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Friday, October 31st, 2025
the Week of Proper 25 / Ordinary 30

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(puhrss' layne) Fleshy-leaved, trailing plant used as a pot herb or in salads, which the RSV of Job 6:6 used as an illustration of tasteless food. Other translations follow the Targum in reading “white of an egg” (KJV, NAS, NIV) or find reference to another plant, the mallow (NRSV, REB).

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Butler, Trent C. Editor. Entry for 'Purslane'. Holman Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/hbd/p/purslane.html. 1991.

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