And honey, and butter, and sheep, and cheese of cows, for David, and for the people that were with him, to eat: for they said, The people are hungry, and weary, and thirsty, in the wilderness.

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George Leo Haydock

AD 1849

Calves. Many translate the Hebrew, "cheese of kine. "(Theodotion) "Calves fed with milk. "(Haydock) Wilderness, where they had been; unless this be placed out of its natural order. (Calmet) The value of a present depends greatly on the time when it is made. (Haydock) "How much dost thou esteem a hospitable reception in a wilderness? "(Seneca, Ben. vi. 15.)

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