1883 Haydock Douay Rheims Bible
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| Exodus 19:5 | If therefore you will hear my voice, and keep my covenant, you shall be my peculiar possession above all people: *for all the earth is mine. Psalm 23:1. | Possession, (peculium). Hebrew segula, "a chosen portion or treasure." (Menochius) --- Mine. I could have made choice of others. We cannot but admire the goodness of God, who asks for the free consent of the people. Hence they can have no pretence for breaking this solemn covenant. (Calmet) (Theodoret 9. 35.) |