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Give a portion to seven, yes, even to eight; For you don`t know what evil will be on the earth.
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Give Abundantly to Many
Commentators agree that the phrase 'to seven, and also to eight' is a Hebrew idiom for giving abundantly and to many people, not a literal count. The advice, as Charles Spurgeon notes, is to be generous beyond what might seem 'perfect' or comfortable, sharing a portion of what you have with a wide circle of people in need.
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Ecclesiastes
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18th Century
Presbyterian
The verse means: “Let your hospitality and your alms be extensive: for you do not know what reverses may befall either that person who by your gene…
19th Century
Anglican
To seven, and also to eight. —Quite similar forms of expression occur in Job 5:19; Proverbs 30:21; Amos 1:3;[Referen…
Baptist
Give a portion to seven,
And if that is a perfect number, give beyond it,
And also to eight;
Give to more than…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Give a portion to seven, and also to eight Or, a "part" F17; not the whole of a man's substance, for he must have to…
Solomon presses the rich to do good to others. Give freely, though it may seem thrown away and lost. Give to many. Do not excuse yourself with the …
