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Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge on Luke 12:3

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The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
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whatsoever: Job 24:14, Job 24:15; Ecc 10:12, Ecc 10:13, Ecc 10:20; Mat 12:36; Jde 1:14, Jde 1:15 proclaimed: The houses in Judea being flat-roofed, with a balustrade round about, were used for the purpose of taking the air, sleeping, and prayer, and, it seems, for announcing things in the most public manner. So among the Turks, a crier announces the hours of public worship from the minaret or tower of the mosque. housetops: Mat 10:27 Luke 12:4
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