Shall I then take my bread, and my water, and my meat that I have killed for my shearers, and give it unto men, whom I know not from where they be?
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George Leo Haydock
AD 1849
Water, under which name all sorts of drink are included. Nabal had plenty of wine, and was much intoxicated, ver. 36. Septuagint translate, "wine. "Syriac and Arabic, "drink. "
Cattle. Hebrew, "victim "which is a term used both for sacred and profane feasts.