But the earthen vessel wherein it is boiled shall be broken: and if it be boiled in a bronze pot, it shall be both scoured, and rinsed in water.
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George Leo Haydock
AD 1849
Sodden, or boiled. Such vessels, of private people, as had been used to boil part of the victim, (1 Kings ii. 13,) were either to be abandoned to the service of the altar, or broken (Calmet)
Earthen vessels might imbibe some part of the consecrated juice. (Menochius)
