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She said to her young men, “Go on before me. Behold, I am coming after you.” But she didn’t tell her husband, Nabal.
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Verse 19. Nabal. Knowing his churlish temper, and that he was drunk at this time, (verse 36. Bible.) she might be well excused from the ordinary laws which forbid a wife to dispose of her husband’s property, without his consent. The emergency left no time for consultation. She gave a part to save the whole. Calmet.
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