And Aaron said unto them, Break off the golden earrings, which are in the ears of your wives, of your sons, and of your daughters, and bring them unto me.
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George Leo Haydock
AD 1849
And your sons. The Septuagint omit this. But in the East, it was fashionable for men also to wear ear-rings. (Pliny, xi. 37; Judges viii. 24; Ezechiel vii. 20.) Aaron hoped the people would relent at this proposal. (St. Augustine, q. 141.)