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Leviticus 20:8

20:8

sure <08104> [And ye.]

sanctifies <06942> [sanctify.]


Leviticus 20:22-24

20:22

[statues.]

regulations <04941> [judgments.]

vomit <06958> [spue you.]


20:23

statutes <02708> [in the manners.]

disgust <06973> [therefore.]


20:24

said <0559> [But I. See on]

land <0776> [a land.]

Milk and honey were the chief dainties of the ancients as they are now among the Arabs, particularly the Bedouins. Hence not only the Hebrews, but also the Greeks and Romans, painted the highest pleasantness and fertility by an abundance of milk and honey. The image used in the text, and frequently by ancient authors on similar subjects, is a metaphor, derived from a breast, producing copious streams of milk.

apart <0914> [which.]




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