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He gave each one of them changes of clothing, but to Benjamin he gave three hundred pieces of silver and five changes of clothing.
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Verse 22. Two robes (stolas) hanging down to the feet. These properly belong to women. But they are worn by men in the East. It was customary to make presents of such robes, as it is still among the great men and kings of that country. Lucullus kept 6000 cloaks in his wardrobe. Horat. 1. sat. 2. Calmet.—Of silver, sicles. The Septuagint has “of gold,” as also Calmet. 37:28.
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