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When Jehudi had read three or four columns, the king cut it with the penknife, and cast it into the fire that was in the brazier, until all the scroll was consumed in the fire that was in the brazier.
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Verse 23. Pages. Perhaps what was written on so many skins, ( Bible.) or sheets of paper, pasted together, and rolled up; or there might be some marks to shew the different subjects, like the sections used in the synagogue, ( Calmet.) or our chapters; though we are assured that all was formerly written without any separation even of letters. Prot. have “leaves.” Bible.—Hebrew “doors.” Calmet. The secretary cut and burnt the leaves by the king’s order. verse 25. Worthington.
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