1883 Haydock Douay Rheims Bible

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Exodus 22:28 Thou shalt not speak ill of the gods, and *the prince of thy people thou shalt not curse.

Acts 23:5.
Gods. Judges, priests, etc. Josephus and Philo say, we must not speak ill of strange gods, lest the Gentiles should take occasion to blaspheme the true God, and that we may be farther removed from the danger of taking the name of God in vain, and losing that respect which we owe to it.