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