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Proverbs 9:3

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She has sent out her maidens. She cries from the highest places of the city:

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Verse 3. Maids. Septuagint “servant men,” the pastors of the church, inviting all to piety in so public a manner, that none can plead ignorance. Saint Gregory Calmet.—To invite. Prot. “she crieth upon the highest places of the city.” Bible.—Christ enjoins his apostles to preach on the roofs. Matthew 10:37.

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