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Tyndale Open Study Notes on Luke 14:35

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Tyndale Open Study Notes
Tyndale House Publishers · Modern study notes
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14:35 good neither for the soil nor for the manure pile: Salt had various uses in the ancient world, including flavoring (14:34), preserving, and weed-killing. The sludge left after removing the sodium chloride was useless.
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