Jeremiah 36:23

when Jehudi had read rather, as Dr. "as often as J. read"; for Jeremiah 36:24 implies that the king heard all the contents.

leaves mg. columns, lit. doors(see on Jeremiah 36:2).

thatthe king cut it, etc.] In the absence of a nominative to the verb in MT., it seems at least as natural to suppose that, as often as Jehudi had read three or four leaves, the king ordered him to cut them off and burn them. Otherwise we must assume that the king himself had the knife and that he repeatedly took pieces of the Roll from the reader.

penknife lit. scribe's knife, used for making and mending reed pens, cutting up writing materials, etc.