Verse 20
20. Thou shalt say, No On these words Bush has the following: “The custom adopted in some families of instructing servants to say, ‘Not at home,’ when a master or mistress does not wish to receive company, is directly at variance with the dictates of Christian simplicity and sincerity; nor is it anything in its favour that it here has the sanction of a wicked heathen warrior, doomed to destruction.” On the morality of Jael’s action, see at the end of the chapter.
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