1883 Haydock Douay Rheims Bible
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| Jeremiah 34:18 | And I will give the men that have transgressed my covenant, and have not performed the words of the covenant, which they agreed to in my presence, when they cut the calf in two *and passed between the parts thereof: Genesis 15:20. | Parts. This was done to signify that if they transgressed, they consented to be slain, Genesis 15:9, 17. It seems Sedecias and his subjects had solemnly ratified the covenant made at Sinai, being impressed with fear of the enemy. |