Jonah 3:7

nobles. great. ones.

man. Hebrew. adam. App-14.

herd nor flock. See note on "that great city", Jonah 3:2, and "much cattle", Jonah 4:11,

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⁷ And he caused it to be proclaimed and publishedb through Nineveh by the decree of the king and his nobles, saying, Let neither man nor beast, herd nor flock, taste any thing: let them not feed, nor drink water:

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