Verse Jeremiah 36:23. When Jehudi had read three or four leaves] Rather columns; for the law, and the sacred Hebrew Books, are written in columns of a certain breadth. דלתות delathoth, signifies gates or openings between column and column, or between section and section.

He cut it with the penknife] בתער הספר bethaar hassopher, "the knife of the scribe," properly enough penknife.

And cast it into the fire] To show his contempt for God's words.

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