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The king answered, “I know of a certainty that you are trying to gain time, because you see the thing has gone from me.
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Verse 8. Gain. Lit. “redeem” Bible.—Saint Paul uses a similar expression, exhorting us to save our souls even at the expense of our temporal interest. Calmet.—The diviners wished to give the king’s fury time to abate, ( Bible.) and to save their lives; ( Calmet.) or delay punishment, at least, as much as possible. Bible.
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