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Tobit 2:10

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I didn’t know that there were sparrows in the wall. My eyes were open and the sparrows dropped warm dung into my eyes, and white films came over my eyes. I went to the physicians, and they didn’t help me; but Achiacharus nourished me, until I went into Elymais.

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Verse 10. Now. Greek “And that very night I was.”—He came. Greek “I lay myself down, being defiled, beside the wall of the court, and my face was uncovered.” Bible.—The touching the dead rendered a person unclean. Numbers 19:11.

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Some authorities read until he went.

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