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Tobit 6:9 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition
" But when they drew near to Rages, "
Tobit 6:9
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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,
10 the angel said to the young man, “Brother, today we will lodge with Raguel. He is your kinsman. He has an only daughter named Sarah. I will speak about her, that she should be given to you for a wife.
11 For her inheritance belongs to you, and you only are of her kindred.
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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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