OLD TESTAMENT

Sirach 36:11

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Gather all the tribes of Jacob together, and take them for your inheritance, as from the beginning.

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Verse 11. Escapeth the sword. Deuteronomy 32:36. He foretells the event, or wishes that they may be chastised, in order that they may enter into themselves, and adore the true God.

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The ancient authorities read I took them for my inheritance: but the Greek text is here very confused.

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