And the king said unto Ziba, What mean you by these? And Ziba said, The donkeys are for the king's household to ride on; and the bread and summer fruit for the young men to eat; and the wine, that such as be faint in the wilderness may drink.
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George Leo Haydock
AD 1849
Loaves. Hebrew, "and to fight. "But the Septuagint and the Masorets reject the letter l, which causes the difference. (Calmet)