1883 Haydock Douay Rheims Bible
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| Baruch 6:26 | Therefore if they fall to the ground, they rise not up again of themselves, nor if a man set them upright, will they stand by themselves, but their gifts shall be set before them, as to the dead. | Gifts. The Chaldeans supposed that Bel could eat, Daniel xiv. --- Dead. Food was placed on the tombs. St. Augustine abolished this custom in Africa. |