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Take with you ten loaves of bread, some cakes, and a jar of honey, and go to him. He will tell you what will become of the child.”
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Verse 3. Cracknels. Hebrew nikkudim, “cakes full of holes,” and so forth Joshua 9:12. Calmet.—Septuagint give a double translation, “cakes and raisins.” Arab. “fruits.” Syr. adds “dried.” It was customary to make presents to the prophets. 1 Kennicott. 9:7. Calmet.—But these were mean, that the woman might not be known. D.—It is not said that Ahias deigned to receive them. Saint Jerome in Mic. iii.
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