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1. Following Sa'adya, Talm., and most Eng. VSS, AV gives ' covers ... to cover withal,' as one of the vessels used in the tabernacle. Ex 25'' 37", Nn 4'. RV (after LXX, Vulg., Syr., Targ., Luther) gives 'flagons ... to pour out withal.' The same word (ni^-,-) is used in 1 Ch 28" of one kind of vessels given by David to Solomon for the temple ; EV ' cups.' 2. In Jg 3«, 1 S 24» ' to cover one's feet' is a literal tr. of the Heb. (v^:-i tic.i) euphemistically used for performing the offices of nature (so LaX, Jg 3 iroKtvovv rovi 7r65aj, but 1 S 24*** vapcuTKevdffaadai ; Vulg. pnrfjnre alrum, and p. ventrem ; Luther in Jg, zu Stiihl geganqcn, but in 1 S, Fiisse zu f/er/cen). On the scrupulous regard for decency among Orientals, see Ges. Lex. ».t). ]n^. J. Hastings.