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Amos 8:6

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8:6 We’re eager to trade silver for the poor, 1 

a pair of sandals 2  for the needy!

We want to mix in some chaff with the grain!” 3 

1 tn Heb “to buy the poor for silver.”

sn The expression trade silver for the poor refers to the slave trade.

2 tn See the note on the word “sandals” in 2:6.

3 tn Heb “The chaff of the grain we will sell.”



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