OLD TESTAMENT

Sirach 33:25

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25

Fodder, a stick, and burdens are for a donkey. Bread, discipline, and work are for a servant.

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Verse 25. Fodder. Greek prefixes “on slaves.” Bible.—They were bought like horses. Aristotle (Œcon. i. 5.) gives the like instructions on their treatment. Calmet.

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