OLD TESTAMENT

Sirach 46:17

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Then the Lord thundered from heaven. He made his voice heard with a mighty sound.

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Verse 17. And the. Sixt. V. and so forth read, “and he beheld the God.” 1 Kennicott. 3:7. Calmet.—Vulg. may signify also, “God beheld Jacob,” (Gr.) with a favourable eye, and enabled Samuel to restore their fallen state, and to recover the ark. Bible.

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