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For the temple was filled with debauchery and reveling by the heathen, who dallied with prostitutes, and had intercourse with women within the sacred precincts, and moreover brought inside things that were not appropriate.
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ExplanationCommentary
Verse 4. Lewd. Priests on duty were not even allowed to approach to their wives, and the most pure women had no right to go into the interior of the temple. Calmet.—And. Greek “in the courts, and also bringing in improper things.” Bible.
Or, idled with their fellows
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