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The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
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he which: The flat-roofed eastern houses have stairs on the outside, by which a person may ascend and descend without coming into the house; and in walled cities they usually form continued terraces, from one end of the city to the other, terminating at the gates; so that one may pass along the tops of the houses and escape out of the city without coming down into the street. Job 2:4; Jer 45:5; Mat 6:25, Mat 16:26, Mat 24:17-21; Mar 13:14-16; Phi 3:7, Phi 3:8 Luke 17:32
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