, those which David carried seem to have been fully formed, pressed, and sufficiently dried to admit of their being carried. take their pledge--Tokens of the soldiers' health and safety were sent home in the convenient form of a lock of their hair, or piece of their nail, or such like.
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