OLD TESTAMENT

Sirach 50:5

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How glorious he was when the people gathered around him as he came out of the house of the veil!

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Verse 5. Enlarge. Greek “fortify.”—Conservation. Greek “when in the midst of the people, coming out of the house of the veil. (6.) He,” and so forth Bible.—Leaving the most holy place, he was surrounded by crowds of sacred ministers, (verse 14) or rather on the day of expiation, he came into the court of the people, to purify them. Calmet.

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