OLD TESTAMENT

Psalms 105:38

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Egypt was glad when they departed, for the fear of them had fallen on them.

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Verse 38. Chanaan. These unnatural sacrifices were perhaps practised under the judges, or at least under the kings. Worthington.—Some pretend that the children were only made to pass over or between fires. But this is refuted by facts. Leviticus 18:21 and 4 Kennicott. 16:3. Jeremiah 7:30—Polluted. Infecta: εφονοκτανηθη is used by Septuagint in this sense, though it signifies also, “was slain;” interfecta, as most Latin Bibles and Fathers read, before the correction of Clem. VIII. The former expression is more natural and conformable to the Hebrew Calmet.

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