And he said, be it far from me, O Lord, that one should do
this
Drink of the water these men had brought him:
[is not this] the blood of the men that went in jeopardy of their
lives?
who risked the shedding of their blood, and went in danger of their lives to get it:
therefore he would not drink it:
some compare with this the story of Alexander F4 to whom a vessel of water was offered when in extreme thirst, which he refused, because he could not bear to drink it alone, and so small a quantity could not be divided among all about him; but the reasons are not the same:
these things did these three mighty men;
which made them very famous.
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