Sirach 45:6
Douay-Rheims
And he gave him commandments before his face, and a law of life and instruction, that he might teach Jacob his covenant, and Israel his judgments.
George Leo Haydock
Face, familiarly. — Life, by observing which, the Hebrews might live. Thus the trees of life and of knowledge were a sort of remedy against death and ignorance, Genesis ii. 9. (Calmet)
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1849 · Ecclesiasticus 45:6
Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.