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  • But above all such like forms of vowing, the word Corban, was plainest of all; which openly speaks a thing devoted and dedicated to sacred use.

    From the Talmud and Hebraica 1602-1675 1979

  • But ye say, If a man shall say to his father or mother, It is Corban, that is to say, a gift, by whatsoever thou mightest be profited by me; he shall be free.

    Villaraigosa And Nunez Cut And Run - Video Report 2006

  • But ye say, If a man shall say to his father or mother, It is Corban, that is to say, a gift, by whatsoever thou mightest be profited by me; he shall be free.

    Probably Just One Of Those Funny Coincidences 2006

  • But ye say, If a man shall say to his father or mother, It is Corban, that is to say, a gift, by whatsoever thou mightest be profited by me; he shall be free.

    From the Talmud and Hebraica 1602-1675 1979

  • Corban, that is to say, a gift, by whatsoever thou mightest be profited by me; he shall be free.

    New Etext of Bible [King James Version]

  • Corban, that is to say, a gift, by whatsoever thou mightest be profited by me; he shall be free.

    The Bible, King James version, Book 41: Mark Anonymous

  • Wherefore there follows: “But ye say, If a man shall say to his father or mother, It is Corban, that is to say, a gift, by whatsoever thou mightest be profited by me;” understand, he will be freed from the observation of the foregoing command.

    Catena Aurea - Gospel of Mark 1225?-1274 1842

  • Corban, that is to say, a gift, by whatsoever thou mightest be profited by me; he shall be free.

    Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume V (Matthew to John) 1721

  • After this he raised another disturbance, by expending that sacred treasure which is called Corban [10] upon aqueducts, whereby he brought water from the distance of four hundred furlongs.

    The Wars of the Jews; or the history of the destruction of Jerusalem Flavius Josephus 1709

  • Among which he enumerates some others, and particularly that called Corban: which oath can only be found among the Jews, and declares what a man may call "A thing devoted to God."

    Against Apion Flavius Josephus 1709

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