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and out of the city he took an officer who was set over the men of war; and seven men of those who saw the king’s face, who were found in the city; and the scribe of the captain of the army, who mustered the people of the land; and sixty men of the people of the land, who were found in the middle of the city.
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Verse 25. Seven: 4 Kennicott. has five. But this seems more correct, as seven were commonly employed. Esther 1:10. Tobit 12:15. Calmet.—Two might be taken later. Bible.—A scribe. S. Jerom has Sopher, (4 Kennicott.) as if it were a proper name, and not an office.
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