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Now when I had come home again, and my wife Anna was restored to me, and my son Tobias, in the feast of Pentecost, which is the holy feast of the seven weeks, there was a good dinner prepared for me, and I sat down to eat.
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Verse 1. House. The law authorized such feasts. Deuteronomy 12:12 and 14:28. Tobias complied with it, by inviting also the poor servants of God. Greek “I lay down to eat.” This custom prevailed in the East. Calmet.
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