Malachi 1:14

But cursed be the deceiver, who has in his flock a male, and vows, and sacrifices unto the Lord a corrupt thing: for I am a great King, says the LORD of hosts, and my name is feared among the nations.

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George Leo Haydock

AD 1849

Male. So better things are styled mascula thura. (Virgil; Pliny, xii. 14.) It was unlawful to offer a female by vow, but not out of devotion, Leviticus xxii. 18, 23. (Calmet) King. So the Persian monarchs were called. Dreadful. Greek, "Epiphanes. "(Haydock)

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