* work wilily.
# Ge 34:13; 1Ki 20:31-33; Mt 10:16; Lu 16:8|
* ambassadors.
The word {tzir,} an ambassador, properly denotes a hinge;
because an ambassador is a person upon whom the business turns
as upon a hinge. So the Latin {Cardinalis,} from {cardo,} a
hinge, was the title of the prime minister of the emperor
Theodosius, though now applied only to the Pope's electors and
counsellors.
* wine bottles.
These bottles being made of skin, were consequently liable to
be rent, and capable of being mended; which is done, according
to Chardin, by putting in a piece, or by gathering up the
wounded piece in the manner of a purse; and sometimes by
inserting a flat piece of wood.
# Ps 119:83; Mt 9:17; Mr 2:22; Lu 5:37,38|
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