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Notes, Critical and Explanatory, on the Holy Scriptures

PD · Francis Patrick Kenrick, Baltimore, 1849–1860 (Gospels 1849; Acts, Epistles & Apocalypse 1851; Psalms, Wisdom books & Canticle 1857; Job & the Prophets 1859; Pentateuch 1860)
Chapter 11

Deuteronomy 11

This aptly expresses the withholding of rain, which, when the condensed vapors descend, is conceived as felling from heaven, that is from the atmosphere.

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