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Then they said to one another, “We aren’t doing right. Today is a day of good news, and we keep silent. If we wait until the morning light, punishment will overtake us. Now therefore come, let’s go and tell the king’s household.”
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ExplanationCommentary
Verse 9. Crime, and punished. Hebrew “iniquity shall find us.” Citizens are bound to give notice of what may tend to the common good. Calmet.—Court. Not in person, but by means of others. Menochius.
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