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Jamieson, Fausset & Brown on Ezra 6:21

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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown · 19th-century historical commentary
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AND OF THE PASSOVER. (Ezr 6:19-22) all such as had separated themselves . . . from the filthiness of the heathen of the land--that is, who had given satisfactory evidence of being true proselytes by not only renouncing the impure worship of idolatry, but by undergoing the rite of circumcision, a condition indispensable to a participation of the passover.
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