κοσμεῖτε τὰ μνημεῖα τῶν δικαίων. Lightfoot (Hor. Hebr. ad loc.) quotes from the Jerusalem Gemara: ‘They do not adorn the sepulchres of the righteous, for their own sayings are their memorial.’ Yet it appears, on the same authority (Lightfoot, Hor. Hebr.), that a portion of the Temple-offerings was devoted to the purpose of building the tombs of the prophets. So that the Jews with a show of reverence disobeyed the noble precepts of their own traditions.

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