Shall the flocks pass again, &c.— See Leviticus 27:32. Virgil alludes to the same custom when he says, Bis die numerant ambo pecus: "Twice each day they count my goats and sheep." Eclogue 3: The Chaldee explains the phrase of the Messiah: "My people shall be instructed and formed under the hand of the Messiah." See Calmet.

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