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whatever prayer and supplication is made by any man, or by all your people Israel, who will each know his own plague and his own sorrow, and shall spread out his hands toward this house,
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Verse 29. Any. Hebrew adds, “man, or thy people.” Septuagint “and (that is) to thy.” See verse 32. Bible.—Both strangers and Israelites may there sue for mercy, and obtain it. Calmet.—From this chapter, as well as from many other passages, it is evident that places consecrated to God, are more acceptable to him than other places; ( Worthington.) and here the prayers of the faithful are sooner heard, as they testify their unity. D.
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