He that is so impoverished that he has no offering chooses a tree that will not rot; he seeks unto him a skillful workman to prepare a graven image, that shall not move.

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George Leo Haydock

AD 1849

Wood. Hebrew hamsuccan, (Haydock) which Septuagint, Chaldean, and St. Jerome explain of a sort of wood used for idols. Moderns take it to be "a rich "or rather "a poor man. He who is mean in his offering, chooses wood that "(Calmet) (Protestants)

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