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If there is a tenth left in it, that also will in turn be consumed, as a terebinth, and as an oak whose stump remains when they are cut down, so the holy seed is its stump.”
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Verse 13. Tithing. The land shall produce its fruits, and people shall bring their tithes. Ezekiel 20:40. There shall be some left; (chapter 1:9 and 4:3. Calmet.) though only a tenth part will embrace Christianity. S. Bas.—Made. Septuagint “ravaged.” They shall be exposed to many persecutions under Epiphanes, and few shall escape the arms of the Romans, ( Calmet.) those particularly ( Bible.) who shall be a holy seed. Calmet.—The apostles were of Jewish extraction, ( Bible.) and spread the gospel throughout the world. Menochius.
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