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Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Numbers 11:15

my wretchedness. Should be "thy evil", evil being put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Cause), App-6. One of the eighteen emendations of the Sopherim. See App-33.

wretchedness. Hebrew. ra'a'. See App-44, put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Cause), App-6, for punishment due, see above.

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  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

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  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

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  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

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  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

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