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the princes of Judah, and the princes of Jerusalem, the eunuchs, and the priests, and all the people of the land, who passed between the parts of the calf;
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A Deadly Serious Promise
Commentators explain that passing between the parts of a sacrificed calf was a solemn ritual. By doing this, the people were enacting a self-curse, essentially saying, "May I be cut in two like this animal if I break this promise." This context reveals the extreme gravity of the covenant they made before God and then violated.
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Jeremiah
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Commentators usually say that the laws dealing with the emancipation of the Hebrew slaves, as well as the law of the land resting during the sabbat…
19th Century
Anglican
The eunuchs. —See Note on Jeremiah 29:2. They were for the most part, if not always, of alien birth (), as in the case of Ebed-mel…
16th Century
Protestant
He pursues the same subject: that perjury would not go unpunished. But here the manner of making an oath is described: they cut a calf into two…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
The princes of Judah, and the princes of Jerusalem Here is a particular enumeration of the persons that had made the cove…
A Jew should not be held in servitude for more than seven years. This law they and their fathers had broken. And when there was some hope that the …
13th Century
Catholic
Here, he threatens those who transgressed.
First, he speaks of the guilt of their fathers when he speaks of the covenant…
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