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(1.00) (Jer 2:22)

tn Heb “Even if you wash with natron/lye, and use much soap, your sin is a stain before me.”

(0.57) (Job 9:30)

tn The word בֹּר (bor, “lye, potash”) does not refer to purity (Syriac, KJV, ASV), but refers to the ingredient used to make the hands pure or clean. It has the same meaning as בֹּרִית (borit), the alkali or soda made from the ashes of certain plants.



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