OLD TESTAMENT

Zechariah 12:13

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the family of the house of Levi apart, and their wives apart; the family of the Shimeites apart, and their wives apart;

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Verse 13. Nathan. Zorobabel was his descendant.—Semei, the son of Gershom. 1 Chronicles 6:16. Calmet.—“From this tribe the doctors are chosen.” Saint Jerome—The pious of all ranks bewail the death of Christ, and the share which they had in it. Bible.—He had done good to many; and therefore we may presume that many would grieve in every tribe. Menochius.

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