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They shall be mine,” says the LORD of Armies, “my own possession in the day that I make. I will spare them, as a man spares his own son who serves him.
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ExplanationCommentary
Verse 17. Possession; (peculium) the property of a slave. Calmet.—Such look upon the smallest things with eagerness. Hebrew segula, ( Bible.) means some precious thing. Calmet.—Spare. Septuagint “chose,” and so forth Bible.
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