1883 Haydock Douay Rheims Bible
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| Sirach 35:14 | *Do not offer wicked gifts, for such he will not receive. Leviticus 22:21.; Deuteronomy 15:21. | Wicked; defective, Leviticus 22:21., and Malachias 1:7. Greek, "curtailed, or ill-acquired," (Calmet) or "do not bribe" God; (dorokopei. Grotius) as the word is used [in] 2 Machabees. God will not regard our gifts, to let our offences escape punishment, Isaias 42:1. (Calmet) |