* work wilily.
Ge 34:13 1Ki 20:31-33 Mt 10:16 Lu 16:8
* ambassadors.
The word {tzir,} an ambassador, properly denotes a hinge;
because an ambassador is a person upon whom the business turns
as upon a hinge. So the Latin {Cardinalis,} from {cardo,} a
hinge, was the title of the prime minister of the emperor
Theodosius, though now applied only to the Pope's electors and
counsellors.
* wine bottles.
These bottles being made of skin, were consequently liable to
be rent, and capable of being mended; which is done, according
to Chardin, by putting in a piece, or by gathering up the
wounded piece in the manner of a purse; and sometimes by
inserting a flat piece of wood.
Ps 119:83 Mt 9:17 Mr 2:22 Lu 5:37,38
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