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“But the deceiver is cursed who has in his flock a male, and vows and sacrifices to the Lord a defective thing; for I am a great King,” says the LORD of Armies, “and my name is awesome among the nations.”
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Verse 14. Male. So better things are styled mascula thura. Virg. Pliny xii. 14.—It was unlawful to offer a female by vow, but not out of devotion. Leviticus 22:18. 23. Calmet.—King. So the Persian monarchs were called.—Dreadful. Greek “Epiphanes.” Bible.
The word translated “Lord” is “Adonai.”
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