John Trapp on Ezra 2:65-67
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Ezra2:65-67
Verſe 65. Beſides their ſervants, &c.] Their Maſters neceſſary inſtruments, [non-Latin text not transcribed] ſaith Ariſtotle, and wholly at their command. See Prov. 12.9.
Two hundred ſinging men and ſinging women] That ſang at feaſts and funerals. See Eccleſ. 2.8. Theſe perhaps might have beene as well ſpared. Nam ad quod proſunt ejuſmodi artes, (ſaith one?) & quis ejuſmodi hominum eas profitentium uſus, niſi ut aliis ſint oneri, & cibum potumque egenorum, ſicut locuſtae, praerodant, atque conſumant? Funcci[illegible: 2 letters].
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