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Tobit 6:7 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition
" He said to him, “About the heart and the liver: If a demon or an evil spirit troubles anyone, we must burn those and make smoke of them before the man or the woman, and the affliction will flee. "
Tobit 6:7
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5 And the young man did as the angel commanded him; but they roasted the fish, and ate it. And they both went on their way, till they drew near to Ecbatana.
6 The young man said to the angel, “Brother Azarias, of what use is the heart, the liver, and the bile of the fish?”
7 He said to him, “About the heart and the liver: If a demon or an evil spirit troubles anyone, we must burn those and make smoke of them before the man or the woman, and the affliction will flee.
8 But as for the bile, it is good to anoint a man that has white films in his eyes, and he will be healed.”
9 But when they drew near to Rages,
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Tobit 6:1
"Now as they went on their journey, they came at evening to the river Tigris, and they lodged there."
Tobit 6:2
"But the young man went down to wash himself, and a fish leaped out of the river, and would have swallowed up the young man."
Tobit 6:3
"But the angel said to him, “Grab the fish!” So the young man grabbed the fish, and hauled it up onto the land."
Tobit 6:4
"And the angel said to him, “Cut the fish open, and take the heart, the liver, and the bile, and keep them with you.”"
Tobit 6:5
"And the young man did as the angel commanded him; but they roasted the fish, and ate it. And they both went on their way, till they drew near to Ecbatana."
Tobit 6:6
"The young man said to the angel, “Brother Azarias, of what use is the heart, the liver, and the bile of the fish?”"
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