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x.xxvii.ii-p32.2

x.xxvii.ii-p32.265 words

20. ten times—literally, "ten hands."

magicians—properly, "sacred scribes, skilled in the sacred writings, a class of Egyptian priests" [Gesenius]; from a Hebrew root, "a pen." The word in our English Version, "magicians," comes from mag, that is, "a priest." The Magi formed one of the six divisions of the Medes.

astrologersHebrew, "enchanters," from a root, "to conceal," pactisers of the occult arts.