Amos 2:12

ye gave, &c. Reference to Pentateuch (Numbers 6:2; Numbers 6:3). App-92.

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Ye gave — Importuned them to drink wine, to violate their vow, and contemn God's law.

¹² But ye gave the Nazarites wine to drink; and commanded the prophets, saying, Prophesy not.

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Amos 2:12