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Numbers 5:16

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Canne, Browne, Blayney, Scott, and others · Public Domain

bring her near: or, rather, "bring it near;" i. e. her offering

set her: Rather, "set it," i.e., the offering; for the woman is afterwards ordered to be set before the Lord (Numbers 5:18). Leviticus 1:3; Jeremiah 17:10; Hebrews 13:4; Revelation 2:22-23

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