OLD TESTAMENT

Sirach 24:14

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I was exalted like a palm tree on the sea shore, like rose bushes in Jericho, and like a fair olive tree in the plain. I was exalted like a plane tree.

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Verse 14. Created. Or engendered. Proverbs 8:22.—Him. As his priestess, directing all the ministers of the temple. Calmet.—Christ is begotten by the understanding, and the Holy Ghost proceeds from love. Creation is not here taken strictly. Worthington.

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