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This set of detailed commentaries provides valuable exegetical, historical, cultural, and linguistic information on the original text. Over the years this series has been instrumental in shedding light on the Scriptures so that translators all over the world could complete the important task of putting God's Word into the many languages spoken in the world today. Over the years church leaders...

It is not certain whether the house in line a refers literally to a home or some other building, or figuratively to a family; some take it to mean the Temple (SPCL), others the palace (Dahood). Possibly the double sense of family and home is intended; but it seems best to translate quite generally “house” or “building.” In languages where there is no general word for building, house will normally be used. In some languages there are many specific terms for “house” according to structure,
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