And every open vessel, which has no covering fastened upon it, is unclean.
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Pacian of Barcelona
AD 391
The cover of a vessel, or a seal, is the control of discipline. Discipline keeps a man from being overwhelmed, as if he were an unclean or polluted vessel that is rejected. For a vessel without a cover or a seal is spoiled, like as in the case of one who devotes himself to ostentation and is not covered by any veil of silence. Exposition of the Old and New Testament, Numbers
