Verse 7
to deal = to break. The technical term for giving or partaking of food, as in Luke 24:30 , Luke 24:35 .Acts 2:42 , Acts 2:46 ; Acts 20:7 , Acts 20:11 ; Act 27:36 . 1 Corinthians 10:16 ; 1 Corinthians 11:24 . Compare Job 42:11 .Lamentations 4:4 .Ezekiel 18:7 ; Ezekiel 24:17 . Hosea 9:4 .
bread. Put by Figure of speech Synecdoche (of Species), for all kinds of food.
poor. Hebrew. 'anah. See note on Proverbs 6:11 .
hide not. Some codices, with two early printed editions, read "do not thou hide".
thine own flesh. Reference to Pentateuch (Genesis 29:14 ).
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